by Nia Prater | Jun 2, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have overturned more than a dozen regulations created during the last six months of the Obama administration that cover areas like the environment, labor and education. But the little-known law they used is now being...
by Nia Prater | May 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Advocates of late-decided Obama-era regulations can rest easy. The time limit for Congress to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations imposed in the last six months of the Obama presidency has passed. The deadline expired Wednesday,...
by Nia Prater | May 2, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has missed the 100-day mark on several campaign promises, most notably his vow to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but with the help of Republicans in Congress he has followed through on one promise – to reduce the...
by Nia Prater | Mar 15, 2017 | Politics
Less than a week before scheduled confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described Gorsuch as having a conservative bias and being out of touch with ordinary Americans. “Judge Gorsuch may act like a neutral,...
by Nia Prater | Mar 12, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — An event page on Facebook drew dozens of people to protest in front of the White House Saturday, airing their anger over President Donald Trump’s recently revised travel ban. The organization Direct Democracy International arranged the morning...