Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, proposed again on Tuesday to shift the burden of medical costs away from Medicare and onto well-off seniors. The policy, called “means testing,” has been part of most “grand bargain” proposals floated before the fiscal-cliff deal, including a fiscal plan Corker pushed during December’s sequestration showdown....
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the state where the Newtown school shootings took place, intends to introduce a bill that will toughen requirements for purchasing ammunition by mandating background checks for people who buy bullets. Background checks currently are only required for those seeking to purchase guns—not ammunition.
“House Republicans are gearing up for another fight over the second of two packages to provide aid to Hurricane Sandy victims,” Politico reports. The legislation, representing about $50 billion, could get watered down with amendments and threaten to provide far less money to those affected in the Northeast. Based on...
With the new congressional session comes new legislation, new senators, and – in the case of the Senate Republican Conference – a new mobile phone application. The SRC this week unveiled an app that it bills as a “one-stop shop” for all GOP news in the upper chamber. Its catalogue...
Rising star and Tea Party favorite Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was a student of newly elected Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at Harvard Law School (as told to National Review).
Defense outlays were down $9 billion, or 5%, during the first three months of the 2013 fiscal year, compared with the same period a year earlier, the CBO this week in its monthly budget review. MARCH MADNESS From Politico, “the Pentagon will likely submit its budget later than normal this...
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