U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing the limit on the amount of assets real estate investment trusts (REITs) can own through a fully taxable subsidiary. “By increasing the percentage limitation on assets of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), vice chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, recently proposed two pieces of legislation that would help Americans become homeowners. The congressman on April 9 sponsored the bipartisan Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Read more…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would be directed to fully implement provisions intended to reduce unnecessary animal testing for drug development under a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL). “It is Read more…
To help build and improve youth sports facilities across the nation, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on April 10 offered a bipartisan, bicameral bill to include these facilities in specific federal development grants. “Youth Read more…
U.S. Reps. David Valadao (R-CA), Dave Joyce (R-OH), and Laurel Lee (R-FL) on April 10 unveiled a bipartisan, bicameral bill to tighten federal legal tools on organized interstate and transnational crime. The Combating Organized Retail Crime (CORCA) Act, H.R. 2853, Read more…
The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee during an April 9 markup session, approved two bills proposed by U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) that aim to help employers better support their employees. “I’m thrilled to see these pro-worker, pro-family bills Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill cosponsored on April 10 by U.S. Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), and Don Bacon (R-NE) would assist families in adopting children by removing income as a barrier to adoption. Specifically, the Adoption Tax Credit Read more…
The bipartisan Tax-Free Pell Grants Act, recently cosponsored by U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA), would remove a financial barrier that impairs students from securing higher education opportunities. “Pell Grants are an important way for more lower-income Read more…
Legislation cosponsored on April 9 by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) would establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to provide guidance on how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could make its programs and facilities more accessible Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on April 9 proposed a bipartisan bill that would set in motion a whole-of-government approach to advancing biotechnology for U.S. national security, economic productivity, and competitiveness. “The United States has long been a leader in Read more…