A bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) to strengthen Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws was approved by the House on Monday. FOIA serves as a critical tool to allow the public Read more…
More than 80 percent of Americans believe that an overhaul of the federal government is needed, according to a Clarus poll, but legislative change is still not at hand. The reason? Chairman of Common Good Philip K. Howard says that Read more…
The House voted 244-173 on Thursday for a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to block the Obama administration from implementing regulations without first providing detailed information to the public for at least six months prior to the Read more…
Following the introduction by U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) of legislation in December that would block a proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule that threatened the privacy and security of charitable donors, the IRS scrapped the proposal entirely on Thursday. Read more…
Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) said that history has been made this week following both chambers of Congress approving a measure to repeal Obamacare. “As we begin a new year, Read more…
Following an announcement by President Barack Obama that a series of executive orders will be issued to restrict firearm purchases in the U.S., opposition to the plan has continued to grow. “Recent tragedies in our country were horrible acts that Read more…
Legislation signed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday updates election law in Michigan to more closely align the state with other states through the elimination of the option for voters to select a straight-party ticket on the ballot. “Michigan Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Martha Roby (R-AL) and Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) responded to reports on Monday that President Barack Obama would seek to take executive action to unilaterally restrict Second Amendment rights. “President Obama has repeatedly Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) recently highlighted $1.6 billion in overpayments in fiscal year 2014 by the Social Security Administration (SSA), warning that the government must do more to protect taxpayer money. “I care about protecting Americans who rely on Read more…
The Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act, H.R. 4247, was introduced on Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL). All Cuban immigrants, regardless of their reasons for leaving Cuba, are treated as refugees and asylees under a provision in the Refugee Read more…