Legislative Watch

Heritage Foundation CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Making Housing Work for Americans

Housing is less affordable than ever. One reason is that homes are now treated like commodities, bought and sold much like stocks, which causes their prices to swing rapidly and puts them out of reach...

2026-05-14

Judicial Watch CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Judicial Watch Requests Court Order to Unseal NIH Royalty Payment Records for Government Scientists, Including Dr. Anthony Fauci—Seeks Details on 59,000 Compensation Payments to Government Employees

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that it filed an post-hearing brief in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Open the Books, urging a federal court to compel the Nationa...

2026-05-14

Claremont Institute CRS & CBO Analysis 8/10 ?

Homer’s Odyssey and Nolan’s Oddity

The Odyssey: Homer’s epic tale of a man’s harrowing return home from war. Today, the object of gender-critical, woke narrative extremes.

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Department of Labor’s Proposed Regulation on Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives

Thefiduciary standards in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974(ERISA;P.L. 93-406) require that individuals (referred to asfiduciaries) who make decisions in private-sector pension plans...

2026-05-15

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H. R. 2488, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3817 Marysville Boulevard in Sacramento, California, as the “Grantland Johnson Post Office”

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 29, 2026

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): Background and Issues for Congress

September 6, 2016 – May 15, 2026R44629 Federally funded research and development centers, or FFRDCs, are a special class of research institutions that are dependent on federal support, but operate...

2026-05-15

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H.R. 7809, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building”

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 29, 2026

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Congressional Authority to Regulate Presidential Recordkeeping

When Richard Nixon stepped from the White House lawn onto Marine One after resigning the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal, he could well have assumed that some of the most familiar remn...

2026-05-15

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H. R. 6099, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, as the “Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building”

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 29, 2026

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program: Structure and Current Issues

September 19, 2024 – May 15, 2026R48190 To address discriminatory barriers in federal procurement markets for certain business owners, Congress has sought to help small "socially and economically ...

2026-05-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Suspension of the Federal Gas Tax: In Brief

U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran since February 2026 and subsequent Iranian military actions throughout the Persian Gulf have disrupted global commercial markets.1Oil is among the com...

2026-05-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

FEMA Review Council: Final Report

On Thursday, May 7, 2026, the FEMA Review Council (FRC),established byPresident Donald J. Trumpto undertake a "full-scale review" of the agency,held its final meetingand voted to approve itsfinal repo...

2026-05-15

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) Spectrum: Issues for Congress

May 13, 2025 – May 15, 2026R48534 Radio spectrum refers to the range of radio frequencies used to enable wireless communications. Technologies such as smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, radionavigation s...

2026-05-15

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H.R. 8193, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the “Gil Whitney Post Office Building”

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 29, 2026

2026-05-14

CBO Cost Estimates CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

H.R. 8225, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the “Sorensen-Estrada Post Office”

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 29, 2026

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

January 15, 2021 – May 14, 2026IF11729 The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles (FoV) is an Army-led, joint-service program designed to replace a portion of each service's light ...

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

The McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA)

TheMcNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) of 1965,41 U.S.C. §§ 6701-6707, requires the payment of locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits to employees working pursuant to contracts that The...

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

National Landslide Preparedness Act and the Status of Landslide Risk Reduction

August 1, 2025 – May 14, 2026IF13077 In 2021, Congress passed the National Landslide Preparedness Act (NLPA;P.L. 116-323,43 U.S.C. §§3101 et seq.). Among its provisions, the NLPA directs the Sec...

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Congressional Redistricting: High Court Narrows Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais

On April 29, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court inLouisiana v. Callaissignificantly narrowed the circumstances under which a racial vote dilution challenge to a redistricting map can be made underSection 2o...

2026-05-14

EveryCRSReport CRS & CBO Analysis 7/10 ?

Department of Transportation FY2027 Funding Request

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for the federal regulation and funding of most modes of U.S. transportation. DOT is mainly organized into operating administrations that each over...

2026-05-14