Colorado bill would criminalize threats against election officials
By Jason Szep and Linda So WASHINGTON -Colorado lawmakers are seeking stronger protections for election workers after an unprecedented year of terroristic threats inspired by …
By Jason Szep and Linda So WASHINGTON -Colorado lawmakers are seeking stronger protections for election workers after an unprecedented year of terroristic threats inspired by …
First Lady Jill Biden acknowledged that her key initiative, free community college, would not be included in the Democrats’ spending bill while giving a speech …
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro unveiled an initial short-term government funding bill in hopes of averting a shutdown set to take effect on Feb. …
Google’s Chief Legal Officer and President of Global Affairs Kent Walker accused Microsoft on Friday of “carving out” an exception to a bill targeting app …
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed a multibillion-dollar bill https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-leaders-set-unveil-chips-china-competition-bill-2022-01-25 aimed at increasing American competitiveness …
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday aimed at tackling the dominance of major tech companies, particularly Apple and Google, in mobile app stores. …
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives plans a procedural vote on Wednesday on a bill https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-leaders-set-unveil-chips-china-competition-bill-2022-01-25 aimed at increasing U.S. competitiveness with China and …
House Republicans are staunchly opposed to Democrats’ proposed bill to bolster American competitiveness against China, potentially complicating their goal of passing legislation by the beginning of …
House Democrats late Tuesday unveiled a bill aimed at bolstering United States competitiveness with China that jumpstarts domestic research and development and semiconductor chip production. …
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a report Tuesday highlighting the dire state of the ongoing semiconductor shortage in the U.S. and urged lawmakers to …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced the introduction of a joint resolution to stop the Washington, D.C. vaccine mandate for K-12 students …
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has stiffed Main Street, New Jersey says Senator Joe Pennacchio while creating a sweetheart deal for the …
TRENTON, NJ – While you can lose your business, your job and be declined service in New Jersey in some places for not being vaccinated …
TRENTON, NJ – Farmers throughout New Jersey may soon be able to apply for agricultural grants to help cover the cost of deer fencing thanks …
Unable to rally a majority vote in the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden said that he will try again in the future to pass a …
Microsoft announced Thursday it would commission a review of its sexual harassment policies and examine how the company has handled reports of harassment, including its …
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senator Paul Sarlo that would appropriate $5 million from the “Securing Our Children’s Future Fund” to the Department of Education to …
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he supports a bill banning abortions after fifteen weeks in the state, the latest effort in a …
Trenton – The Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Patrick Diegnan, Jr. that would revise current law prohibiting cruel tethering and confinement of dogs and …
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Democrats late Sunday, calling their effort to pass voting legislation “The Left’s Big Lie” as they prepare to try …
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to force a vote on changing Senate rules in the next two weeks if Republicans again block Democrats’ voting legislation. …
An Oklahoma bill introduced on Dec. 16 may allow parents to seek the removal of books that they deem inappropriate from school libraries. The bill, …
Republican lawmakers are sponsoring a bill designed to protect financial transactions known as “payment for order flow,” in which brokerages route their clients’ trades to …
FAIRVIEW, NJ – Mye Johnson, 27-year-old New York City school safety agent was gunned down and killed outside an Astoria bar while celebrating her birthday …
NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said anyone who gets a booster shot between now and New Year’s Eve …
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Michael Testa’s legislation that would provide a COVID-related tax benefit to the state’s small businesses was advanced today by the Senate …
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected another Democratic effort to include immigration reform in President Joe Biden’s spending bill. MacDonough’s ruling, which came late Thursday, is …
The anti-Islamophobia bill passed in the House Tuesday was introduced by a representative with a history of anti-Semitic comments and has the potential to chill …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent letters to members of Congress on Thursday urging them to cut two sections of President Joe Biden’s spending bill …
Several top Nike executives funneled more than $60,000 to the re-election campaign of Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden over the course of just 16 days …
Senate Democrats’ hope to pass President Joe Biden’s tax and spending bill before 2022 may be slipping away, leading Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to consider …
The House late Tuesday passed an anti-Islamophobia bill weeks after Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert implied that her Muslim Democratic colleague was a terrorist. The …
A public relations firm run by former Democratic operatives and tied to foreign influence campaigns is working on behalf of a Chinese drone manufacturer blacklisted …
A group of top House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to increase domestic oil and gas production when he …
The House late Tuesday passed a conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization Act and a bill that could clear a path for the Senate …
A compromised version of the National Defense Authorization Act is reportedly set to scrap provisions that would require women to register for the draft and …
Mexico doubled down on its criticism of the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, arguing that a provision favoring U.S. automakers violates the recently-signed United States-Mexico-Canada …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, arguing that it should be scrapped entirely since many of its provisions are unnecessary or …
JACKSON, NJ – As investors in Ocean County are buying up homes in and around Jackson Township using hard to trace LLCs and corporations, Senator …
TRENTON, NJ – A plan is afoot in New Jersey to kick off an energy revolution where we are all forced to give up our …
TRENTON –Legislation that would require the Police Training Commission (PTC) to contract with a crisis intervention training center to assist and support counties in developing …
TRENTON – The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senator Nellie Pou that would allow certain physical therapists to perform “dry needling” as intervention treatment on …
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senator Fred Madden and Senate President Steve Sweeney that would revise the eligibility requirements for the NJ Workability Program and the …
TRENTON, NJ – If you are a veteran in New Jersey, your days of paying for public beach access might soon be over. A bill …
The Senate late Thursday cleared a stopgap bill to fund the government through mid-February, after an 11th-hour agreement led a pocket of conservative Republicans who …
The House on Thursday passed a stopgap funding bill that would keep the federal government open through Feb. 18, the first step to avoiding a …
Congress reached a deal on Thursday morning to fund the government through Feb. 18, the first step in avoiding a shutdown set to begin at …
Andrew Trunsky on November 30, 2021 A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to ensure that an …
Senate Republicans blocked the passage of the annual defense bill after they and their Democratic colleagues failed to agree on rules governing amendment votes to …
Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review the ruling that overturned the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby, the Associated Press reported. …