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.

COVID stimulus price tag: $17,000 per person, $69,000 per family

The combined $6 trillion price tag on the COVID-19 stimulus packages OK’d by Congress, including Wednesday’s $1.9 trillion Biden bill, will cost taxpayers the...

House Committee Advances Bill to Have Trackable Mail-In Ballots

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would enable mail-in ballots for federal elections to be tracked.

Cornyn Says No Additional Gun Control Negotiations Planned as Biden Pushes for Ban on...

Sen. Cornyn will not take part in new round of gun control talks proposing limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks.

Capito Unveils GOP Infrastructure Framework

Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Republican colleagues mapped out what a real bipartisan infrastructure package should look like.

Speaker McCarthy Announces H.R. 1 – The Lower Energy Costs Act

McCarthy's H.R. 1 Lower Energy Costs Act repeals onerous taxes and overregulation on American energy producers and makes it easier to build things in America.

Here Are the 7 Conservative Bills Guaranteed a House Vote After Speakership Fight

Tough negotiations in Congress ended with Kevin McCarthy as House speaker and compromises, including 7 conservative bills guaranteed to be put to a vote.

House Passes $768 Billion Defense Spending Bill

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday passed its version of a $768 billion defense policy bill for the 2022 fiscal year. The vote was...
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Republican Leaders Request Clarification From Treasury On American Rescue Plan Restrictions On State Tax...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican leaders sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen highlighting the urgent need for guidance and requesting clarification from...
Rahm Emanuel Crisis Quote

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste, # Term Limits for Bureaucrats

In the mid-1940s as the world approached the end of WW II, Winston Churchill is credited with saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”...

Bipartisan Coalition Demands Vote on Legislation to Bar Congressmen from Stock Trading

A bipartisan group of more than two dozen lawmakers in the House is demanding that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) allow a...
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162 Democrats Vote Against Amendment to Protect Jewish Students from Antisemitism at School

On Sept. 16, 162 Democrats, one Republican, and one Independent in the House of Representatives voted against an amendment to a bill that would...

‘Do Everything to Stop It,’ Rep. Greene Moves to Adjourn on $1.9 Trillion Blue...

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene does everything to stop the vote on the COVID-19 Relief package which is a $1.9 Trillion Blue State Bailout by...