With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up.
U.S. Congress passed a "laddered" Continuing Resolution (CR) on Nov. 16, 2023, temporarily averting a government shutdown. The CR extended funding through Jan. 19, 2024.
With recent infringements upon the rights of members of marginalized communities — most of whom are merely seeking to access and maintain how they manage their lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness — it is important to know who’s in their corner, fighting the good fight. Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, who is in charge of representing Connecticut’s 5th district, is one such person.
Instead of using patents to reward and encourage invention as the U.S. has done with stunning success for over 200 years Sen. Bernie Sanders wants the government to offer prize money.