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POPVOX users from coast to coast messaged lawmakers about bills involving food safety, tax policy, and firearm regulations. Here’s an update on the top bills you...
January 1st is a common start date for new laws, and 2016 is no different. Here are some of the new Tennessee laws that take...
Updated: December 20, 2015 On Friday, December 18, 2015, Congress passed an enormous legislative package that included a $1.1 trillion “Omnibus” Spending bill and...
A staggering amount of policy made its way through the Capitol Hill maze — impacting everyone and every sector of the economy. The $1.1 trillion...
Our non-exhaustive outline, drawing from committee sources, summaries, and bill text: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (The “Omnibus”) A. Agriculture Rural Development: $2.8 billion...
It was a “to be continued” sort of week in Congress. Negotiations continue on an end-of-year Omnibus spending bill and tax extenders, while a...
On Sunday night, President Obama addressed the nation. In the speech, he discussed the tragedy of San Bernardino, which he called “an act of...
February 2015: President Obama requested authorization from Congress (Read the President’s letter to Congress.) By April, House GOP leaders said that there was...
The end-of-year "Omnibus" Spending Bill is by now a Congressional holiday tradition — as is the "will they or won't they?" nail-biter finish that...
It was a HUGE week — the long-term Highway Bill finally passed (in time to avoid a midnight Friday deadline). The Senate voted to...