WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has introduced legislation (H.R. 4464) to "establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress." The bill was introduced on Sept. 24 and has 11 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., James McGovern, D-Mass., Seth Moulton, D-Mass., Scott Peters, D-Calif., Chellie Pingree,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has introduced legislation (S. 2546) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 "to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol." The bill was introduced on Sept. 25 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Doug Jones, D-Ala., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Cindy Hyde  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has introduced legislation (S. 2556) to amend the Federal Power Act "to provide energy cybersecurity investment incentives, to establish a grant and technical assistance program for cybersecurity investments." The bill was introduced on Sept. 26 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., James Risch, R-Idaho, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine. It was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., has introduced legislation (S. 2568) to reform the Federal sugar program. The bill was introduced on Sept. 26 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Christopher Coons, D-Del., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Mark R. Warner, D-Va., Eliz  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has introduced legislation (S. 2553) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 "to strike the provision of the American Opportunity Tax Credit that denies the credit to students with felony drug convictions." The bill was introduced on Sept. 26 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and James Lankford, R-Okla. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Margaret Wood-Hassan, D-N.H., has introduced legislation (S. 2588) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and update the credit for nonbusiness energy property. The bill was introduced on Sept. 26 and was co-sponsored by Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Margaret Wood-Hassan, 324 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC, 20510; 202/224-3324; or in the state at 1589 Elm St.,3rd  more