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House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
The U.S. House narrowly passed a semi-automatic weapons ban bill Friday afternoon before leaving for what’s expected to be a 45-day recess.
Cheers went up from the House floor as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the bill’s passage with 217-213 votes.
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., a medical doctor, is joined by Republican Rep. Hudson of North Carolina in leading 19 other Republicans in a formal protest of the Biden administration regarding compulsory vaccination within the military in light of Dr. Fauci’s recent comments on the efficacy of vaccines, saying there is "no scientific reason."
Clemson, S.C. — Congressman Jeff Duncan, co-chair of the House Energy Action Team and member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, led nine Members of Congress (Rep. William Timmons, Rep. Drew Ferguson, Rep. Richard Hudson, Rep. Kevin Hern, Rep. Diana Harshbarger, Rep. Troy Balderson, Rep. Ron Estes, Rep. Kelly Armstrong, and Rep.
On June 10, news broke that that starting in July unaccompanied children (UACs) from the southern border would be transported to and housed at Greensboro's American Hebrew Academy.
After a string of attacks on pro-life pregnancy-support centers across the country, seven Republican members of North Carolina's congressional delegation signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the attacks as domestic terrorism. U.S. Reps.
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade, and reinforced by the Casey decision, as part of a case involving law in Mississippi, returned the decision about abortion rights to the state legislatures.
WASHINGTON, DC — With life in America slowly getting back to normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion this past Thursday morning with three leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee who are focused not only on the lessons learned over the past two years, but what Congress should do to make sure the country is prepared for future pande
Over 200 visitors, many of them veterans, came out to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Joseph G. Henson American Legion Post 12, in Carthage, on Saturday, June 18.
A House subcommittee this week recommended approval of a bipartisan amendment that would provide as much as $10 billion to upgrade 911 centers nationwide to next-generation 911 (NG911) technology as part of legislation that would have the FCC auction at least 200 MHz of spectrum in the 3.1-3.45 GHz band.