U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) traveled across Missouri last week to meet with veterans and health care professionals at VA community outpatient clinics, behavioral health facilities, a VFW post and an American Legion Post to learn firsthand about concerns and Read more…
A contingent of Republican leaders led by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke out against President Obama’s vetoing of legislation on Tuesday that would put an end to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush elections.” “Once again, President Read more…
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) said a measure that outlines funding for transportation projects through early 2015 would avoid delays in projects and subsequent job losses while Congress hashes out a long-term solution. The House of Representatives recently approved the Highway Read more…
Legislation introduced by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) on Tuesday would reform the child tax credit and make it available to more families. The Child Tax Credit Improvement Act would tie the child tax credit to inflation and make adjustments to Read more…
Legislation introduced on Friday by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) would sanction Vietnamese government officials who are allegedly complicit in abuses of human rights. The Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act would place travel and financial sanctions Read more…
Pew Center Vice President of Research Michael Dimock discussed the American electorate on Friday during the Ripon Society’s 2014 Legislative and Communications Directors Symposium on Leadership. In general, Dimock said, Republican voters are more critical of their own party than Read more…
Legislation introduced by Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) to stop the spread of Asian carp and other invasive species in the Great Lakes received support from members of Canada’s Parliament on Friday. Miller’s Defending Against Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2014 Read more…
A bipartisan team of legislators announced on Tuesday that sequestered FDA user fees would be returned to the agency under the federal spending bill that funds the government through the fiscal year. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee M emberRep. Read more…
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said on Thursday that progress has been made on repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula used to reimburse physicians who provide treatment to Medicare recipients. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing Read more…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently questioned how a recent decision to eliminate support for public financing of most coal-fired power plants overseas would impact electricity costs in developing countries. Upton and House Energy and Read more…