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Next year’s federal Energy and Water budget, which includes hundreds of millions for Idaho National Laboratory programs, has passed both houses of Congress and is heading to the president’s desk. The bill has been through the conference committee process, where the House and Senate resolve the differences between their versions. The Senate passed the final […]
Legislation authorizing the largest increase in the federal judiciary in nearly 30 years — including the first new position in the District of Idaho since 1954 — received a favorable recommendation from a U.S. House committee Thursday. The move came after Republicans agreed to delay the bill’s implementation date — thereby allaying Democratic concerns that […]
U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador. R-Idaho is lauding a House committee’s passage of a bill Thursday to add 52 new federal district judgeships, including one in Idaho. Labrador, who introduced a bill to add a new Idaho federal district judge in February of 2017 — one month after Idaho’s 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson introduced an […]
A bill directing the U.S. Department of Energy to work with the private sector to develop advanced nuclear reactors more quickly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and now heads to the president’s desk. U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is the lead sponsor of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, and co-sponsors include […]
Ryan Nelson, general counsel for Melaleuca in Idaho Falls, won narrow approval on an 11-10 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for his nomination to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Nelson’s nomination now moves to the full Senate for approval; U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch of […]
Ryan Nelson, general counsel for Melaleuca in Idaho Falls, won narrow approval on an 11-10 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for his nomination to serve on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Nelsons nomination now moves to the full Senate for approval; U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch of Idaho […]
Legislation is on its way to President Trump that would create partnerships between private-sector innovators in nuclear energy and federal government researchers. The goal is to create the next generation of clean, advanced nuclear power. The bi-partisan legislation was led by Idaho Republican Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), joined twelve of his colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to the Defense Appropriations Conference Committee urging funding for the replacement of A-10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” wings to be included in the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Defense Appropriations […]
U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador. R-Idaho is lauding a House committee’s passage of a bill Thursday to add 52 new federal district judgeships, including one in Idaho. Labrador, who introduced a bill to add a new Idaho federal district judge in February of 2017 — one month after Idaho’s 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson introduced an […]
In a win for the sportsmen’s conservation community, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2591, the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act of 2017, on a voice vote. Introduced by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Vice-Chair Congressman Austin Scott (GA), along with fellow CSC leadership, Congressmen Jeff Duncan (SC), Gene Green (TX), and […]