It’s summertime, and the start to the travel and tourism season! In the spirit of the season, POPVOX is spotlighting bills related to travel and tourism. Given that a large portion of Nevada’s economy is determined by tourism, I thought you might
H.R. 5743: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for
Here’s the weekly round-up from our “Hill sources”: House in recess this past week, and the Senate in recess through June 4. The Senate voted on a few bills before it left for the Memorial Day break, but failed to make progress
The Senate will try once again to pass a student loan bill, and the House will work on a bill authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending for the next fiscal year. In the Senate — The Stop the Student
On 4/5/2012 I wrote to Rep. Mark Amodei in opposition laying out my reasoning why he should OPPOSE passage of H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012: Dear Rep. Mark Amodei: I OPPOSE PASSAGE of H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act
I realize that it’s April 1st — April Fools Day — but today, the House Majority Leader, Rep. Eric Cantor, introduced HR 1255: To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by
Have you clicked on the library link in the header lately … or ever? What you’ll find on the Library page are links to a number of interesting blog sites, some from the right, some from the center, and even some from
New House Rules As is the case, as we begin a new session of Congress, the Republican-led House adopted its new set of rules (H.Res. 5) they claim will make it easier to keep their campaign promises: to cut taxes, repeal President
On Wednesday, when the 112th Senate opens it’s first session, it has to adopt a set of rules governing how they will conduct business. They do that at the first of each Congressional session. This time, however, instead of adopting the previous
HR4213, the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 does a lot more than merely extend unemployment benefits for more than one million unemployed people whose benefits are expiring. It also extends tax deductions and tax credits that many Americans
