December 21, 2018 Trump signs criminal justice reform bill President Trump on Friday signed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill, marking a major legislative victory on an issue that garnered bipartisan support despite deep partisan gridlock on everything from immigration to health care.
December 11, 2018 Trump says criminal justice reform legislation will pass, after McConnell vows to bring bill to Senate floor President Trump said Tuesday he believes the criminal justice reform bill will pass, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure, vowed to bring the legislation to the Senate floor for a vote as early as this week.
November 17, 2018 Prison reform is on the horizon -- Now the Senate must pass it Enactment of the First Step Act would represent the most impactful reform to our federal justice system in years.
September 19, 2018 USDA kitten killing comes under fire from bipartisan group of lawmakers After the kitten killings were exposed by watchdog group the White Coat Waste Project earlier this year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are now pressuring the USDA to stop what Congressman Mike Bishop, R-Mich., calls both an “inhumane practice” and “an example of wasteful spending.”
September 13, 2018 House passes $146B 'minibus' bill, sends to Trump for approval The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion spending bill to fund the Energy Department, veterans' programs and the legislative branch as part of a bid to avoid a government shutdown Oct. 1.
September 10, 2018 'Minibus' funding bill moves forward as lawmakers cheer bipartisan deal House and Senate negotiators announced Monday that they had reached agreement on a package of three spending bills worth $146.5 billion in all.
July 20, 2018 Rape kit access would expand under bipartisan bill, as victims seek 'care and justice' When Leah Griffin was raped in 2014, she immediately went to the closest hospital to have a rape kit done – the first step, she thought, in prosecuting the man who assaulted her.
July 10, 2018 Illegal border crossing would become felony offense under proposed GOP bill First time offenders who come into the U.S. illegally are generally charged with a misdemeanor – but a new bill aims to change that.
June 20, 2018 Livid Rep. Mark Meadows yells at Speaker Paul Ryan on House floor The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus angrily confronted House Speaker Paul Ryan over immigration legislation on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
June 18, 2018 Thousands of DACA recipients with arrest records, including 10 accused murderers, allowed to stay in US Nearly 60,000 immigrants with arrest records have been permitted to remain in the United States under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Monday.