U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently joined almost a dozen of her Republican colleagues in offering a resolution to celebrate America’s power industry. “West Virginia is a proud energy-producing state, and our workforce in that field has long contributed Read more…
To combat the rising identity fraud crisis enabled by Artificial Intelligence (AI), the United States Postal Service (USPS) would be authorized to offer identity proofing and identity-related services to the private sector under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Sept. 30 Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Todd Young (R-IN) on Sept. 28 joined 25 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution that calls on Russia to immediately release an American journalist held captive for more than six months. Read more…
Republicans led by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) proposed legislation that would prevent federal maritime rules from being issued related to the Rice’s whale, a recently discovered species in the Gulf of Mexico that’s causing a legal battle between the Read more…
Americans with disabilities would be able to find more improved job opportunities listed when they apply for federal disability benefits under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Sept. 18 by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). “Individuals with disabilities should not be Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Sept. 13 joined several other Republicans to introduce legislation that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $11 an hour over four years. The Higher Read more…
A joint resolution offered on Sept. 5 by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Thune (R-SD) would overturn the Biden administration’s income-driven repayment rule, which is designed to forgive specific higher education student loans. President Joe Biden on June Read more…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) must cease any further action to amend the definition of an investment advice fiduciary, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and a Republican colleague. Specifically, the lawmakers oppose the DOL’s August notice of Read more…
Following the release of a new report describing how millions of dollars of funding from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have flowed into America’s K-12 classrooms, 18 Republican senators urged the U.S. Department of Education to conduct a nationwide Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) seeks feedback on a discussion draft bill he released earlier this week regarding offshore manning and crewing. To be titled the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act, the draft bill specifically aims to create a level Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) joined several of his Republican colleagues in requesting that the Biden administration answer questions about the approximately $6 billion in frozen assets it released to Iran in exchange for five American prisoners. “While we firmly Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to delay implementing a proposed rule that would harm small businesses operating in the offshore oil and gas industry in Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have urged the Secretary of State to address the threat that the illegal trafficking of tobacco products by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) poses to U.S. national security. In an Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently led 38 of her Republican colleagues in requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its Clean Power Plan 2.0 proposal, arguing that the plan is unlawful and would exacerbate an energy shortage Read more…
Recently introduced bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) aims to encourage Americans to save money toward retirement. “America is the land of opportunity, and our bipartisan bill will help protect and preserve the American dream for Montanans Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) recently proposed bipartisan legislation that would ensure Medicaid coverage kicks in for mental health services and primary care services that a young person receives on the same day “Asking for help is a sign of Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Todd Young (R-IN) that would modify how the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funds and manages the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is on its way to being Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced last week by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) would amend safe harbors in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to permit plan sponsors to automatically re-enroll non-participants at least once every Read more…
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently led more than 90 of his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan bill that would make the qualified business income deduction permanent under federal law. Specifically, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, H.R. 4721, which Read more…
To address the nation’s obesity epidemic, U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on July 20 offered a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would expand Medicare coverage of obesity treatment options. “As a physician, the prevalence of Read more…
All taxpayers with a casualty loss — not just those who had received a federal disaster declaration — would become eligible to receive the federal casualty loss deduction under a bipartisan bill introduced on July 11 by U.S. Sen. Bill Read more…
To address the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) effort to eliminate gas appliances, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) recently sponsored legislation that would modify standards for water heaters, furnaces, boilers, and kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens. “My legislation will stop Read more…
Legislation recently proposed by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and several of her Republican colleagues would ramp up penalties for criminals who steal firearms from federally licensed firearms and ammunition dealers. “No one wants a firearm to end up in Read more…
U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) recently offered a bipartisan, bicameral bill to provide a tax credit for disaster mitigation expenditures. Rep. Salazar on June 22 sponsored the Shelter Act, H.R. 4305, with four Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill proposed by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). “Reforming the NFIP means making it affordable again,” said Sen. Cassidy, the lead original cosponsor of the Read more…
