U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH), the vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, called the January Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment report “disappointing” on Friday, adding that job growth continues to by stymied. “One can’t shake the feeling that we’re Read more…
The Ways and Means Committee held its first mark-up of the year on Wednesday, voting 26-12 to pass legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Richard Neal (D-MA) to raise the retirement industry’s fiduciary standards. Under the Strengthening Read more…
The Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act, H.R. 4441, was introduced on Wednesday by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ). The legislation establishes an independent, not-for-profit corporation outside of the Read more…
Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) said on Tuesday that Iran must be held accountable for its record of terrorism against Americans, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced an amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA) last week that would repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “The RFS is outdated,” Cassidy said. “It was created in 2005, a time when American Read more…
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) called on Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday to urge the Obama administration to put pressure on Norway’s government to make reforms to the U.S.-Norway Tax Treaty to protect U.S. offshore construction firms operating on Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced a bipartisan amendment on Thursday that would allow the secretary of energy to sell Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) quantities of crude oil when prices go up. The amendment, introduced with Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Read more…
A comprehensive, bipartisan resolution on Iran was announced on Wednesday by U.S. Reps. Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Seth Moulton (D-MA). The three-part Iran Deal Implementation and Accountability Act provides a path forward for the U.S., as well as the international Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently responded to reports that as many as 900 West Virginia workers could be laid off by coal producer Alpha Natural Resources, warning that the Obama administration’s regulations are deeply impacting families and communities. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) was joined by five Senate colleagues on Friday in a letter calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to clarify its arbitrary and inconsistent broadband definitions, which could have a detrimental impact on Montanans. Daines, Read more…