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Bipartisan Legislation to Fully Restore the SALT Deduction Introduced in House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, DC – Seven Members of Congress introduced the SALT Deductibility Act, bipartisan legislation to restore the full State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. The proposal would allow...
Bill to Help Small Business, Workers Afford PPE, COVID-19 Testing During Reopening
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Young Kim (R-CA-39) introduced bipartisan legislation Monday to establish a new grant program that would help small businesses and essential employers acquire PPE...
Lawmakers Look for Ways to get PPE, Testing to Small Businesses
Two lawmakers from opposite coasts and different parties want to ease the burden on local governments and small businesses of operating during the pandemic by helping them purchase personal...
US Congress Members Submit Bill on Family Reunions for Korean Americans
Separated family members from South Korea hold the hands of their family members from North Korea on a bus at Mount Geumgang in the North in this Oct. 22, 2015 photo, after a reunion event for...
Reps. Steel, McCarthy and CA Republicans Condemn Newsom Administration for Mismanagement of $11.4B in Taxpayer Funds
Rep. Michelle Steel, R-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: Today Reps. Michelle Steel (CA-48) and Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) led a letter from the California Republican...
Gottheimer Helps Unveil New Bipartisan Legislation to Fully Restore the SALT Deduction, Provide New Jersey Families a Tax Cut
Today, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined a bipartisan group of six other Members in the House to introduce the SALT Deductibility Act, a bipartisan bill to fully restore the...
BAPS Charities partners with CA State Legislators to combat food insecurity on MLK Day of Service
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us, “Everyone can be great because everybody can serve.” BAPS Charities observed the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday through service, as a way to begin the...
Asian-American GOP Reps. Steel and Kim reject DOJ decision to drop Yale lawsuit
The newest Asian-American GOP lawmakers in Congress have condemned the Justice Department’s decision to drop its case against Yale University alleging discriminatory...
Rep. Takano: Lack of Asian American Pacific Islanders in Biden’s Cabinet is “Profound Omission”
It's a tumultuous time in Washington as the Senate inches closer to the impeachment trial.But one Southern California lawmaker, Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, said there's one thing both parties can...
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Meeks Slashes Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Nearly in Half
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is planning to slash the Western Hemisphere subcommittee nearly in half, according to a group of freshmen Republican committee members...
New Lawmakers Assigned to Science Committees
Details about who will serve on key congressional committees with jurisdiction over scientific research and education are emerging.The House Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for...
Lawmakers offer bill to repeal cap on SALT deduction
Lawmakers in the House and Senate from high-tax, Democratic-leaning states introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal a provision in former President Trump's 2017 tax cut law that limits the...
California was key factor in House GOP’s 2020 success
A crucial component of the House GOP's surprise comeback in 2020 was winning back a majority of the California seats lost in the anti-Trump blue wave just two years earlier. Democrat Christy...
New Power Centers: These Bipartisan Groups In Congress Are Poised For Greater Influence
Bipartisan blocs in both chambers of Congress are set to wield outsized influence in the coming session, with both groups gaining members and possibly a friend in the White House as Democrats...
Rep. Michelle Steel seeks answers about treatment of National Guard troops in D.C.
In her first solo act in Congress, newly elected GOP Rep. Michelle Steel of Seal Beach is requesting answers about why National Guard troops were briefly made to stay outside or use a parking garage...
CAPAC MEMBERS COMMEMORATE KOREAN AMERICAN DAY
Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus on Jan. 13 released the following statements to celebrate Korean American Day, which commemorates the arrival of the first Korean...
House GOP freshmen offer to work with Biden: ‘Americans are tired of the partisan gridlock’
A group of GOP House freshmen penned a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on his inauguration day pledging to work with the incoming Democratic president to find common ground...
Newly Elected GOP Congresswoman On Biden’s Presidential Agenda
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Hours before President Biden took the oath of office, 17 new members of the House Republican caucus sent him a letter of congratulations. They identify some places Republicans see...
17 House Republicans Send Inauguration Day Letter to Biden, Call for a ‘Rise Above the Partisan Fray’
Seventeen freshman House Republicans wrote an Inauguration Day letter to President Joe Biden in hopes of bridging the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans.“After two impeachments,...
Conservatism; Principles will keep the GOP relevant, growing
Donald Trump was elected to “drain the swamp,” put “America first” and flex America’s superiority over China. He fulfilled many of his promises, challenged norms and introduced a new presidential...