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This month, the Senate could vote on the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (S. 3042), more commonly known as the “farm bill.” Despite repeated calls to enact work requirements for food stamp recipients and to reform runaway farm subsidies, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that maintains dysfunctional and distortive status quo welfare and agricultural policies.

This week, the House will consider the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 6136). The bill would grant amnesty to an estimated 1.8 million illegal immigrants and put them on a path to citizenship. Amnesty, as The Heritage Foundation explained in 2013, “comes in many forms, but in all its variations . . . treats law-breaking aliens better than law-following aliens, and encourages future unlawful immigration into the United States.”

The Senate may vote on an amendment offered by Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2019. This amendment would repeal the final rule issued by the Engineers Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency, entitled ‘‘Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States.’’’ This rule is better known as...

This week, the Senate will vote on the Trump administration’s rescissions request to cut spending by nearly $15 billion, titled the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3). Under current law, the Senate has until June 22nd to approve the House-passed bill under expedited rules.

Today, the House will vote on the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3), introduced by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), as modified by the Rules committee to adjust to a supplementary message from President Trump earlier this week.

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5895). The amendment would eliminate the Department of Energy’s (DOE) wasteful and unnecessary Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) program. This is a policy recommended in The Heritage Foundation’s Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 and in the Trump administration’s budget submitted...

Washington—Jessica Anderson will be returning to Heritage Action as vice president after serving for 16 months in the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She will be taking over for Dan Holler, who will be joining Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) team as deputy chief of staff later this month. Heritage Action released the following statement from Executive Director Tim Chapman: We are ecstatic to welcome Jessica back to...

The House will vote on an amendment (#380) offered by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) to H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. This amendment would reinstate stainless steel flatware to the Berry Amendment, effectively limiting the Department of Defense (DOD) to just one source for flatware products.

Today, the House will vote on the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3), introduced by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), as modified by the Rules committee to adjust to a supplementary message from President Trump earlier this week.

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5895). The amendment would eliminate the Department of Energy’s (DOE) wasteful and unnecessary Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) program. This is a policy recommended in The Heritage Foundation’s Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 and in the Trump administration’s budget submitted...

Washington—A revised anti-money laundering bill was scheduled to be marked-up in the House Financial Service Committee today named the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (H.R. 6068), introduced by Rep. Stevan Pearce (R-N.M.). The bill modernizes the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by updating reporting thresholds that have not been updated in decades and have resulted in millions of unnecessary reports being filed. Compliance costs are harming community banks and the...

This month, the Senate could vote on the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (S. 3042), more commonly known as the “farm bill.” Despite repeated calls to enact work requirements for food stamp recipients and to reform runaway farm subsidies, the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that maintains dysfunctional and distortive status quo welfare and agricultural policies.

Washington—Next week, the House is expected to vote on two separate immigration proposals drafted by Republican lawmakers. While the proposals will vary in scope, both will contain amnesty provisions. Amnesty, as The Heritage Foundation explained in 2013, “comes in many forms, but in all its variations, it . . . treats law-breaking aliens better than law-following aliens.” Heritage Action released the following statement from Executive Director Tim Chapman: Heritage Action...

This week, the Senate will vote on the Trump administration’s rescissions request to cut spending by nearly $15 billion, titled the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (H.R. 3). Under current law, the Senate has until June 22nd to approve the House-passed bill under expedited rules.

Washington—Over the past week, it has been reported that 2,000 undocumented immigrant children are currently being held by Health and Human Services at the southern border in temporary shelters. These 2,000 children crossed the southern border accompanied by a parent illegally but have claimed asylum. Adjudicating an asylum claim takes more than 20 days, but in 2016 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit interpreted the Flores Settlement...

This week, the House will consider the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 6136). The bill would grant amnesty to an estimated 1.8 million illegal immigrants and put them on a path to citizenship. Amnesty, as The Heritage Foundation explained in 2013, “comes in many forms, but in all its variations . . . treats law-breaking aliens better than law-following aliens, and encourages future unlawful immigration into the United States.”

Heritage Action is opposed to the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act (H.R. 6136) and will include it as a key vote on our legislative scorecard. Separately from amnesty, Congress should provide a legislative fix to the family separation crisis at the southern border. Below is chart comparing the two proposals the House of Representatives may consider this week. H.R. 6136 contains language that helps solve the family separation crisis...

Heritage Action will key vote the following amendment to Senate “Minibus” H.R. 5895—Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2019

Washington—Today in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court overturned long-standing precedent preventing states from forcing out-of-state businesses to collect and remit their state sales tax. Reaffirmed in 1992 in Quill v. North Dakota, the physical presence standard limited state taxing authority to businesses with a physical presence within the state. This has kept state politicians accountable for the taxes and regulatory costs they approve in their state legislatures. The physical...

This week, the House is scheduled to vote on the ARPA-E Act (H.R. 5906), introduced by Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) under suspension of the rules. This bill expands the mission of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to develop transformative science and technology solutions to address energy, environmental, economic, and national security challenges, as well as to develop technologies to address the management, clean-up, and...