WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Amended Senate Budget Bill Would Trigger Nearly 20 Million People Losing Health Insurance Updated Analysis Also Includes State-by-State Coverage Loss Estimates * WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released updated data, broken down by state, that shows that the Senate budget bill, if amended as indicated by Sen  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-137) on a bill (H.R. 884), which aims to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the U.S. from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022. The report was advanced by Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, on June 4, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary and Purpose of Legislation H.R. 884 prohibits noncitizens from voting  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-138) on the Protecting our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), which aims to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the Distr  more