Legislative Reports Archive
Week Ending April 5, 2019
House Approves Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
House Votes to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
House Condemns Attacks on Health Care
House Budget Committee Increases Funding
McConnell Pushes to Further Pack the Courts
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Week Ending March 29, 2019
House passes bill to strengthen equal pay for equal work law
Paycheck Fairness Act Passes the House
DOJ Seeks to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Caps Deal is Needed
Special Education Investments
DeVos Budget Slashes I...
Week Ending March 15, 2019
Trump Budget Cuts Domestic Services, But Asks for More Tax Breaks
President Trump Releases 2020 Budget
Senate Votes to Terminate Trump’s Emergency Declaration
Proposals to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Reviewed
Congress Introduces the Equality...
Week Ending March 8, 2019
House moves forward on voting and ethics reform.
House Passes Bill to Restore Voting Rights
House Committee Approves a $15 Minimum Wage
AFSCME Supports 911 Dispatchers Reclassification
Repeal of 40 percent Tax on Worker/Retiree Health Benefits
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Week Ending March 1, 2019
Congress and President Donald Trump continue to spar over border wall funding.
House Rejects Trump’s Border Wall Emergency
AFSCME Urges WATER Act Passage
Paycheck Fairness Bill Advances in House Committee
Preventing Workplace Violence
High Presc...
Week Ending February 15, 2019
Congress narrowly avoids another shutdown as President Trump declares National Emergency on southern border.
Congress Passes Funding Legislation
White House Declares National Emergency on Southern Border
William Barr Approved as Next Attorney General
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Week Ending February 8, 2019
No deal yet on government funding measure to avoid another shutdown.
Trump Delivers State of the Union Address
Congress Starts Work on Federal Budget
William Barr Nomination
House Panels Examine Threats to ACA and Individuals With Pre-Existing Condit...
Week Ending February 1, 2019
Effects of partial federal shutdown widen rapidly, negatively impacting workers, communities and the economy.
Another Potential Shutdown Looms Without Budget Deal
Pay Raise for Federal Government Civilian Workers Approved
House Democrats Introduce $1...
Week of January 21-25, 2019
Senate Rejects Wall; Congress Reopens Government.
Government Shutdown Ends
After 35 days, the longest shutdown in U.S. history has ended. The agreement reached between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders will reopen the government through ...
Week Ending January 18, 2019
Effects of partial federal shutdown widen rapidly, negatively impacting workers, communities and the economy.
Workers Miss Paychecks as President Trump’s Shutdown Continues
American Workers Deserve a Raise
2020 Census Citizenship Question Bloc...