Press Releases
March 26, 2015
The House of Representatives today passed a bipartisan bill that would improve healthcare for seniors and children. H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015, permanently fixes the sustainable growth rate (SGR) used to reimburse doctors for treatment of Medicare patients.
Issues:SeniorsHealth Care
March 26, 2015
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a Republican budget plan by a party line vote of 228-199.
March 25, 2015
Today, the House Small Business Committee adopted an amendment introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) that would help guarantee small businesses are receiving an appropriate share of federal subcontracts.
March 24, 2015
Last week, the Army Times reported allegations of a practice in which soldiers were given a “free pass” to use racial slurs in a battalion that belongs to the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Issues:Military Hazing
March 18, 2015
Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1148, the “Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act,” previously known as the SAFE Act and H.R. 1153, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015.
Issues:Immigration
March 18, 2015
Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled the Progressive Caucus’ FY 2016 budget, The People’s Budget: A Raise for America.
March 11, 2015
Today, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to close loopholes in the revised DOJ profiling guidance released in December of 2014.
March 9, 2015
Fifty years ago today, civil and voting rights activists marched into Selma, Alabama to call for the right to vote.
Issues:Civil and Voting Rights
March 9, 2015
Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michelle K. Lee by voice vote to be the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Issues:My Caucuses
March 3, 2015
Today, the House of Representatives voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the rest of the fiscal year.
Issues:Immigration