President and Administration
To deal with a surge of migrants crossing into the United States, the White House is asking Congress for billions of dollars in emergency funds. The White House is insisting that Congress approve its $4.5 billion...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education will meet on…The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on educational issues affecting Veterans. The Committee's area of focus includes…
On Thursday, 5/2, the Trump administration unveiled protections to further shield health workers who have religious or moral objections to care…
Congress
The Dream Act is currently on hold…The bill is stalled because of an intraparty fight over providing citizenship to undocumented immigrants with…
As Congress faces a number of spending bills before August recess, that also leads to the future of the infrastructure bill. The outcome of the budget talks also will have implications for…Ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump last week on infrastructure, the top two Democrats in Congress made sure schools...
On 4/30 the House Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies held an oversight hearing on the 2020 census preparation. There were comments about reaching...
H.R. 8, the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act,” was introduced by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and cosponsored by…
House Democrats want a $4.4 billion spending increase for the U.S. Department of Education in the coming fiscal year, including notable increases for…The spending legislation unveiled Monday, 4/29, would provide…