Category «Congress»

100 Actions That Define Trump’s Horrifying First 100 Days in Office

RollingStone [no paywall] – “The president and his administration have waged a corrupt, chaotic, and cruel assault on the United States and its people. Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been the most chaotic and consequential in modern political memory. He has wielded the presidency like a king, seeking to bend America (and, far less …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Courts, E-Records, Economy, Education, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Aetna/CVS pulling out of ACA exchanges next year as GOP allows IRA subsidies to expire

ACASignUps.net “CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members – CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also known as Obamacare next year, leaving about 1 million Aetna members in 17 states looking for new coverage in 2026…CVS’ move to exit the individual insurance market comes as the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care, Legislation, Medicine

New 118th Congress Legislative Effectiveness Scores

Executive Summary – The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) is pleased to announce the release of the Legislative Effectiveness Scores (LES) for the recently completed 118th Congress (2023-25). This report offers highlights from our initial analyses of these scores, including: We list the top-10 lawmakers in each party in the House and Senate, including many …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Tracking the Trump Administration’s Harmful Executive Actions

Congressman Steve Cohen: “The Trump Administration has acted illegally and unconstitutionally in ways that weaken our democratic institutions, slow down our economy, roll back protections for public health and the environment, and put health care and Social Security benefits at risk for millions of Americans. And that’s just the start. I am committed to fighting …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Proposed Rule on Schedule F Politicizes Career Employee Jobs

“Schedule F is an executive order that former President Donald Trump issued in October 2020 to remove the employment protections that prevent career government employees from being replaced for partisan reasons. It was rescinded by President Joe Biden as soon as he took office in January 2021. If Schedule F were to be reinstated, the …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Acyn Torabi dominates the internet with fast-cut clips of political mayhem

Washington Post [no paywall]: “”The man behind the most influential progressive account on social media starts his days at 6 a.m. in front of three TV and computer screens, scanning video feeds for the gaffes and confrontations that can turn into viral gold.Acyn Torabi isn’t a Democratic star like former president Barack Obama or a …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Big Tech avoided $278 billion in corporate tax over the past decade

Fair Tax Foundation: “This report, The Silicon Six and their enduring global tax gap, analyses the long- run effective tax rate of the Silicon Six (Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta/Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix) over the past decade. It is a variation of analysis we last undertook in 2019 and 2021. These businesses dominate digital infrastructure and …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Legal Research, Social Media

U.S. House Panel Says China’s DeepSeek AI Is a ‘Profound Threat’ to National Security

Deepseek Unmasked: Exposing the CCP’s Latest Tool For Spying, Stealing, and Subverting U.S. Export Control Restrictions “Some in the industry have claimed that the U.S. holds an 18-month AI lead, but that obfuscates reality—it’s closer to three months.” – U.S. AI Executive  Read the full report here. DeepSeek represents a profound threat to our nation’s …

Subjects: AI, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Defense, E-Records, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Legal Authority for the President to Impose Tariffs Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

CRS Report – Legal Authority for the President to Impose Tariffs Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). April 7, 2025. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.) gives the President broad authorities to address declared emergencies concerning certain “unusual and extraordinary” threats to national security, foreign policy, …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Meta silenced a whistleblower. Now she’s talking to Congress.

Washington Post [no paywall]: “Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow executives were willing to “betray American values” to secure a foothold in China. A former global policy director at Meta told a Senate committee Wednesday that top executives at the social media giant were willing to undermine national …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Free Speech, Recommended Books, Search Engines, Social Media

“A republic, if you can keep it” – but can the US keep it? How Trump is dismantling democracy

Christina Pagel – “Mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information. Thomas Jefferson probably never said “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”, but that doesn’t make it less true. Since President Trump’s second …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Economy, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on H.R. 22

Indivisible: “House Republicans are once again pushing H.R. 22 (what we’re referring to as the “Silencing Americans Act”), a dangerous bill that would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to vote. The House passed it last session, but it never made it to the Senate—now they’re bringing it back in …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research