Bipartisan legislation unveiled on Jan. 13 by U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) would help alleviate the inpatient bed shortage across the country and encourage the expansion of psychiatric inpatient hospitals. The Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services Act, H.R. 7030, Read more…
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), on Jan. 13 released the committee’s Reconciliation 2.0 framework, which he said serves as a roadmap for House Republicans’ next reconciliation bill to tackle the affordability crisis. Entitled Read more…
With the U.S. national debt nearing $40 trillion, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) on Jan. 13 sponsored a bipartisan bill that aims to improve congressional oversight and fiscal accountability of the nation’s financial health. The Fiscal State of the Nation Read more…
U.S. Reps. Gabe Evans (R-CO) and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) on Jan. 9 released a discussion draft for the bipartisan Create Expedited Reviews to Transform American Infrastructure Now (CERTAIN) Act, which aims to transform the federal permitting process and meet America’s Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) on Jan. 8 introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the F/A–18 E1 Super Hornet from Lambert Field in St. Louis, Mo., and 30 years of its distinguished service Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Jan. 8 cosponsored a bipartisan bill to require the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Research (ATSDR) to regularly assess and update clinical guidance regarding the health effects from exposure to toxic per- and Read more…
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) on Jan. 8 offered bipartisan legislation to authorize five years of support for quantum research and development (R&D) funded through federal science agencies. “We need Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 9 voted 263-147 to approve legislation led by U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) that would rescind the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) energy efficiency regulations applicable to manufactured housing, and eliminate DOE’s authority Read more…
U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) on Jan. 9 proposed legislation that would bolster the federal government’s ability to identify children depicted in child sexual abuse material and prosecute lawbreakers by increasing the hiring authorities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Read more…
The United States should reduce and maintain the federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), according to a newly introduced bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). Read more…