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Congress Solves Mass Shooting and Gun Control Reform

August 7, 2019UncategorizedBackground checks, common sense gun reform, Congress, Congressional Updates, Gun Control, gun control america, gun control bill, gun control both sides, gun control comedy, gun control debate 2019, gun control facts, gun control in america, Gun Policy, gun reform comedian, gun reform debate, gun reform facts, Gun Sales, Gun Show Loophole, Guns, House of Representatives, john oliver gun reform, mass shooting california, mass shooting garlic festival, mass shooting gilroy, mass shooting in virginia, mass shooting in virginia beach, mass shooting va beach, Mass shootings, mass shootings documentaryStephen Mackey

Congress has several gun control reform bills. This episode goes over the major proposed reforms. First, The House of Representatives recently passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 and the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019. The other unpassed pieces of legislation are The Raise the Age Act, The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act, and the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act.

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The Subpoena Battle Continues; The Fight to Secure Trump’s Finances

May 22, 2019UncategorizedCongress’s investigative power, Congressional Subpoena, Constitution, Constitutional Crisis, District Court, emoluments clause, Financial Records, House of Representatives, House Oversight Committee, House Oversight committee’s subpoena, impeachment, Legislation, Legislative Purpose, Mazars, SCOTUS, Separation of powers, Subpoena, Supreme Court, Trump Financial Records, Trump subpoenaStephen Mackey

A district court just ruled in favor of the House Oversight Committee’s ability to secure documents detailing the last seven years of Trump’s Finances for legislative purposes and investigating violations to the emoluments clause. The question now is whether this information will actually be used to accomplish such a narrow goal, or whether it will be publicly released or used to more broadly investigate the president.

America’s Disaster Relief Gets Caught Up in a Debate on Puerto Rico

April 17, 2019UncategorizedAdditional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, California Wildfire, Congress, Cost sharing, Disaster, Disaster aid, Disaster Relief, House of Representatives, Hurricane Maria, Legislation, Midwest, Midwest Floods, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican Aid, Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, Rick Scott, S-572, SenateStephen Mackey

America is trying to pass a bill to help Americans who were victims of natural disasters. The problem is, Democrats want that bill to include additional aid and protect existing aid for Puerto Rico. Republicans think spending money on Puerto Rico is inefficient because of the government’s track record on existing aid spending.

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The Battle for Gun Control; The House’s Background Check Legislation Explained

March 4, 2019UncategorizedBackground checks, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, Congress, Congressional Updates, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, Gun Control, Gun Policy, Gun Rights, Gun Sales, Gun Show Loophole, Guns, House of Representatives, HR 1112, HR 8, Mass shootings, PolicyStephen Mackey

The House of Representatives just passed what is being described as the first major gun control laws in decades. Here’s what’s in these two bills, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 and the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019.

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Passing the Natural Resources Management Act

February 24, 2019UncategorizedBipartisan, Bureau of Land Management, climate change, Congress, Conservation, Conserve, Department of the Interior, Environment, Environmental, environmental pollution, EPA, global warming, Green, House of Representatives, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Land Management, Legislation, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Natural Resources Management Act, Nature, Nonpartisan, Policy, Senate, WildlifeStephen Mackey

In a massive bipartisan success, the Senate passed the Natural Resources Management Act in a 92 to eight vote. This protects 1,300,000 additional acres of wildlife, and makes several other impressive changes. Here’s what this legislation does.

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The Emergency Wall; What is Going On?

February 16, 2019UncategorizedBorder, Border wall, build the wall, Congress, donald trump wall, Drug Crisis, Drugs, Emergency, Executive branch, Heroine, House of Representatives, Legislative branch, Mexico, mexico border, mexico wall, National Emergencies Act, National Emergency, Pelosi, Senate, Shutdown fight, the wall, Trump, trump border wall, trump wall, trump’s wall, us mexico border, Wall, Wall fundingStephen Mackey

Trump declared a national emergency ending the border wall funding fight. The question now is… well it’s mostly just panic. Here’s exactly what’s happening.

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The Debt Ceiling Looms Over New Congressional Negotiations

February 11, 2019UncategorizedBankrupt, Bankruptcy, Bonds, Border wall, Congress, Debt, Debt Ceiling, Default, Economics, Economy, House of Representatives, Immigration, Markets, McConnell, Pelosi, Shutdown, Treasury, Treasury bonds, Trump, WallStephen Mackey

As of March 1st we need to raise our debt ceiling again, This somewhat regular tradition of cruising to the edge of the fiscal cliff has been used to negotiate in American politics for quite some time. Now it’s back, and under Trump’s guidance, we might take it too far.

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How to Resolve a Resolution; New NAFTA and Congress

February 8, 2019UncategorizedAmericas, Canada, Congress, Free Trade, Globalism, House of Representatives, Mexico, NAFTA, New NAFTA, North America, Pelosi, Replacing NAFTA, Speaker of the House, Tariffs, Trade, Trade representative, Trade War, Treaty, United States, US, USMCAStephen Mackey

This trade war story is yet to have it’s happily ever after moment because both parties in congress do not like the USMCA trade agreement that America recently signed with Canadian and Mexican leaders. Here’s how implementation is playing out in Congress.

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Congressional Disapproval: Congress Weighs in on Middle East Peace Plans

February 5, 2019UncategorizedCongress, Congressional Politics, Foreign Policy, House of Representatives, Intelligence, International policy, Iraq, John Bolton, Korea, Mike Pompeo, Military, Military Intelligence, Military Policy, Peace, Peace Negotiations, Senate, Syria, Syrian Civil War, War In Iraq, War Powers ActStephen Mackey

Both the Senate and House are looking at bills to rein in the president’s ability to stop performing military actions abroad. Here’s what powers they have to continue a war.

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Tag Archives: House of Representatives

Congress Solves Mass Shooting and Gun Control Reform

The Subpoena Battle Continues; The Fight to Secure Trump’s Finances

The Battle for Gun Control; The House’s Background Check Legislation Explained

Passing the Natural Resources Management Act

The Emergency Wall; What is Going On?

The Debt Ceiling Looms Over New Congressional Negotiations

How to Resolve a Resolution; New NAFTA and Congress

Congressional Disapproval: Congress Weighs in on Middle East Peace Plans