Down the shore: New Jersey lawmakers seek to undo sunscreen prohibition for kids
New Jersey lawmakers say that since the 1970s, the state has regulated sunscreen as an over-the-counter drug and can ban it from schools. State Rep. Nancy Munoz, R-Union, introduced a bill Wednesday that would instruct schools to allow students to use sunscreen and have school staff assist them in certain situations. Munoz, a former nurse, […]
Dem lawmakers push bill to restore funding to controversial UN agency
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the United States to restore funding to a controversial United Nations agency that helps provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees but whose staff members face accusations that they took part in the October 7 attack on Israel. At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol […]
Trump has ‘presidential level’ Secret Service protection, lawmakers told
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Trump, Harris give lawmakers whiplash with costly campaign promises
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris have floated a succession of spending and tax ideas, raising concerns in Congress that there is no end in sight to the huge annual deficits. President Trump's repeal of the cap on deductions for state and local taxes, a key part of his tax reform bill, is […]
Union shells out ‘$100 stipend’ to members for attending Dem lawmaker’s campaign rally: Report
Members of a Pennsylvania labor union were offered a “$100 allowance” to attend a recent campaign rally for Democratic lawmakers, according to leaked text messages obtained by police. Washington Free Beacon. According to news media, the local chapter of the International Union of Bricklayers has called on members to attend a rally to show their […]
GOP lawmakers wrestle with emergency Secret Service funding amid government shutdown fight
House Republicans are considering adding additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) as part of a short-term spending plan aimed at averting a partial government shutdown on October 1. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, is preparing to vote Wednesday night on a plan to avert a government shutdown, a six-month spending supplement known as […]
Bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers demand convicted killer’s execution be halted
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers on Tuesday called on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt the execution of a man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17. Prosecutors have argued that his […]
55 Democratic lawmakers ask Biden administration to expand Arctic protections
Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) More than 50 Democrats It called on the Department of the Interior to expand federal protections in the Arctic. The Interior Department in July sought comment on whether to add more protections to 23 million acres in the western Arctic. The department began designating so-called special […]
Democratic lawmakers call out nursing home executive pay amid minimum staffing rule fight
Democratic lawmakers are blaming high executive pay at the three for-profit nursing home companies as the industry fights new minimum staffing requirements that would apply to nearly all U.S. facilities. Executive compensation is letter The letter was sent Friday evening to the CEOs of Brookdale Senior Living, National Healthcare and Ensign Group, and was signed […]
Lawmakers request briefing from Secret Service on latest attempted assassination on Trump
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers serving on a special team investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has asked the Secret Service for an explanation for the latest assassination attempt on the former president, which took place on Sunday. On Sunday, while Trump was playing golf at his club in West Palm […]