• Illinois Senate passes $53 billion state budget, advances bill to House

    The Illinois Senate has passed a $53 billion state budget. Lawmakers spent hours discussing the plan, wrapping up late Sunday night.

  • New Hampshire senators turn away assisted suicide bill that passed House

    Legislation seeking to allow assisted suicide in New Hampshire reached an end last week after lawmakers in the Senate voted 17-7 to send the bill for further study, which reports say 'essentially kills' the legislation.

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    House OKs restrictions on pills that can be used for abortions, sends bill back to Senate

    BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House on Tuesday approved a bill that would classify a pair of drugs used in medical abortions as controlled substances, rejecting claims that restricting their distribution could harm women who live in rural parishes or have limited access to doctors and pharmacies.The proposal was billed as a way to prevent attempts to induce abortions in unsuspecting women. State Sen. Thomas Pressley of Shreveport said his brother-in-law had slipped an abortion-inducing drug...

  • Bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill takes flight

    On the day that Federal Aviation Administration funding was set to expire, Congress and the White House reauthorized it — and then some. “It’s a massive porkfest,” Gary Leff, author of the influential View from the Wing website, described the bill to the Washington Examiner. As one example, Leff noted that Congress “more than doubled […]

  • Mass. House poised to pass veterans bill

    The Massachusetts House is poised to pass a wide-reaching veterans’ services bill, a step forward for the months-old Gov. Maura Healey proposal just days before Memorial Day.

  • House Passes Bill Blocking The Fed From Issuing A CBDC

    Last Hope Against Biden-Bucks - House Passes Bill Blocking The Fed From Issuing A CBDC The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act passed the United States House of Representatives on a largely partisan vote on May 23. As CoinTelgraph's Derek Andersen reports, the bill, which must still face a vote in the Senate, amends the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 to prohibit Federal Reserve banks “from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central...

  • House passes crypto bill despite warnings from SEC

    The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that aims to create a new legal framework for digital currencies, despite an unusual warning from the U.S. securities regulator it could create new financial risks.

  • Louisiana House Passes Texas-Style Illegal Immigration Bill

    The Louisiana House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday, similar to one passed in Texas, that would allow state and local law enforcement officials to arrest migrants who have entered the United States illegally.

  • Cryptocurrency Bill Passes US House Despite SEC Opposition

    A bill said to provide consumer protections and regulatory certainty around digital assets was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 22). The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act (H.R. 4763) was approved with broad, bipartisan support, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) said in a Wednesday press release. The bill passed by a vote […]

  • Senate Will Try Again to Pass Border Bill, Schumer Says

    The Senate will hold a second vote on the touted “bipartisan” border bill this week, more than three months after the bill failed to pass the Read More

  • White House urges senators to support bipartisan border bill

    White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called on senators to support a stand-alone border security bill that is expected to come up in the Senate this week.

  • House GOP says Senate's border bill is still dead

    House Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow Republican leaders on Monday dismissed Democrats’ plans to hold a do-over vote on President Biden’s border bill, saying it’s “dead on arrival.”