Kennedy Amendment News Today

A severe and troubling scenario for travelers could play out at airports this summer travel season if Congress enacts an amendment by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Kennedy (R-LA) to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill.

When he was up for confirmation to his post as head of the ATF, Director Steve Dettelbach said that he would use the tools that Congress provided for him. He even famously refused to define the term &...

Veterans arent going to arbitrarily lose their gun rights because of a conservatorship now, but some people see that as a bad thing.

Just before the shooting in Lewiston, our system of background checks took a big hit.

Just before the shooting in Lewiston, our system of background checks took a big hit.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Thursday he negotiated a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on an amendment allowing military veterans whose finances go into conservatorship to keep their firearms, a proposal Schumer previously called a “poison pill” to the Senate’s minibus appropriations bill. Kennedy’s effort to get a vote on his…

When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.

A 15-week abortion ban has been introduced in the United States Senate, the first pro-life legislation introduced at the federal level since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. 

Sen. Ernst and Sen. Grassley were among Senate Republicans who blocked Democrats' efforts to override a budget rule. The vote would have advanced a measure to cap the price of a single dose of insulin at $35.

Pro-life groups are praising the United States Senate for expressing support for the preservation of bans on taxpayer funding of abortion in the federal government’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.