President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) to improve how the federal government manages software. The Making Electronic Government Accountable by Yielding Tangible Efficiencies (MEGABYTE) Act, H.R. 4904, requires federal Read more…
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) would require owners and employees of massage establishments to report sexual assault allegations to police. The Duty to Report Sexual Assault Act, H.R. 5865, introduced by Meehan and U.S. Rep. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) continued his efforts to ensure that the military uses American made products on Thursday by calling for the relaunch of a running shoe testing program. In a letter to the Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Read more…
Bipartisan legislation recently led by U.S. Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) would help prevent American businesses from abusing the H-1B visa program and outsourcing jobs. The H-1B visa program grants temporary visas to highly skilled workers for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) celebrated the launch of Florida’s ABLE United program on Wednesday, which will provide access to tax-free savings accounts for individuals with disabilities thanks to Crenshaw’s efforts. Crenshaw’s legislation, the Stephen Beck, Jr. Achieving a Better Read more…
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) recently sought documents related to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach that could have exposed information to foreign nationals. Smith requested the information in letters to Office of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would modify U.S. diplomatic efforts to make inter-country adoption to the United States a more viable option. The Vulnerable Children and Families Act, which was introduced by Blunt and U.S. Read more…
With the goal of halting welfare abuse, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) recently introduced a bill that would reform the federal food stamp program to preserve taxpayers’ money and prevent fraud from drug traffickers exploiting public benefits. Poliquin said that Read more…
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) would require that more information be disclosed about federal student loans to borrowers. The Transparency in Student Lending Act, H.R. 5838, which was introduced by Hultgren and U.S. Reps. John Read more…
The Senate recently approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) to help solve civil rights cold cases from the 1960s and beyond. The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act, S. 2854, Read more…