U.S. Legislation

U.S. Legislation & Analysis on TheThinkingConservative.com includes information on bills, acts and more from both the U.S. House and Senate.

Republican Lawmakers Warn Against Biden Administration Pushing Critical Race Theory in Education

A pair of Republican congressmen are calling on the Department of Education to reconsider spending federal dollars to promote critical race theory in civics and history...

Manchin to Vote Against Democrats’ Sweeping Election Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will vote against a sweeping election reform bill pushed by his Democrat colleagues, also known as the For The People...
Capitol on the Fifty Dollar Bill

Republicans Can Curtail Government Spending Now

KEY TAKEAWAYS Senate Republicans have a clear-cut opportunity to curtail federal spending. They will soon have the unilateral power to cut more than $130 billion from...

Murphy, Banks Introduce Campus Free Speech Restoration Act in the House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. – On August 25, 2020, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and Congressman Jim Banks (IN-3) introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act in...

House Unanimously Passes Bill Stripping China of ‘Developing Nation’ Status

House passed bipartisan bill to strip communist China of its international status as a developing nation, limiting access to certain aid from U.S. and other nations.

‘Should Never Have Been in This Position’: Biden on Signing Stopgap Funding Bill

Biden made statement after signing into law stopgap measure to avert government shutdown, saying, "we should never have been in this position in the first place."
Senator Josh Hawley

Senator Hawley Introduces Taiwan Defense Act

Thursday, June 11, 2020 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Taiwan Defense Act (TDA). The bill ensures the United States is able to continue meeting...

Oregon Bans Firearms at Capitol, Requires Locking Guns at Home

Bringing guns to the Oregon State Capitol has been made illegal by a bill signed into law on June 1 by Democrat Gov. Kate Brown. The law...

GOP-led House passes bill to extend debt limit by 1 year and reduce domestic...

The GOP-led House passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 to increase the debt limit for one year by $1.5 trillion and reduce the growth of domestic spending.
Rep. John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3)

H.R. 1: For The People Act of 2019

This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration...

House Democrats’ Bill Would Impose 1,000 Percent Excise Tax on ‘Assault Weapons,’ ‘High-Capacity’ Magazines

People interested in buying certain semiautomatic firearms could be priced out of the market under a proposal supported by more than two dozen House Democrats.

House Passes $14.3 Billion Israel Aid Bill That Cuts IRS Funding

The measure allocates the $14.3 billion requested by the Biden administration, but offsets that amount with the same number in cuts to IRS funding.