Hawley re-ups PELOSI Act, banning lawmakers from trading stocks
R-Mo. Sen. Josh Hawley of the company is reintroducing a law Monday prohibiting members of Congress and their spouses from trading shares while in office. Holy introduced the Pelosi Act in 2023, but failed to make progress under President Joe Biden’s administration. The proposal has since gained popularity among lawmakers on both sides of the […]
Durbin suggests aging lawmakers should consider retiring
Senate minority Whipdick Durbin, D-Ill. suggested on Thursday that more senior lawmakers like him should consider when they want to leave politics and give way for the younger generation. “If you’re honest about yourself and your reputation, you still want to leave when you’re not transported through the back door,” Durbin said. He told MSNBCIn […]
Dem Lawmakers Visit Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk in ICE Detention
Democrats visited Mahmoud Khalil and Lumeisa Ozturk. This is two university students facing deportation as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on anti-Semitism on university campuses. Mahmoud Khalil, as reported by Breitbart News, is a US non-citizen on the green card and “begins to protest against Israeli counterattack less than a week after Hamas launched […]
REAL ID rollout leaves some privacy-minded lawmakers mum
With President Donald Trump returning to the White House and the final rollout of federal real identity requirements that come into effect in May, many of Washington’s biggest privacy advocates are largely silent. Privacy-conscious lawmakers on either side of the aisle have, among other measures, exploding the Patriot Act for years, but few have issued […]
GOP Lawmakers Pitch Plans To Take On Ivy League Endowment Tax Breaks In ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Congressional Republicans have repeatedly raised taxes on donation revenues at certain universities in order to crack down on anti-Semitism allowed on campus amid President Donald Trump’s wider pressure campaign on universities. GOP lawmakers are considering several laws that will raise the tax rate of 1.4% on elite universities’ contributions and increase the number of donations […]
Democrat Rep. Ansari Calls on More Lawmakers to Travel to El Salvador
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), currently one of El Salvador’s four left-wing House members, has called on other lawmakers to travel to the Latin American country, defending immigrants “illegally imprisoned” and claiming one of the teenagers, in order to promote the return of suspects of MS-13 gang member Kilmer Abrego Garcia. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) […]
NPR urges its stations to contact lawmakers as Trump admin seeks to end funding
The NPR is urging the Members Bureau to contact members of Congress as the Trump administration is stepping up efforts to withdraw federal funds from public broadcasting. The memo sent Monday is something not expected on April 28th in response to a White House plan report to send a retirement package to Capitol Hill this […]
GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump’s costly agenda
Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay on President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut their spending and make money. Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing on the Trump agenda. Outside observers have expressed pessimism that […]
Florida lawmakers take aim at drones, protecting homeowners’ right to privacy
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers to introduce bill aimed at eliminating vet suicide
Exclusive: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working together to introduce a bill aimed at strengthening veteran suicide prevention programs. “Too many veterans are almost dying from suicide every day, so we need to do more to prevent that,” Ohio Democrat Rep. Greg Landsman led the effort, telling Fox News Digital. “Concentrating VA resources on […]