WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 884) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act "to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Jason Smith, R-Mo., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. It was jointly referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Mea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., has introduced legislation (H.R. 886) to "direct the Attorney General to establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 94 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Colin Allred, D-Texas, Jim Baird, R-Ind., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Susan W. Brooks, R-Ind., Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., Ken Calvert, R-Calif., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Kathy Castor, D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 7) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 "to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 239 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., Robert C. Scott, D-Va., Val Butler Demings, D-Fla., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Julia Brownley,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Sean P. Duffy, R-Wis., has introduced legislation (H.R. 888) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act "to allow for greater State flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are involved in abortions." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 14 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alex X. Mooney, R-W.Va., Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Randy Weber, R-Texas, Rick Allen, R-Ga., Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Glenn R. Grothman, R-Wis., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Ralph Norman  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., has introduced legislation (H.R. 940) to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 "to impose limitations on the authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security." The bill was introduced on Jan. 31 and has 17 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Ron Kind, D-Wis., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Darin LaHood, R-Ill., Tom Cole, R-Okla., J. French Hill, R-Ark., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Joe Wilson, R-S.C.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., has introduced legislation (H.R. 833) to "prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion." The bill was introduced on Jan. 29 and has 60 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Roger W. Marshall, R-Kan., Mark Meadows, R-N.C., Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Glenn R. Grothman, R-Wis., Kenny Marchant, R-Texas, Bill Posey, R-Fla  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 834) to amend title 31, U.S. Code, "to provide for automatic continuing appropriations, to prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of Congress and executive branch employees and other activities during any period in which such automatic continuing appropriations are in effect, to withhold the pay of Members of Congress during any period in which such automatic continuing appropriations are   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 897) to "ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 37 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., Tom Cole, R-Okla., Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., John R. Carter, R-Texas, James Comer, R-Ky., Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., Jeff Fortenberry,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 816) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide death benefits for campus police officers. The bill was introduced on Jan. 28and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., William R. Keating, D-Mass., Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 905) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to allow members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces to make elective deferrals on the basis of their service to the Ready Reserve and on the basis of their other employment." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Walter Jones, R-N.C., Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Ken Calvert, R-Calif., Tim Ryan,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (H.R. 860) to "protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 201 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Karen Bass, D-Calif., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Ami Bera, D-Calif., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Lisa Bl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Ben Lujan, D-N.M., has introduced legislation (H.R. 912) to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 "to provide flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Darren Soto, D-Fla., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Don Young, R-Alaska, Debra Haaland, D-N.M., Tom Cole, R-Okla., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Scott R. Tipton, R-Colo., Pe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Gary J. Palmer, R-Ala., has introduced legislation (H.R. 850) to "require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement received by a Federal agency." The bill was introduced on Jan. 29 and has 62 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, Kevin P. Brady, R-Texas, Mo Brooks, R-Ala., Ken Buck, R-Colo., Ted Budd, R-N.C., Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., Michael Cloud, R-Texas, Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, Jeff Duncan,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., has introduced legislation (S. 268) to "reauthorize the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and certain wildlife conservation funds, to establish prize competitions relating to the prevention of wildlife poaching and trafficking, wildlife conservation, the management of invasive species, and the protection of endangered species, to amend the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to modify the protections provided by that Act." The bill was   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., has introduced legislation (S. 235) to "authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to establish teacher leader development programs." The bill was introduced on Jan. 28and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Doug Jones, D-Ala., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jack Reed, D-R.I  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., has introduced legislation (S. 274) to "ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., James Lankford, R-Okla., Mike Lee, R-Utah, James Risch, R-Idaho, Ben Sas  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation (S. 285) to "require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the U.S. with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person." The bill was introduced on Jan. 31 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., John Thune, R-S.D., Tom Cotton, R-Ark.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., has introduced legislation (S. 313) to amend the American History and Civics Education program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 "to require inclusion of programs that educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights." The bill was introduced on Jan. 31 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, and Christopher Coons, D-Del. It was re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., has introduced legislation (S. 249) to "direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization." The bill was introduced on Jan. 29 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, John Cornyn, R-Texas, Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Bill Cassidy, R-La., James Lankford, R-Okla., John Boozman, R-Ark., Joe Manchi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has introduced legislation (S. 278) to "require the Congressional Budget Office to make publicly available the fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of computations used in cost analysis and scoring." The bill was introduced on Jan. 30 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Todd Young, R-Ind., James Risch, R-Idaho, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Richard Burr, R-N.C., David Perdue, R-Ga., P  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., has introduced legislation (S. 311) to amend Title 18, U.S. Code, "to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives and abortion or attempted abortion." The bill was introduced on Jan. 31 and has 40 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Boozman, R-Ark., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Bill C  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 287) to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 "to impose limitations on the authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security." The bill was introduced on Jan. 31 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Angus S. K  more