The House of Representatives approved legislation on Monday that U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) introduced to reauthorize and enhance the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The National Institute of Standards and Technology Improvement Act, H.R. 5639, would reauthorize Read more…
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed 44 Republican leaders of the House of Representatives on Friday to serve on a bipartisan conference committee to produce a final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Michael Turner (R-OH), Read more…
The House of Representatives approved legislation last week that was led by U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) to fund federal entities like the IRS, financial regulators, the White House and federal courts. The fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Read more…
Bipartisan legislation that was recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) would enable government employees to use ridesharing and bikesharing programs for official business. The Government Travel Modernization Act, H.R. 5625, introduced by Hurd and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton Read more…
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced legislation on Thursday that would strip former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of her security clearance due to her alleged mishandling of classified information. The Taking Responsibility Using Secured Technologies Read more…
U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Kevin Brady (R-TX) released a report on Thursday that found that Obama administration officials circumvented appropriations laws in funding the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program. The report was the culmination Read more…
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) recently announced that House Statement of Disbursements (SOD) are now available in a new electronic and searchable open-text format thanks to the effort of U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL). Last year, Miller, the chairwoman of Read more…
The House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) introduced to help protect seniors from fraudsters. The Senior $afe Act, H.R. 4538, introduced by Poliquin and U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), would allow financial Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) on Tuesday called for the reactivation of a statute that would reinstate the role of Congress in requesting independent investigations of senior administration officials. Following FBI Director James Comey’s announcement that he would not recommend Read more…
Legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) would require increases in the debt limit to be offset with reductions in the cost of regulatory burdens. The Reducing Excessive Government (REG) Act, S. 3119, which was introduced by Gardner Read more…