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CARERS Act would end federal prohibition on medical marijuana

There aren’t many issues that would…

GovTrack.us5 days ago6 min read

Clinton’s and Sanders’ legislative records on fossil fuels

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the…

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GovTrack.usMar 302 min read

Hate paying high airlines fees? The “Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act” would end that.

The airline industry achieved its most profitable year in decades last year. Part of that was due to factors such as low gas prices. But it also…

GovTrack.usMar 302 min read

Terrorists have used burner phones to plot their acts. Should Congress regulate them?

With the Apple-vs.-FBI encryption fight consuming so much attention over the past month, often lost by the wayside is an issue no less important: burner phones. The cheap disposable…

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GovTrack.usMar 303 min read

Congress wouldn’t get paid if it fails to pass a budget under the “No Budget, No Pay” act

Getting Democrats and Republicans to agree on budgets was difficult even during the most harmonious of times. But it has proven particularly challenging since 2011, when…

GovTrack.usMar 233 min read

Amidst a corporate mergers boom, this bill would reduce the Federal Trade Commission’s power to block

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GovTrack.usMar 183 min read

You can watch almost anything online these days — except the Supreme Court. This bill would change that.

The Supreme Court is (in)famously hesitant to join the age of modern technology. They began recording audio of their oral arguments in 1955, two or…

GovTrack.usMar 174 min read

Senate unanimously passes transparency reform bill that the Obama Administration secretly lobbied to kill

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GovTrack.usMar 163 min read

Supreme Court Ethics Act would extend recusal, gift bans, and other ethics rules to the high court

Federal judges are required to abide by a Code of Conduct. Among other rules, judges are not allowed to receive gifts over a certain monetary value (for fear of…

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GovTrack.usMar 163 min read

After 15 straight years of deficits, this resolution would require a balanced budget

The last year the federal government had a surplus, meaning it spent less money than it took in, was 2001. Although the yearly budget deficit has declined every year since 2009, in…

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