WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives today approved the Small Business Investment Company Capital Act, H.R. 1023, legislation that expands the amount of outstanding leverage available to commonly-controlled Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) through the Small Business Administration (SBA) by $125 million, at no additional cost to taxpayers. Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and […]readmore
WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out an ambitious economic plan Monday, aimed at boosting economic growth and middle-class wages. In a speech at the New School in New York City, Clinton said as president she would be committed to both economic growth and fairness with a focus on raising incomes for middle-class Americans. “The […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – The process to fill the upcoming federal court vacancy in Rhode Island took a step forward today as United States Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced they have recommended that President Barack Obama nominate Rhode Island Public Defender Mary McElroy, of Coventry, to the U.S. District Court in Providence. “After a months-long, […]readmore
Good Wednesday morning from Washington, where Congress is debating an education law and where another Republican has said he just might join the race for the White House. It is a crowded race, after all, where the full picture is hidden among polling numbers and money raised, and where a first crucial deadline is just […]readmore
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline today announced the introduction of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 to help ensure that sensitive personal information individuals share with corporations is kept secure from hackers and other malicious actors. “Today, consumers are providing more personal information than ever before to major companies. Consumers expect that this […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate today kicked off the body’s most significant education debate in more than a decade, and the Senators started by overwhelmingly approving a bipartisan amendment authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed. By a unanimous vote, the Senate passed a Reed amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that would encourage states […]readmore
The Rhode Island General Assembly today passed legislation by Sen. Erin P. Lynch and Rep. Arthur Handy to establish state standards for freshwater buffers and setbacks within Rhode Island’s wetlands The legislation (2015-H 5962 <http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText15/HouseText15/H596 2A.pdf> / 2015-S 0737A <http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText15/SenateText15/S07 37A.pdf> ) will streamline permitting processes and address gaps in wetland protections. The bill requires the establishment […]readmore
The U.S. State Department says it cannot find 15 emails from Hillary Clinton during her time as the top U.S. diplomat. The agency said Thursday it discovered that former Secretary of State Clinton’s email records were incomplete after learning that longtime Clinton friend and confidante Sidney Blumenthal handed over several previously undisclosed emails to U.S. […]readmore
WASHINGTON — The latest and possibly the last serious effort to cripple Obamacare through the courts has just failed. On Thursday, for the second time in three years, the Supreme Court rejected a major lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act — thereby preserving the largest expansion in health coverage since the creation of Medicare and […]readmore
CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to once again advance legislation facilitating the approval of two blockbuster trade pacts spanning the Atlantic and the Pacific. The procedural 60-37 vote revives President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, which had been dealt a severe blow when Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which is often called «fast track,» stalled on […]readmore