Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, announced that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will be his running mate. By virtue of the fact that Pence is a current Governor, the p… Read More
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, announced that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will be his running mate. By virtue of the fact that Pence is a current Governor, the p… Read More
Trump is making anti-regulation a top priority, saying regulatory cuts are even more important than tax cuts. So we could be facing a frenzy of Deregulation that will be at least comparable… Read More
In a surprising decision, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. ruled against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in the case of Level the Playing Field et a… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court on Monday Rejected a request to Review its Decision Upholding the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality Regulations.
The victory for Net Neutrality supp… Read More
Three Republicans joined Senate Democrats today to Reject overturning an Obama Administration rule Limiting Methane Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Drilling.
Only 49 Senators Voted to mo… Read More
This week the Senate Failed to Pass a Resolution to Roll Back the Obama-era Bureau of Land Management "Methane Rule" by a very tight 49-51 vote.
McCain explained that he voted against the M… Read More
Regulators began dismantling Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules with a vote on Thursday, opening the way to fewer Restrictions on Broadband Providers and raising Web Companies’ fears they… Read More
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) voted unanimously to Jump-Start a Rulemaking Process focused on Disclosure Requirements for Online Ads, following the Revelation of Russian-linked Polit… Read More
Eight States, including California and Massachusetts, accused the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in California Federal Court Wednesday of dragging its feet on the Implementation of… Read More
Democratic Lawmakers are pushing for New Legislation that would require greater Disclosure of Political Ads that run on Internet platforms, despite a Pledge by Facebook Chief Executive Mark… Read More
Federal Election Commission (FEC) Members said they were close to reaching a deal to Advance New Disclosure Rules for Online Political Advertisements.
The Commission postponed a Vote on New… Read More
The Trump Administration is planning to put New Restrictions on the kind of Scientific Studies and Data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to Craft its Regulations.
The… Read More
A Judge ordered Wednesday, Maine's Secretary of State’s Office to move forward with Implementing Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) for the June Primaries despite concerns about Conflicting La… Read More
A Democrat on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is renewing her push for FEC Rules to Prevent Foreign Campaign spending following an announcement from the Senate Intelligence Committee c… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court on Friday Ordered the Trump Administration to immediately Implement an Obama-era Chemical Safety Rule introduced in response to a 2013 Explosion at a Fertilizer Plant… Read More
State Political Ballot Measures as of August 2018.
Arizona - Unlawful Contributions from Clean Election Accounts and Commission Rulemaking Requirements Measure.
Arkansas
Issue 2. Require… Read More
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss sided with 19 Democratic State Attorney Generals and the District of Columbia, who argued in a Lawsuit against Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, th… Read More
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced an “Anti-Corruption” Bill. The Act’s Assault on Money in Politics is pretty much Guaranteed to Enrage the Plutocrats who are… Read More
The Trump Administration will give States significant New ability to Opt-Out of Obamacare Requirements, a move that could boost Cheaper Health Plans with Fewer Protections for Pre-Existing C… Read More
President Trump’s Tech Industry Regulators are likely to face much more vigorous Oversight under a Democratic House in the Next Congress.
Democrats will now have more Power to go afte… Read More
Democrats vowed to use their Newfound Control of the House to fight Trump Administration Plans to Change how the Nation's Schools should handle Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Assault t… Read More
The Trump Administration, on Tuesday, took the First Steps to Ban the sale of Bump Stocks on Semi-Automatic Weapons and has made them Illegal to Possess beginning in late March 2019.
Bump S… Read More
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a New Rule tightening Regulations over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Work Requirement Waivers.
The New Rule wo… Read More
Trump's Ethics Pledge, issued as an Executive Order, includes a Five-Year Lobbying Ban, Preventing Officials from Lobbying the Agency they worked in for Five Years after they Leave, but allo… Read More
The Interior Department has given Offshore Oil Drillers nearly 1,700 Exemptions to Obama-era Safety Rules put in place after BP's 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster, effectively Gutting Parts… Read More
A Trump Administration Rule permitting many Politically Active Nonprofits to Keep their Donors a Secret has been Upended by a Federal Judge, who says the Regulation was Written with Illegal… Read More
The Trump Administration Suspended the Process of Forgiving Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Student Loans Owed by Veterans with Severe Disabilities, despite a Pledge by President Trump in… Read More
A Federal Judge in Washington Struck Down a Trump Administration Policy late Tuesday, July 1st, that Bars most Central Americans and other Migrants from Requesting Asylum at the Southern Bor… Read More
Legislative Updates
New Jersey: Gov. Phil Murphy signed several Bills into Law that will help with the Voting Process this November.
