Legislative Watch

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Trump’s Second Term: Policy, Personnel, and Strategy

President Trump’s second administration is already reshaping Washington just over one year in. With the benefit of experience, a prepared governing team, and a sharpened agenda, this term is unfolding...

2026-04-20

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Trump’s Second Term: Sean Spicer Talks Policy, Personnel, and Strategy

President Trump’s second administration is already reshaping Washington just over one year in. With the benefit of experience, a prepared governing team, and a sharpened agenda, this term is unfolding...

2026-04-20

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Time to Bring Back the U.S. Maritime Service to Support America’s Maritime Revival and a Wartime Economy

Achieving an American maritime revival not only requires building more ships, but training more dedicated Merchant Mariners—the men and women who crew American civilian ships and support military oper...

2026-04-20

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

S. 3315, Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 26, 2026

2026-04-20

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Shakespeare and the End of Civilization

Chris Flannery sounds a note of cautious hope.

2026-04-20

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

"The Founders' Cups," by Sam Schneider

Associate Editor Spencer Klavan reads “The Founders’ Cups,” Sam Schneider’s piece featured in the spring 2026 issue.

2026-04-20

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

America 250: Lincoln and Equality ft. Lucas Morel

Host Spencer Klavan and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University Lucas Morel discuss Abraham Lincoln’s history-making interpretation of the Declaration of Independence.

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Conditioning Federal Funding on Elections Policies: Options and Considerations for Congress

May 30, 2025 – April 20, 2026IF13013 Congresshasbroadauthorityto regulatemany aspectsof the administration offederal elections. Members might sometimes wish to influence state or local policy on a...

2026-04-20

Center for Immigration Studies Regulations 8/10 ?

$100K H-1B Entry Fee Did Not Reduce H-1B Visas

There will be 85,000 quota H-1B visas this year, as there were last year and the year before. The $100,000 fee had no effect on that number. The odds of winning the H-1B lottery simply improved this y...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Private Funding for Election Administration

September 26, 2023 – April 20, 2026IF12501 State and local election offices sometimes receive private donations of money, goods, or services to help them carry out their work. Following the onset ...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Highway Bridges: Conditions, Funding Programs, and Issues for Congress

July 25, 2022 – April 20, 2026R47194 The United States has approximately 624,000 bridges longer than 20 feet on public roads. About 48% of these bridges are owned by state governments and 50% by l...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Election Administration: Federal Grant Programs for States and Localities

December 21, 2020 – April 20, 2026R46646 States and localities have primary responsibility for administering elections in the United States, but Congress has tools it can use to support or shape t...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Congressional Court Watcher: Circuit Splits from March 2026

The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the thirteen "circuits" issue thousands of precedential decisions each year. Because relatively few of these decisions are ultimately reviewed by the Supreme Court, the ...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Response to a Raw Dairy Toxic E. coli Outbreak

On March 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) andFood and Drug Administration(FDA) and certainstate public health official...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

ENERGY STAR Program

May 10, 2018 – April 20, 2026IF10753 ENERGY STAR® is an internationally recognized voluntary labeling program for energy-efficient products, homes, buildings, and manufacturing plants that is man...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Parental Rights and Student Gender Transitions at School: Legal Developments

How public schools should treat transgender students hasgeneratedsubstantialdebate, raising legal questions in contexts such as bathroom access, athletics participation, and pronoun usage. One particu...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Judiciary Budget Request for FY2027

The federal judiciary's FY2027 budget request was made public by the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts on March 25, 2026. The request seeks $9.7 billion in discretionary funding (an increase of 4.9...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Election Security: Federal Funding for Securing Election Systems

August 8, 2019 – April 20, 2026IF11286 Foreignefforts to interfere in the 2016 electionshighlighted the potential for threats to the technologies, facilities, and processes used to administer elec...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Elections Grant Programs: Authorizations and Appropriations

November 3, 2021 – April 20, 2026IF11961 Congress first authorized major federal grant programs for elections in theHelp America Vote Act of 2002(HAVA;P.L. 107-252). HAVA was enacted in response t...

2026-04-20

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

The U.S. Army’s Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) System

June 16, 2022 – April 20, 2026IF12135 The U.S. Army's Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) System Improved Chinese and Russian long-ranged artillery systems, uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the ...

2026-04-20