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The Senate will vote on the nomination of Carla Hayden to a 10-year term as our nation’s Librarian of Congress, where she would oversee all the operations of the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Gwen Graham (D-FL), Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) and Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL), to H.R. 5538, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for FY 2017. This amendment would prohibit funds to be used to research, investigate, or study offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), to H.R. 5538, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for FY 2017. This amendment would eliminate funding for the Diesel Emission Reduction Grant program, which would save taxpayers $100 million.

The House voted on H.R. 4768, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA), sponsored by Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX).

The Senate will vote on S. 764, the GMO labeling compromise reached by Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), which would create a federal labeling requirement for GMO products.

The House voted on an amendment offered by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) that would prohibit funds from being used to implement D.C.’s Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA).

The House voted on an amendment offered by Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) that would prohibit the use of funds to designate any nonbank financial company as “too big to fail” or as a “systemically important financial institution” or to make a determination that material financial distress at a nonbank financial company could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability. In short, this amendment would end the financially dangerous practice of...

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) to H.R. 5485, the Financial Services Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017. His amendment would prohibit the use of funds to change the Selective Service System registration requirements to force young women between the ages of 18 and 26 to sign up for the Selective Service. This amendment would confirm the previous House opposition to this policy...

The House will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) which would strike section 639 from the underlying bill. This section prohibits funds from being used by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) to enforce regulations or rules with respect to payday loans, vehicle title loans, or other similar loans during Fiscal Year 2017.

The Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to Senator Cruz’s Stop Illegal Reentry Act (Kate’s Law), S. 2193. This bill takes positive steps towards better enforcement of current immigration laws and ending dangerous practices that have cost American lives.

The Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to Senator Toomey’s Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act, S. 3100. This bill takes positive steps towards better enforcement of current immigration laws and ending dangerous practices that have cost American lives.

Washington -- Next Tuesday, The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) will have a hearing on the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA). Chairman Jason Chaffetz must now take the next step by having a committee markup of the legislation before it can go to a full vote on the House floor. Since the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, religious institutions and individuals are being pushed out of civil society...

Later this week, the Senate is scheduled to vote on S. 764, the GMO labeling compromise reached by Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), which would create a federal labeling requirement for GMO products.

This afternoon the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to both Senator Toomey's Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act, S. 3100, and Senator Cruz's Stop Illegal Reentry Act (Kate's Law), S. 2193.These bills will take positive steps towards better enforcement of current immigration laws and ending dangerous practices that have cost American lives. All Senators should support both of these bills.

This week the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a markup of the 2016 Postal Service Reform Act. Postal reform has been a priority of the Heritage Foundation since at least 2003, and Heritage Action since its formation. Heritage Action is opposed to this legislation. Below is run down of the major concerns with the legislation as drafted. Bailout The bill provides the Postal Service (USPS) with relief...

This week, the House is scheduled to vote on S. 764, a Senate-passed bill authored by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) that would create a new federal labeling requirement for GMO products.

Amendments to House Interior-EPA Appropriations (H.R. 5538)

Washington -- On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802), authored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID). The Heritage Foundation's Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., explains the bill "would ensure that no federal agency discriminates against individuals or institutions for following their convictions about marriage as a man-woman union by revoking their nonprofit tax-exempt status...

On Wednesday, the House is scheduled to vote on the Conscience Protection Act of 2016 (S. 304), initially introduced by Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) as H.R. 4828. This bill is a critical and timely response to a decision by California's Department of Managed Health Care which forces all health plans under their jurisdiction to cover elective abortions for any reason, including late term abortions and sex-selective abortions. The Department is...

It has been reported that the Senate, at the request of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), may vote on the confirmation of President Obama's nominee for Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, before the end of the week.With less than six months left before President Obama leaves office, there is absolutely no need for the Republican Senate to confirm Obama's unqualified nominee to a 10 year renewable term as our nation's Librarian...