Federal Bills, Hearings, Regulations & Executive Orders
Associate Editor Spencer Klavan reads “The Founders’ Cups,” Sam Schneider’s piece featured in the spring 2026 issue.
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.
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...
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 26, 2026
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
How public schools should treat transgender students hasgeneratedsubstantialdebate, raising legal questions in contexts such as bathroom access, athletics participation, and pronoun usage. One particu...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
November 3, 2021 – April 20, 2026IF11962 Recent congressional activity on elections issues has often taken the form of action on grant programs or funding. One type of action Members have increasi...
February 6, 2024 – April 20, 2026IN12317 Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HICs) receive mandatory appropriations to provide support and information to families ofchildren and youth...
On March 31, 2026, theEndangered Species Committeeâcolloquially referred to as the "God Squad" because of its power to determine the fate of speciesâvoted to grant anexemptionfrom Endangered Speci...
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Policymakers and the medical field h...