Legislative Watch

Center for Immigration Studies Regulations 8/10 ?

Congress Is Fully Aware of Problems in the H-1B program, but Doesn't Want To Offend Big Tech

In today’sH-1B news, “Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith criticized the Trump administration's crackdown on employment-based immigration”:

2026-10-17

Focus on the Family Regulations 8/10 ?

Oregon Denies Christian Homeschoolers Access to Public Benefits

Is the state of Oregon discriminating against Christian homeschooling families? The case of Tessa Bulzan, a homeschooling mother of five children, would suggest they are. The Hillsboro School District...

2026-10-16

White House Presidential Actions Executive Orders 7/10 ?

Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (22 U.S.C. 10802 et...

2026-10-17

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

The Public School System Has Failed American Kids. Now What?

Writing in the London Timeson Sept. 29, authorEvan Barkerwrotea sobering account about her experience in a Kansas City, Missouri, school two decades ago:Every day is a fight for survival, not a place ...

2026-10-16

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

The Motion to Recommit in the House

June 12, 2025 – October 16, 2026R48566 The motion to recommit in the House of Representatives proposes to send legislation under consideration on the floor back to committee. A Member may move to ...

2026-10-16

Gun Owners of America Regulations 8/10 ?

PA: GOA Knocks Down Federal NFA Scheme—Now AG Dave Sunday Must Protect Pennsylvanians

GOA’s Federal NFA Win Leaves PA Gun Owners in Legal Limbo: AG Sunday Must Act NOW! Following a massive legal victory by Gun Owners of America, law-abiding Pennsylvanians are finally seeing unconstitut...

2026-10-15

Firearms Policy Coalition Regulations 8/10 ?

FPC TO D.C. CIRCUIT: GUN OWNERS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RISK PRISON TO CHALLENGE GUN BANS

FPC files appeal brief and seeks full-court review to overturn second-class legal standard blocking challenges to D.C.’s ban on common firearm magazines.WASHINGTON, D.C.(October 15, 2026) — Firearms P...

2026-10-15

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Europe Lurches Leftward Toward Disaster. Can It Recover?

Europe faces a civilizational crisis induced by self-destructive progressive ideologies.

2026-10-15

Center for Immigration Studies Regulations 8/10 ?

The Grand Betrayal: Why Executive Action for American Labor Is an Urgent Game Changer

The United States pumps out hundreds of thousands of highly qualified American-citizen STEM graduates every year, only for them to step out of university halls directly into an asymmetric trap — a cor...

2026-10-16

Focus on the Family Regulations 8/10 ?

HHS Issues Final Demand Letters to Medical Organizations on Sex-Rejecting Procedures

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final demand letters Wednesday to leading medical organizations, inquiring whether they continue to support damaging and experimental sex-rejec...

2026-10-16

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

France’s Riots Echo 1968. But Macron Is No de Gaulle

On March 29, 1968, at the height of leftist protests crippling France, President Charles de Gaulle boarded a secret flight to a French military base in Germany. France was teetering on chaos, and the ...

2026-10-16

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

When a Case Can Be Filed: Statutes of Limitations and Statutes of Repose

Many federal laws are subject to time limits known asstatutes of limitationsorstatutes of repose, which generally bar enforcement of the law after a certain amount of time has passed. Congress can set...

2026-10-16

Center for Immigration Studies Regulations 8/10 ?

How Minors Derive Citizenship Through Their Parents

The recent news about Rep. Ilhan Omar has focused attention on how an erstwhile alien minor with a green card would have automatically derived citizenship based on the naturalization of a parent or pa...

2026-10-16

Focus on the Family Regulations 8/10 ?

Young Americans Increasingly Support Sharia Law, Poll Finds

Photo credit: A woman is caned after being convicted of violating Aceh’s Islamic law prohibiting sex outside marriage in Banda Aceh on October 15, 2026. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP via Getty Im...

2026-10-15

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Time Bought, Leverage Preserved: Outcomes of the Trump–Xi Summit in Washington

From September 23 to 25, 2026, Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Washington, DC, for a summit with President Donald Trump. A previous Heritage Foundation analysis expected the summit to be ...

2026-10-16

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

New Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States

May 23, 2023 – October 15, 2026IF12408 The H-2A visa program allows for the temporary admission of foreign workers to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services of a seasonal or t...

2026-10-15

Focus on the Family Regulations 8/10 ?

Washington School System Harasses Parents Protecting Daughters From Boy in Girls Cross-Country Meet

At least 12 high school girls chose to forfeit a cross-country race in Washington on Tuesday rather than compete against their teammate — a boy. About half of the Camas High School girls’ cross-countr...

2026-10-15

Focus on the Family Regulations 8/10 ?

Chick-fil-A Doesn’t Need to Apologize for Its Christian Roots

With roots going back 80 years, and with nearly 3,500 restaurants spread throughout 48 states, Chick-fil-A has been long established as an American fast-food institution. The beloved Christian-owned c...

2026-10-15

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

When Union Leaders Are Not Working for Their Workers

Last month, a House hearing exposed eight years of America’s industrial unions spending members’ money on union leaders’ personal priorities rather than on members.The findings should change the way W...

2026-10-15

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

France’s Education Collapse Is a Warning for America

France spent the past three weeks watching its high schoolsburn. What originally began in late September at a suburban school outside Paris as a protest over missing teachers, overcrowded classrooms, ...

2026-10-15