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A bill passed speedily by Congress to authorize $250 million emergency federal funding to Minnesota for rebuilding the collapsed Interstate Minneapolis bridge is presented.

A Court ruling denying a state authority to enact its own immigration laws in the face of Congress' inaction on the issue is presented.

Funding for commerce, justice, and science (C-J-S) for fiscal year 2008 has been approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science and Related Agencies. Other measures passed by Senate and House committees include the Tiahrt Amendment, funding for homeland security, and an IACP-sponsored bill creating new penalties for gang-related crimes and gang recruitment.

The author presents his views about that, in the absence of any national policy enacted by the U.S. Congress on the illegal immigrant workforce, individual states may be forced to decide their own.

The legislative efforts to be taken by Congress to solve problems caused by the price rise of birth control pills are discussed.

State governors are not willing to wait for a compromise between the White House and Congress to pass legislation on important domestic issues. As such, governors such as California's Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York's Democratic governor Eliot Spitzer are participating in nonpartisan politics to accelerate state efforts to address issues such as ethics and budget reforms, education and health care.

A possible collapse of the housing market might trigger off hardships for home buyers who would be left with no house and a wrecked credit record, thus also affecting the country's economy. The rise in delinquencies, defaults and outright foreclosures by homeowners unable to pay their mortgages is a direct result of incorrect lending practices, which necessitates a regulatory bill from Congress to set right the situation.

The minimum wage issue, by which the federal minimum wage is likely to be raised from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour, is an opportunity for the Democratic majority in Congress to fulfill its campaign promise. However, this issue is symbolic only politically without any economic value, and hence, Congress should focus on issues such as business regulation and tax policy, in order to make an effective difference economically.

The opinions of Congress on information sharing and law enforcement are analyzed.

Chuck Fish, Vice president, Chief Patent Counsel, Time Warner Inc. and James C. Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) debate on the issue of whether the U.S. Congress should significantly overhaul patent law.

THE CHEMICAL industry could face problems if the new Democrat-controlled Congress seeks to impose inherently safer technology as a safety and security measure, an industry representative believes. Jeff Lipton, president [...]

Mexican President Vicente Fox wants to make passage of immigration reform the top priority of US Congress in 2007and hopes the approval will come through. The implementation of existing trade agreements such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, North American Free Trade Agreement, and Andean Trade Preference Act with Latin American countries have not succeeded in bringing about harmony and supporters intend to bring trade issues in the new congress.

Congress passed a bill this summer that allows waterfowl hunters to purchase a duck stamp online. The legislation approves a pilot program beginning September 1, 2007, in fifteen yet-to-be-determined states […]

The Congress has agreed to clear a new bill that authorizes funds for port security and revamping port security policies. The port security bill was delayed by several days as the GOP leadership sought to attach language that would strengthen security at courthouses and make it easier to deport or deny entry to illegal immigrants who were members of gangs.

A new legislation has been introduced in the United States Congress to ban the shipping of tobacco and other related products through United States Postal Service. Complete details of this new legislation are presented.

Effects of funding cuts approved by United States Congress on homeland security efforts across United States are described.

The US Congress may authorise an annual 'H-Prize' worth up to $100m to stimulate advances in hydrogen production, storage, distribution and use, if Congressman, Bob Inglis and 14 others get [...]

TALK ABOUT YOUR LUKEWARM RECEPTION. Since its debut in January, the new Roth 401(k) plans have attracted as many critics as customers. Although it's a bit early to tell, a [...]

They're not OK with it: Congress and the public in general have taken offense to the Bush Administration's approval of warrantless surveillance of communications. As happened with the DoD's "Total […]

The excitement and anticipation for the 2006 presidential campaign is visibly bubbling over into the actions of major political players and the decisions being made by them. Postal Vote On [...]

IDEALLY, THE DEBATE about national ID cards should have happened before Congress approved them. But better late than never. The Real ID Act--which was slipped into a bill appropriating money […]

Capitol Hill is abuzz over the possibility that Congress may have zeroed out funding for an inbound tourism marketing campaign. You may recall that Congress approved $50 million last year […]