
Senate bill would help retired firefighters, cops pay for healthcare coverage
A Senate committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation that will make it easier for retired public safety officers to get a tax benefit to pay for healthcare coverage.

A Senate committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation that will make it easier for retired public safety officers to get a tax benefit to pay for healthcare coverage.

Michael Lecik, a former Air Force firefighter and assistant chief at the Huguenot Volunteer Fire Department, was diagnosed in 2019 with multiple myeloma, a condition tied to the high-risk, carcinogenic workplace conditions that come with being a military firefighter.

The U.S. House voted 221-203 on Thursday to pass the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, which includes provisions to shore up the food and agriculture supply chain, assure fair competition in the meat and poultry sectors, and lower food and gasoline costs.

The U.S. House passed, in bipartisan fashion, technically speaking, the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of gun violence prevention legislation.

President Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to require suppliers to direct needed resources to infant formula manufacturers, the administration announced on Wednesday.

Politicians are going out of their way to let people know that they’re doing something about the baby formula shortage.

Here we are, with the U.S. Supreme Court about to overturn Roe v. Wade, and four in five Americans believe abortion should be legal in at least some circumstances. Only in our gerrymandered America.

A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act, legislation that would encourage the seizure and sale of Russian oligarchs’ assets to support Ukraine’s continued fight for freedom.

Legislation that would authorize the president to enter into lend-lease agreements with Ukraine to provide additional U.S. military equipment passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced retaliatory personal sanctions on 398 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including 10 of the 11 members of the Virginia delegation.
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