Democrats and Republicans work together to make changes to retirement savings, easier for businesses to offer plans
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are considering bipartisan bills aimed at making it easier for Americans to save for retirement. This story should be the headline in every retiree heavy state, like Florida More...
Obamacare unconstitutional but the battle in Congress is just beginning
A federal judge’s ruling on Friday declaring the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional could leave Washington in chaos as the uncertain future of Obamacare will again be questioned. Judge Reed O’Connor, More...
DHS confirms that criminal, ‘foreign actor’ ‘eavesdropping devices’ found in DC, tracking cell phone activity
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has acknowledged that foreign actors and/or criminals are using eavesdropping devices to track cellphone activity in Washington, D.C., according to a letter obtained by More...
Trump takes aim at Obamacare with insurance marketplaces, praised by Rand Paul
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed new rules to let certain small businesses and trade groups band together to buy health care, in its latest move that could weaken Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces. The More...
USA RIGHTS Act introduced in the Senate to protect Americans’ security and liberties
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and a total of 11 senators today introduced the USA RIGHTS Act, which reforms a sweeping, secretive government spying program to protect the Constitutional rights of More...
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden and Brian Schatz reintroduce the Stop Militarizing Our Law Enforcement Act
This week, U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) reintroduced the Stop Militarizing Our Law Enforcement Act (S. 1856) to establish limitations and create greater transparency More...
President Trump rolls back Obama’s Cuba ‘one-sided’ deal, restricting travel, businesses
President Trump spoke at a Miami theater today too announce that he is “nixing” his predecessor’s “one-sided deal” with the Communist nation of Cuba, restricting individual travel and cracking More...
AG Jeff Sessions says Russia collusion rumors ‘appalling and detestable lie’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions rebuked Democratic senators Tuesday by repeatedly crushing their questions surrounding the firing of FBI director James Comey and ultimately stated that the Russian collusion allegation More...
Bernie Sanders announces the ‘Raise the Wage Act’ to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
On Wednesday, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to a crowd of hundreds of low-wage More...
Senate confirms Gen James Mattis, Gen John Kelly for Trump cabinet
As President Trump went down the parade route today in Washington DC, the Senate confirmed the first two members of Trump’s cabinet: Gen. James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and Gen. John Kelly as Secretary More...
Kentucky lawmakers, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie call on feds to clarify conflicting rules concerning hemp
After new guidance created widespread confusion about when and where farmers can grow, research, and sell industrial hemp in the United States, U.S. Senators Rand Paul, R-Ky., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representatives More...
Hillary Clinton ad, Democrats, Florida’s Bob Graham call on Donald Trump to release his tax returns
Democratic allies are stepping up their battle with Donald Trump over his tax returns, launching a new attack ad blasting the Republican nominee for not releasing the documents while pushing a pointed piece of legislation More...
Obama administration supports new bill to allow FBI access to Internet browser history without warrants
The Obama administration is seeking to amend surveillance law to give the FBI authority to access a person’s Internet browser history and other electronic data without a warrant, claiming that it will only be More...
Senators question Gilead Sciences CEO about pricey Hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and senior Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Friday requested detailed pricing information on a costly new Hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug. Wyden More...
Senate bill moves ahead to end NSA monitoring practices and make FISA decisions more public
The National Security Agency monitoring United States citizens and allies now face a bipartisan group of senators who are in unveiling legislation that would end the collection of millions of Americans’ phone More...
Senate moves forward to arm Syrian rebels in ‘classified vote’
Obama administration continues plans to provide weapons directly to the Syrian rebels. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence gave approval to the plan which was, unusually, allowed to classify their votes, More...
Rand Paul filibusters, quotes circulating on Facebook
He was brilliant! Sen. Rand Paul filibustered in the Senate somewhere shy of 13 hours. He blocked the nomination of John O. Brennan, on Wednesday, to the post of CIA director. This was not so much about Brennan More...
Rand Paul to co-sponsor Industrial hemp amendment
Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has joined Democratic Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon to co-sponsor the “Industrial hemp amendment” (S.AMDT.2220) to the Farm Bill (S.3240). Industrial More...
