Monitoring Trade Agreements with Taiwan, Promoting Plain-Language Rules, and Expanding Recruiting and Training for Law Enforcement
Category Archives: Congress at Work
Monitoring Trade Agreements with Taiwan, Promoting Plain-Language Rules, and Expanding Recruiting and Training for Law Enforcement
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readUnited States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act (HR 4004) – This bipartisan bill was introduced on June 12 by Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO). The purpose of this bill is to convey approval by … Continue reading
Compensating Service Members and Establishing Rules and Procedures for Ethical Matters
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readCADETS Act (S 467) – This bipartisan bill was introduced on Feb. 16 by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI). The purpose of this bipartisan bill is to change the age requirements (previously limited to age 25 and … Continue reading
Raising the Debt Ceiling, Protecting Air Travel and Repealing the Iraq AUMF
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readFiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (HR 3746) – This Act represents a compromise reached by House Republicans and President Biden. Republicans negotiated concessions in exchange for voting to raise the debt ceiling to maintain the solvency … Continue reading
Increasing the Federal Debt Limit, Improving Disaster Resources and Attempting to Reduce Government Waste
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readLimit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (HR 2811) – This bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) on April 26. It would authorize and increase the federal debt limit as well as … Continue reading
Shoring Up Services for Veterans, Energy Production and Cybersecurity Risks
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readRelating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (HJ Res 7) – On March 13, 2020, then-President Trump declared a national emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, emergency status … Continue reading
Transparency for the Coronavirus, Federal Settlements, Smart Appliances and Public Education
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readCOVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 (S 619) – This bill would authorize the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify all information relating to the origin of COVID-19 and any correlation with the … Continue reading
Increasing Small Business Investments, Relaxing COVID Vaccination Requirements and Generating More Challenges to Abortion Access
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readInvesting in Main Street Act of 2023 (HR 400) – Introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) on Jan.20, this bill would permit certain financial institutions to increase investments in small business investment companies (SBICs). The current … Continue reading


