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A bipartisan quartet of congressmen is pushing their House colleagues to support their effort for a new war authorization to fight terrorism, framing theirs as a "more robust" version than was recently introduced in the Senate.
"Given the recent and ongoing military operations in which the U.S. is involved in the Middle East, we believe it is long past time for Congress to revisit this important issue," the lawmakers wrote in a "Dear Colleague" letter circulated Tuesday to gain support for their authorization of the use of military force (AUMF).
Letter promises more restrictive version than Senate
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Four years ago, the Republican-dominated House okayed spending millions on experimental programs to aid low-income Americans in finding work and no longer depending on the nation's food aid program.
It promised to evaluate whether the experiment was a success in 2019, and so far, there are indicators the programs have had positive effects.
Yet House Republicans today are moving quickly to revamp the food aid program nationwide, less than a year before reports on the effectiveness of experimental programs are available.
WASHINGTON—One hundred and two U.S. Representatives – including the Chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees—have called on President Donald Trump to reject Turkey's gag-rule by honestly and accurately commemorating the Armenian Genocide this April 24, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
This month, CLSA's Washington, D.C.-based Federal Government Relations team participated in the annual BIO Fly-In to advocate for biomedical innovation, investment, and job creation in California. CLSA took part in a total of 18 meetings with bipartisan legislators on Capitol Hill, and had the privilege of presenting 7 members of our congressional delegation with 2018 BIO "Innovator in Biotechnology" awards, for their leadership in supporting biotech innovation. This year's award winners included California Reps.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after the mark-up of the 2018 Farm Bill. Ahead of the expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill on September 30th, 2018, the House Agriculture Committee is working to reauthorize the legislation focused on farm policy, rural development, agriculture research, and federal nutrition programs.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would work to secure electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) access required to operate many communication and navigational devices and to protect it against enemy attacks under a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on April 16.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that it has awarded a $1,206,518 grant to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) to purchase four Compressed Natural Gas buses. METRO's grant application was selected from among more than 1,000 applications submitted to the FTA Bus and Bus Facilities competitive grant program, and one of twelve grants awarded in California.
Salinas >> What once was a church, but then was scheduled to be a school has opened as the new district offices of the Alisal Union School District.
Celebrating with drummers, folklorico dancers and community representatives, officials cut the ribbon on its new office on Bardin Road on Monday.
The U.S. military would take steps to secure access to the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) needed to use many communication and navigational devices and to ward off enemy attempts at jamming or deception, under a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would be directed to develop capabilities to conduct modeling and war-gaming scenarios for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations under the bill, the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Readiness Act of 2018 (JEMSORA), H.R. 5522,