WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12270) on May 2, 2024. The white paper is written by illicit drugs and crime policy analyst Lisa N. Sacco, legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe and health policy analyst Hassan Z. Sheikh: * * * The Federal Status of Marijuana and the Policy Gap with States Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that generally consists of leaves and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana is a Schedule   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47657) on May 2, 2024, entitled "Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities: In Brief" by defense infrastructure policy analyst Alexandra G. Neenan and defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Introduction ... 1 Selected Major Activities ... 2 Stockpile Management ... 4 Production Modernization ... 5 Stockpile Research, Techn  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions released the following testimony by Scott Behrens, senior vice president and director of government relations at Lockton Companies, from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "ERISA's 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care." ERISA is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. * * * Chair Good, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Topeka, KS- Today, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) joined the Kansas Delegation and 67 of his congressional colleagues in penning a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, urging him to reverse the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to cancel or discontinue several National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports. The reports provide American farmers, ranchers, and agricultur  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Manhattan, KS- Today, President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan measure that would have overturned the administration's expansion of burdensome and unnecessary joint employer standards. The double down by this administration on this misguided decision is an assault on our small businesses and the franchise business model responsible for nearly 9 million jobs across the United States. The Joint Employer status   more