Tag: Policies & Impacts

Republican Governors Ask Congress to Overturn California’s Pork Producing Law

Eleven Republican governors have joined together to ask Congress to overturn a California law that the governors say will disrupt the pork industry and hurt the nation’s food supply. On June 13, the governors signed a letter (pdf) to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate…


House Passes REINS Act to Curb Administrative State

The House passed a bill that would require major regulations from agencies to secure approval from Congress. The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act made it through on June 14 with 221 yeas and 210 nays. The bill, also known as H.R. 277, can be read here. In the hours before…


[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] How Trump Is Accused of One Crime, Then Charged With Another

History was made Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump showed up in federal court to face criminal charges. He allegedly violated 31 counts under the Espionage Act, then allegedly committed six process crimes including a conspiracy charge. But what’s important is the legalities of the case, and the “novel” legal theory it is built upon. …


LIVE NOW: Federal Reserve Chair Powell Holds News Conference After Release of Fed Policy

Federal Reserve System Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. …


LIVE NOW: Federal Reserve Chair Powell Holds News Conference After Release of Interest Rate Policy

Federal Reserve System Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. …


Federal Reserve Chair Powell Holds News Conference After Release of Interest Rate Policy

Federal Reserve System Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. …


Family Groups and LGBT Activists Uniting Against Bill That Could Make Pedophiles a Protected Class

In an unlikely alliance, Christian family values groups and LGBT activists have signed a petition against a proposed Connecticut bill they say could make pedophiles a protected sexual minority. The bill, HB 6638, would revise the language of the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The current definition of “sexual orientation” in Connecticut law excludes protections for “any behavior…


Family Groups and LGBT Activist Uniting Against Bill That Could Make Pedophiles a Protected Class

In an unlikely alliance, Christian family values groups and LGBT activists have signed a petition against a proposed Connecticut bill they say could make pedophiles a protected sexual minority. The bill, HB 6638, would revise the language of the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The current definition of “sexual orientation” in Connecticut law excludes protections for “any behavior…


Proposed $874 Billion Defense Budget Cleared for House Hearings Beginning Next Week

After nearly five months of hearings, the House Armed Forces Committee’s six subcommittees on June 13 quickly and unanimously adopted their components of the proposed $874.2 billion fiscal year 2024 (FY24) national defense budget. The next stop for the draft National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), filed as House Bill 2670, is its first hearing before…


Federal Regulator Sounds Alarm on Declining Electric Grid Reliability

The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sounded the alarm on a deteriorating U.S. grid in a House hearing on June 13. At one point, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked the commissioners a yes-or-no question: “Has electric reliability worsened or improved over the past three years?” The first answer came from acting FERC…