As credit card debt levels soar across the country, there is a new effort in Washington to try to limit the amount of interest credit card companies can charge.
In 1971, Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.It divided Alaska into 12 regions for newly formed private, for-profit native corporations to run.Alaska’s senators have been trying for years to include five other small, southeastern communities into ANCSA that were originally left out of the deal.
Mike Pence is emphasizing his loyalty to the constitution and his Christian faith as key reasons why he should be the Republican nominee for Election 2024.
For over a decade, the federal minimum wage sitting at just $7.25 an hour. Congress has debated raising it for years to no avail. But that hasn’t deterred Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and other house Democrats. They recently reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act. It would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028.
A new survey has found that a bipartisan majority of people say they would favor a ban on stock trade for Members of Congress, the President, Vice President and Supreme Court justices.
In Washington, the Senate has passed the country’s annual defense bill.The House passed its own version a couple weeks ago so now both sides will work to reach an agreement.Among the issues lawmakers want addressed, studying the damage the opioid epidemic has caused the military community.
Political parties usually rally behind incumbents running for another term in office. But one politically connected candidate thinks Joe Biden does not deserve a second term in the Oval Office.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went under oath before a controversial House panel Thursday to talk about the so-called ‘weaponization’ of the federal government.
House and Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday they say will strengthen federal protections of voting rights. The legislation is in response to a proposal House Republicans put forward last week encouraging states to make their own changes.
Several Republican presidential candidates came to the nation’s capital Monday to compete for the Christian conservative vote. The contenders vowed to stand with Israel as the country’s president will meet with President Biden and Congress the next couple days.
The former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson was in Washington, D.C. Monday explaining his law enforcement policy vision as his campaign for president continues.
A group of lawmakers in Washington are now pushing for a new bill that they say would ensure that federal environmental reviews for domestic microchip manufacturing projects are completed in a timely manner.
The legislation dictates how the military spends its money, but the controversial contents of the package leave the bill with an uncertain future in the Senate.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are now pushing for new legislation to help out active-duty service members who are victims of medical malpractice with the HERO Act.
Rep. Nikki Budzinzki (D-IL) launched “Farm Bill 101″ this month, an initiative that showcases the importance of the legislation to Central and Southern Illinois and the need to pass it this year.
Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to provide more access to mental health professionals to help deal with everyday stress students experience in school.
A bill decreasing government red tape so patients can have better access to top drug treatments is closer to becoming law. Gray Television Washington News Bureau reporter Josh Rultenberg has the story of one boy who could have benefited but had to “fail first” on less effective medication.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has reintroduced the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act, a bill that will would require federal surveys to include questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and variations in sex characteristics.
After reports surfaced last the month that the White House might be halting plans to move U.S. Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, members of Congress from Ohio are urging the White House to move the headquarters to their state.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) has introduced a bill that gives $3 billion in grants and loans over a five-year period for new construction of solar facilities and upgrades to existing sites.
Daniel Marshall may not have received his diploma had he not survived a car crash late on New Year’s Eve this past year thanks to the help of a stranger.
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy compromised for the ‘Fiscal Responsibility Act.’The bill suspends the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, along with changing federal spending.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated it’s “highly likely” that Treasury will not be able to pay the country’s bills as early as June 1.
Leaders have begun restructured negotiations as they try to avoid a default, while seemingly standing firm on lines they will not cross to get to a deal.
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) recently reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to disclose where products are made. The bill is called the Country of Origin Labeling Online Act or COOL Act. If passed, it would ensure that the country-of-origin be clearly displayed in a product’s description and would also require disclosure of an online seller’s country.
Senators proposed two bills to change how documents are classified, how many documents are classified and who can see classified federal government documents.
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