U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) led a bipartisan call on Friday for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to update intrastate crowdfunding regulations for entrepreneurs. Emmer and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) led the letter to SEC Commissioner Mary Jo Read more…
U.S. Reps. Mimi Walters (R-CA) and Tom Reed (R-NY) and U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) applauded the president’s signing of the Survivors Bill of Rights Act, H.R. 5578, into law on Friday. The measure would empower survivors of sexual assault Read more…
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) recently told the Ripon Advance that he expects that his bipartisan legislation to help Florida orange growers fight a disease that has infected 99 percent of commercial citrus groves will advance in the Senate before Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) announced an agreement on Monday that ensures that critical deliveries will continue to island communities in Maine. Collins, Poliquin and U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) brokered an agreement that Read more…
Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to identify opioid abuse often fall short, according to a bipartisan report released on Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). The report summarizes an investigation of CMS efforts to identify opioid-related Read more…
Legislative leaders reacted on Monday to a report that found that approximately one-quarter of Obama administration appointee conversions to career federal service positions didn’t meet procedures designed to curb favoritism. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed data on 69 political Read more…
The amount of time Canadians who own or lease a home could spend in the United States would be extended by two months under a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday. The Canadian Snowbird Visa Act, Read more…
U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) said on Friday that it is “unacceptable” for the Obama administration to pay billions of dollars to “bail out” insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The administration has signaled to Read more…
Mimi Walters
The Senate unanimously approved bicameral, bipartisan legislation on Thursday that U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) introduced to establish rights for survivors of sexual assault. The bill passed the House in early September and now goes to President Barack Obama to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation on Wednesday that would clear the non-violent criminal records of victims of human trafficking. The Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, S. 3441, would apply to non-violent crimes that are a direct Read more…