New bill would guarantee military troops and air traffic controllers keep getting paid during government shutdowns β even when Congress misses budget deadlines.
New bill would award a Congressional Gold Medal to MACV-SOG, the secret Vietnam War unit that lost 1,579 members in classified missions across North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1964-1972.
New bill would rename the VA outpatient clinic in Newton, NJ after Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo. Bipartisan New Jersey House delegation backs the tribute.
New bill would let more veterans pass Post-9/11 GI Bill college benefits to their kids β including those medically retired or with 17+ years of service. Currently blocked under existing rules.
New bill targets the 181,000 veterans behind bars. It would fund prisons and jails to identify veteran inmates, connecting them to VA benefits and treatment courts instead of standard incarceration.
New bill would keep Farm Service Agency offices open during government shutdowns, classifying farm loan and aid workers as 'essential' so rural communities don't lose access during budget standoffs.
New bill would fund research into birth defects and health problems in the children and grandchildren of veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other military toxins.
Bipartisan House bill HR 6010 proposes extending ACA enhanced premium tax credits through 2027 and imposing fines up to $200,000 and prison terms up to 10 years on brokers committing enrollment fraud.
Senator Andy Kim's UNLOCK Housing Act proposes allowing Community Development Block Grant funds to finance new affordable housing construction for low- & moderate-income families, not just.
The Senate passed a resolution affirming community care as essential for veterans & urging full implementation of the 2018 VA MISSION Act to ensure timely access to private providers when the VA.
New Senate bill would force the VA to offer automatic callbacks when phone wait times top 10 minutes. Veterans could stop being 'stuck on hold' within a year of passage.
New Senate bill would waive SBA loan fees on business loans up to $1M for veterans and military spouses, and cut required down payments to help more vets start companies.
New Senate bill freezes Small Business Administration no-bid contracts to disadvantaged firms until a fraud audit reaches Congress. National security waivers allowed but cannot be delegated.
New Senate bill would restore union rights for Department of Veterans Affairs workers, reviving contracts and blocking two Trump executive orders that stripped collective bargaining at the VA.
Senate marks 50 years since the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew. Resolution honors victims, rescuers, and Gordon Lightfoot's famous ballad.
Senate passes resolution marking 50 years since the Vietnam War ended. It honors the 9M+ Americans who served, the 58,281 killed, and the 1,545 still missing in action.
Senate passes resolution naming Nov. 8, 2025, 'National First-Generation College Celebration Day,' honoring the 54% of college students whose parents never earned a bachelor's degree.
Senate passes resolution declaring April 3 'Jane Goodall Day' to honor the chimpanzee researcher and conservationist whose Roots & Shoots program has reached 1.47M young people across 65+ countries.
New bill would force the federal government to pay 100% of wildfire recovery costs when US Forest Service burns get out of control, waiving matching funds for states, tribes, and victims.
New bipartisan Senate bill would lock in rules letting schools auto-enroll low-income kids for free meals using Medicaid data β and protect universal free meals at high-poverty schools.
Senator Rick Scott proposes the National Defense Supply Chain Integrity Act of 2025, which would exempt Pentagon designations of Chinese military companies from Administrative Procedure Act judicial.
New Senate bill would launch a joint US-Taiwan program to co-develop drones and counter-drone tech, with a March 2026 deadline. Aims to boost deterrence against China in the Indo-Pacific.
New Senate bill would force the Pentagon to brief Congress by March 2026 on buying more critical materials (think rare earths) from US suppliers instead of China.