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The House will consider the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6). Sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), the bill would create a new mandatory funding stream outside the Budget Control Act (BCA) caps and make a number of changes to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Senate will likely vote on an amendment offered by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177).The amendment, known as A-PLUS, would give the states the ability to escape No Child Left Behind’s prescriptive programmatic requirements, consolidate their federal education funds and use them for any lawful education purpose they deem beneficial.

An amendment offered by Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). The amendment, known as A-PLUS, would give the states the ability to escape No Child Left Behind’s prescriptive programmatic requirements, consolidate their federal education funds and use them for any lawful education purpose they deem beneficial.

"NO" on No Child Left Behind Reauthorization (S. 1177)

Washington -- This evening, the House Rules Committee reversed course and made an amendment offered by Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to the Student Success Act (H.R. 5) in order. The amendment, known as the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (APLUS) Act, allows states the ability to opt out of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Heritage Action released the following statement from chief executive officer...

"NO" on the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 6)

Washington - Support is growing rapidly in the House for the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802). Sponsored by Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), the bill would prevent the federal government from discriminating against any individual or group, whether nonprofit or for-profit, based on their beliefs that marriage is the union of a man and woman. Supporters include Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), Natural Resource Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Oversight Chairman...

"YES" on Walker's A-PLUS Amendment

CO-SPONSORSHIP of Transportation Empowerment Act (H.R. 2716)

CO-SPONSORSHIP of Transportation Empowerment Act (S. 1541)

"YES" on the Daines A-PLUS Amendment

"NO" on $4.75 Million Earmark for Susan G. Komen (H.R. 2722)

Claim: TEA does not fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) TEA reduces the federal role in transportation once prior obligations of the HTF are met. The bill does not (and should not) propose a solution to past mismanagement and past commitments that were based on unrealistic projections of revenue and/or the assumption of a general fund bailout. Conservatives have proposed numerous offsets and reforms that would enable the HTF to...

Washington -- The America Invents Act of 2011 radically altered America's patent law, and the impact of those changes and subsequent Supreme Court rulings continue to play out. Nonetheless, some in Congress want to move another round of sweeping reforms aimed primarily at "patent trolls." Heritage Action opposes the Innovation Act (H.R. 9) and released the following statement from chief executive officer Michael A. Needham: "Patent rights are delicate and...

"NO" on $317B, 6-year highway and transit bailout (H.R. 22)

"NO" on McConnell Amendment to Save the Export-Import Bank

"YES" on Cruz Amendment on Israel's Right to Exist

"YES" on Lee Motion to Repeal Obamacare

The Employee Rights Act (H.R. 3222), introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA), would protect workers from union pressure by putting power in the hands of employees and making union leaders more accountable to their members. As the Heritage Foundation notes, if union bosses “were angels, such changes would be unnecessary” but “since they are not” new protections are necessary.

To: Interested Parties From: Heritage Action for America Date: July 28, 2015 Subject: How to Repeal All of Obamacare with Reconciliation Three years ago, Senate Republicans committed to using the budget reconciliation process to repeal Obamacare. As such, it is no surprise the Republican budget conference agreement "affirms the use of reconciliation for the sole purpose of repealing the President's job-killing health care law." Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...