America’s agriculture producers would receive duties collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) for China’s unfair trading practices under a bipartisan bill recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). “I’m proud to join my colleagues in Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led two of their Republican colleagues in calling on the Biden administration to ensure it is developing a strategy to oversee federal high-containment laboratories, and updating policies to Read more…
President Joe Biden on June 14 signed into law a bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) that requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase annual cost-of-living payments to the nation’s military veterans. “I am Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joined a Republican contingent of lawmakers to offer legislation that includes five bills addressing higher education costs, including one sponsored by Sen. Cassidy to increase college transparency. “Our federal higher education financing system contributes more Read more…
With the Biden administration expected to end familial DNA testing at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and several of their Republican colleagues on June 7 introduced a GOP-led bill that would require such tests Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) led a bipartisan contingent of his colleagues in calling on the Biden administration to revive the Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) program in a reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). “We Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on June 6 cosponsored a bipartisan bill that would expand housing investment with mortgage revenue bonds to make homeownership more accessible for America’s working families. Sen. Cassidy introduced the Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act, S. Read more…
Last week the U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to designate June 10 as “Veterans Get Outside Day” to support veterans struggling with mental health issues. “We owe it to the men and women Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently signed on as an original cosponsor of a Republican-led bill that would incentivize states to recover fraudulently paid federal and state unemployment compensation. “Unemployment insurance fraud during the pandemic was widespread and unacceptable, and Read more…
To support small businesses, create jobs, and strengthen the nation’s economy, U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) recently joined a dozen of their GOP colleagues to introduce legislation that would make permanent the 20 percent pass-through business Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on May 22 approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) that would increase U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits for America’s military veterans. The bill now heads to the president’s Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) on May 17 to introduce the bicameral Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023, which aims to uphold America’s immigration laws. “Local law enforcement is having Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on May 11 joined almost 40 other Republicans in unveiling legislation that would ensure swift and tough penalties for violent criminals who target America’s law enforcement officers. “Our law enforcement risk their lives to keep Read more…
A congressional charter would be created for the nonprofit, nonpartisan National American Indian Veterans (NAIV) organization under a bipartisan, bicameral bill backed by U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Thune (R-SD), as well as U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD). Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) recently sponsored legislation to streamline the nation’s sluggish permitting and environmental approval processes to make it easier to build energy, transportation, and other infrastructure projects. Sen. Capito, ranking member of Read more…
A bipartisan bill recently offered by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) would expand access to direct primary care (DPC) by allowing individuals with direct primary care service arrangements to be eligible for health savings accounts. “Unfortunately, the Internal Revenue Service’s Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and a bipartisan group of 32 lawmakers on May 2 proposed the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act to protect the safety of America’s children online. “Montana children are the future of our state and our Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on May 3 cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would strengthen protections related to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and teenagers. The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, S. 1418, Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) on Tuesday signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill aimed at ensuring pretrial detainees receiving substance abuse treatment may continue such services in order to help reduce the rates of overdose Read more…
A bicameral Republican bill offered on April 19 by U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) would reform America’s labor laws for the 21st century. Among numerous provisions, the Employee Rights Act, S. 1201/H.R. 2700, would Read more…
Legislation offered on April 20 by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and 18 of her Republican colleagues would clarify and improve the nation’s violent crime laws regarding attacks on law enforcement, bank robbery, candy-flavored drugs, carjacking, and kidnapping, among other Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on April 19 introduced bipartisan legislation that would officially establish the position of special envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum, an international organization of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations established in 1971 to Read more…
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) recently introduced a Republican bill that seeks to end the “weaponization” of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against employers. “The National Labor Relations Board is required by law to provide Read more…
Technology giants like Facebook and Google are keeping community news publishers from making a profit on Big Tech platforms and it’s killing local journalism, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and a dozen other lawmakers who recently proposed a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced March 31 the reintroduction of the bipartisan Respond, Innovate, Support, and Empower (RISE) Act, H.R. 2401, which seeks to ease the transition from high school to college for students with disabilities. “Everyone, no Read more…