A4475/S2580 – Requires County Boards of Election… Read More
On Wednesday, Oct. 28th, Trump announced he was Opening the World's Largest intact Temperate Forest, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, to Exploitation by Mining and Logging Companies… Read More
A Federal Judge in California, on Tuesday, slapped down the Trump Administration's latest effort to Limit Legal Immigration, vacating New Restrictions on H-1B High-Skilled Foreign Worker Vis… Read More
Legislative Updates
District of Columbia: The Council of the District of Columbia Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would require initiatives and referenda be written in “p… Read More
The Trump's Administration is Rushing to Implement Dozens of Policy Changes in its Final Days.
Even as Trump Refuses to Concede Defeat, his White House and Executive Agencies are Racing to… Read More
On Tuesday Dec. 15th, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY, 12th District), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA, 11th District), the Chairman of t… Read More
A Federal Court has Vacated the Trump Administration's, Secret Science, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Rule, which Critics had said would Undermine the use of Public Health Studies in… Read More
In the Final Weeks of the Trump Administration, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Finalized a Rule attempting to Block the Agency from using Vast Swaths of Scientific Data in the… Read More
Fracking was Banned in the Delaware River Basin, on Thursday, after a Group of Regional Governors Voted to Prohibit the Practice across the Basin's more than 13,000 Square Miles of Land.
A… Read More
Biden is finding it increasingly Difficult to Unwind Trump’s Immigration Regulations as the Administration grapples with a Surge of Migrants at the Southern Border.
Trump Officials p… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The Alabama Senate passed a number of election-related bills that, among other items, narrow the timeframe for absentee ballot applications and ban voting out o… Read More
President Biden has Revoked a Trump Order, put in place, that targeted a Controversial Law that Shields Tech Companies from Liability for Content Posted on their Platforms, by Third Parties… Read More
The Biden Administration is under Pressure to Scrap a Last-Minute Trump Rule that dramatically Increased fees for those Fighting Deportation or seeking Asylum in Immigration Court.
A Rule… Read More
The Biden Administration is Reversing a Series of Trump-Era Immigration Rulings that Narrowed Asylum Standards by Denying Protection to Victims of Domestic Violence and those who said they w… Read More
For the First time, Democrats Deploy Rarely-used Law to Repeal Trump-era Regulations
The Trump Administration and GOP-led Congress in 2017, were the First to Aggressively use the Law, Toss… Read More
The Biden Administration to Restore and Expand Protections for Tongass National Forest, and Add additional Logging Restrictions, the Agriculture Department announced, on Thursday.
In a Sta… Read More
The Biden Administration will take aim at a Trump-era Rule that Critics argued would allow Dangerous Substances including Arsenic and Mercury to Leach into Waterways from Coal-Fired Power Pl… Read More
Judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, ordered Officials to "enforce and implement" the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) in “good faith until such time as it has been lawfully rescinded… Read More
In a Decision, Friday Night, the U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked a Judge’s Order, calling for the Reinstatement of the Trump Administration’s "Remain in Mexico" Immigratio… Read More
The Biden Administration, Monday morning, took steps to Save the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) Program that Shields Hundreds of Thousands of Undocumented Im… Read More
Arizona: Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez spoke to a joint session of the state Legislature last week opposing a bill by Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) that would, if passed, ban use of mail-in b… Read More
The White House, on Friday, launched a Beta version of a Tool that will be used to determine where to Invest bilions of Federal dollars to bring Clean Energy and Infrastructure to Disadvanta… Read More
The White House announced on Tuesday, that it has finalized Regulations guiding Environmental Reviews of major infrastructure projects like highways and pipelines that would consider their C… Read More