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The House passed legislation on September 2, 2026, aimed at cutting through federal permitting backlogs for domestic mining operations, according to a release from gop.gov. The bill, H.R. 1501 —…
President Donald J. Trump has signed two trade measures championed by the House Ways and Means Committee into law, extending longstanding U.S. preferential trade frameworks with sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.…
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) opened a committee hearing on September 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C., warning that Beijing’s grip on critical mineral supply chains poses…
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 8800, the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, on July 23, 2026, sending a sweeping defense policy bill to the Senate that prioritizes…
Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, released a statement from Washington, D.C. following Republicans’ successful bid to secure the majority in the United States Senate, pledging…
Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued a statement from Casper responding to Donald J. Trump’s election as the 47th President of the United States,…
Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Jack Bergman (R-MI) laid out the case for a substantial boost in military sustainment funding on June 4, 2026, as the House Armed Services Committee convened for…
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) expressed strong support for Pete Hegseth following a direct meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, signaling early momentum for…
Speaker Mike Johnson used his weekly House Republican Leadership press conference on July 21, 2026, to lay out an ambitious legislative week ahead, with House Republicans targeting passage of major…
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, advancing a sweeping military policy bill that combines a long-overdue pay raise for…