The Senate passed the bipartisan Accuracy for Adoptees Act on Friday, which was introduced by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to make the process for correcting errors in the birth certificates of children adopted abroad more efficient. The U.S. Citizenship and Read more…
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) pressed the FAA on Thursday for an overdue report on the impact of in-flight cell phone use in the wake of the FCC’s announcement that it may lift the current Read more…
House Oversight and Government Reform committee members said on Tuesday that they have received information indicating the administration directed contractors to hide price comparisons from unregistered users on the federal insurance exchange website. Leaders of the committee sent a letter Read more…
On Friday, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) called for the Defense Department to end unnecessary furloughs of the American Forces Network that have pushed many of its channels off the air and ended live sporting event broadcasts for troops deployed overseas. Read more…
Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory recently told the Ripon Forum that his goal as governor is to implement a collaborative, systematic approach to everything his administration does. McCrory, who served as mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, said that Read more…
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently said individuals deserve the same one-year reprieve from the Affordable Care Act that businesses are receiving. “Individuals, like businesses, are subject to reporting requirements, costs and penalties under the Affordable Care Read more…
The House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Ken Calvert’s (R-Calif.) proposed bill, the Legal Workforce Act, on Thursday in a 22-9 vote. The proposed legislation would require all U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the Read more…
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) introduced the bipartisan Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians Water Rights Settlement Act on Wednesday. The legislation quantifies the Band’s reserved water rights in the Santa Margarita River Watershed. The legislation also authorizes necessary infrastructure to guarantee Read more…
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) recently cast his vote in favor of the $940 billion farm bill that would have established a five-year extension of agriculture programs to provide farmers with certainty on a long-term basis. The bill ultimately failed in Read more…