Senator Barbara Boxer’s levee bill, titled the “Water Resources Development Act,” passed the Senate on Wednesday with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill would authorize the Natomas Levee Improvement Program and several projects headed by the Army Corp. of Engineers nationwide….
House Republicans released a bill last week to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling by permanently setting them according to the markets, an idea initially put out by President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal.
Last Monday, new legislation was introduced in Congress that would lessen the number of patent lawsuits, especially in the technology field, where many of these suits originate.
Earlier this year, the American public was polled on the president’s proposals for new gun legislation. People were given a list of initiatives and asked if they would vote for the measures or not. When asked about universal background checks, 91 percent of Americans…
Five congressional Democrats have called for the resignation of Jerry Meral, the deputy director of California’s National Resources Agency, for comments he allegedly made about the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The Act, named after a case where the prosecution of a sex-trafficker was delayed because of the difficulty in proving the defendant knew the child’s age, would remove the knowledge of age requirement for child sex trafficking cases, much like current statutory rape laws.
In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly discussed their positions on gun policy, including an expansion on background checks, which is currently being considered…
