Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) would establish a Public Company Advisory Committee within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to address emerging regulatory priorities and issues related to public reporting and trading. The congressman on Jan. Read more…
U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) on Jan. 9 led more than a dozen of her Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would designate the first week of every November as Anti-Communism Week. The Anti-Communism Week Act, H.R. 6540, which Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Todd Young (R-IN), the chair and a member of the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, respectively, last week requested that the committee receive a preliminary briefing from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Read more…
When enrolling in an institution of higher education, students with disabilities would not have to partake in additional diagnostic testing if their disability is already documented under a bipartisan bill proposed on Jan. 7 by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Read more…
Federal law would be amended to require small business development centers (SBDCs) to help their clientele implement artificial intelligence under a bipartisan bill unveiled on Jan. 7 by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN). “Our bill will provide training, guidance, and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) on Wednesday proposed a bipartisan bill aimed at giving American families the first opportunity to purchase federally backed foreclosed homes ahead of institutional investors and hedge funds that are stockpiling single-family houses and raising prices. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Jan. 7 sponsored legislation that would ensure interest paid by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to taxpayers who prevail in an audit or tax-related litigation is not treated as taxable income. The No Tax Read more…
U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) on Jan. 6 sponsored legislation that would create a five-year pilot program for five states to combine funding from multiple federal anti-poverty programs into a single funding stream to eliminate benefits cliffs. The Upward Mobility Read more…
One year after wildfires swept across Southern California claiming more than 400 lives and destroying some 13,000 homes, a new report requested by U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) shows that $100 million in funds raised by FireAid to help victims Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), and Ron Estes (R-KS) applauded recent action by the U.S. Treasury Department to exempt U.S.-headquartered multinational companies from the OECD’s Pillar Two global minimum tax framework, which the lawmakers said will protect Read more…