Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) recently added herself as an original cosponsor to a bill that would create a fast-track, hiring process for psychiatrists who train at Veterans Affairs facilities. The proposed bill, The Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act, Read more…
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) recently introduced legislation that would stop foreign countries from taxing Americans who profit from U.S. securities transactions. By blocking foreign governments from collecting taxes on such transactions, Roberts said his proposed bill would protect Americans from Read more…
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently asked other Senators to share their proposals for reforming the tax code. The two Senators proposed a “blank-slate” approach on Thursday as a legislative starting point 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…
Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) recently asked Senate leadership to take action before federal student loan interest rates more than double. Meehan is among a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers who recently wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Read more…
The Senate passed two energy bills on Wednesday that would directly impact the state of Utah. The proposed bills, offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), passed unanimously, The first bill, the Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act would allow the Read more…
The Public Policy Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention recently presented Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) with its Allies for Action award. “The suicide rate among our military personnel and veterans is of serious concern,” John Madigan, the senior Read more…
RIPON FORUM Looks at Rick Snyder’s Approach as Governor of Michigan and His Effort to Provide Value to the Taxpayers of His State WASHINGTON, DC – With partisanship at an all-time high and trust in government at an all-time low, Read more…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (KY-5) appeared before a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday morning, delivering a speech in which he not only responded to the recent threat by the White House to veto Read more…
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) recently announced a two-year moratorium of the Army Corps of Engineer’s plan to erect barriers along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. Whitefield originally introduced the legislation, known as the Freedom to Fish Act, in Read more…