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.

Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill To Block The Federal Government And Public Schools From Mandating...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced a bill to prohibit the federal government and...

US Senators Introduce Bill to Rein in Big Tech

U.S. senators introduced new bipartisan bill to rein in power of big tech platforms that have been exploiting consumers' data and threatening national security.
Texas Heartbeat Act

Texas Abortion Ban Resumes Temporarily After Decision by US Appeals Court

The Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that bans most abortions, is temporarily back in effect after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request...

House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill in Bipartisan Vote, Moves to Senate

Members approved compromise in debt ceiling bill negotiated by Biden and McCarthy in bipartisan vote of 314 to 117, 46 Dems and 71 Republicans voted against bill.

Marshall-Gillibrand Amendment Calling for Transparency and Further Investigation into COVID Origins Passes Senate

(Washington, D.C., May 26, 2021) – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan AMENDMENT offered by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)...

Senate Democrats Aim to Finish Debate on the $1 Trillion, 2,700-Page Infrastructure Bill This...

The Senate is debating the more than 2,700-page, $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, with Democrats targeting the weekend of Aug. 6 to finalize the...
Jose and Isabel Lerma Killed by human traffickers out of Mexico

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Privileged Articles of Impeachment Against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

"Secretary Mayorkas has aided and abetted the complete invasion of our country by deliberately flooding our nation with drugs, terrorists, and illegal aliens."
Senator Mitch McConnell

Democrats’ Pandemic Plan: “A Tremendous Opportunity to Restructure Things to Fit Our Vision”

‘This isn’t a pandemic rescue package. It’s a parade of left-wing pet projects that they are ramming through during a pandemic… We could have...

McConnell Says Gun Bill Will ‘Protect Second Amendment Rights of Law-Abiding Citizens’

Senator Mitch McConnell defended the gun agreement worked out by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers during a speech on the Senate floor.
Nancy Pelosi

House to Vote on Infrastructure Bill: Pelosi

Friday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters that the House would vote on the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill during its Friday...

GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Transparency on US Spending in China

Sens. Rick Scott, Ted Budd, and Mike Braun introduced legislation calling for increased transparency from fed. gov. regarding funds flowing to Chinese companies in China.
Great Seal of the State of Idaho

Idaho Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortions After a Baby’s Heartbeat Is Detected

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed a bill on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 that bans abortions after the heartbeat of the unborn child is detected. “The bill bans abortions...