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Restricting Trade Relations with Russia, Enhancing U.S. Export Pathways, and Bearing Down on Cybercrime and Human Trafficking

Category Archives: Congress at Work

Restricting Trade Relations with Russia, Enhancing U.S. Export Pathways, and Bearing Down on Cybercrime and Human Trafficking

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readSuspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act (HR 7108) – This legislation suspends normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. The president may restore normal trade relations pending Congressional approval, and this authority is … Continue reading

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Banning Masks, Banning Russian Oil, Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime and Saving Sunshine

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (HR 2471) – This legislation will fund the federal government through September 2022, but also includes a plethora of other bills folded within for the purpose of quick passage by both the … Continue reading

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Relief for USPS Financial Requirements, Plus Support for Victims of Sexual Harassment and Online Child Exploitation

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAmache National Historic Site Act (HR 2497) – This Act was introduced by Rep. Joe Negusa (D-CO) on April 24, 2021. The bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire land in Colorado in order … Continue reading

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Pursuing Voting Rights, Critical Therapies, VA Online Education Benefits and Condemning Forced Labor

🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readFreedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act(HR 5746) – This act is comprised of two previous bills that were combined and passed in the House using a procedural workaround, then sent to the Senate where it … Continue reading

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Raising the Debt Limit, Protecting the Capitol and Prohibiting Foreign Campaign Financing

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readA joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit(SJ Res 33) – This legislation was initially introduced on Dec. 14 by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). It is a joint resolution that authorized an increase to the … Continue reading

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Congress at Work: Infrastructure Spending, Hiring Veteran Health Heroes and Initiatives for Education, Childcare and Immigration

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act(HR 3684) – This legislation authorizes funding for federal highway, transit, safety, motor carrier, hazardous materials and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). The bill also addresses climate change with … Continue reading

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Increasing the Debt Limit, Extending Government Funding, and Protecting Vets, Veteran Moms and the Capitol Police

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readIncrease of Public Debt Limit(S 1301) – This bill was enacted on Oct. 14 in order to increase the public debt limit. The debt was increased by $480 billion, the amount projected by the Treasury Department … Continue reading

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