Restricting Trade Relations with Russia, Enhancing U.S. Export Pathways, and Bearing Down on Cybercrime and Human Trafficking
Category Archives: Congress at Work
Restricting Trade Relations with Russia, Enhancing U.S. Export Pathways, and Bearing Down on Cybercrime and Human Trafficking
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readShare by Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act (HR 7108) – This legislation suspends normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. The president may restore normal trade relations pending Congressional approval, and this … Continue reading
Banning Masks, Banning Russian Oil, Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime and Saving Sunshine
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readShare by Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (HR 2471) – This legislation will fund the federal government through September 2022, but also includes a plethora of other bills folded within for the purpose of quick passage by … Continue reading
Relief for USPS Financial Requirements, Plus Support for Victims of Sexual Harassment and Online Child Exploitation
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readShare by Amache National Historic Site Act (HR 2497) – This Act was introduced by Rep. Joe Negusa (D-CO) on April 24, 2021. The bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire land in Colorado … Continue reading
Pursuing Voting Rights, Critical Therapies, VA Online Education Benefits and Condemning Forced Labor
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readShare by Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act(HR 5746) – This act is comprised of two previous bills that were combined and passed in the House using a procedural workaround, then sent to the Senate … Continue reading
Raising the Debt Limit, Protecting the Capitol and Prohibiting Foreign Campaign Financing
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readShare by A joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit(SJ Res 33) – This legislation was initially introduced on Dec. 14 by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). It is a joint resolution that authorized an increase … Continue reading
Congress at Work: Infrastructure Spending, Hiring Veteran Health Heroes and Initiatives for Education, Childcare and Immigration
🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readShare by Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act(HR 3684) – This legislation authorizes funding for federal highway, transit, safety, motor carrier, hazardous materials and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). The bill also addresses climate … Continue reading


