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A House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday held the first congressional hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 36 years as supporters push for ratification. ERA advocates want a time requirement to be stripped from the amendment’s language. Congress passed the ERA in 1972, but it failed to earn the backing of enough state legislatures to be ratified by a 1982 deadline. The… Read more »

House Democrats held Congress’s first hearing in decades Tuesday on the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, looking to revive the controversial proposal that’s gaining steam as an issue in some states. “It is time for us to take this issue seriously,” Rep. Jackie Speier said at a hearing by a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. “This is… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) hosted an Art Competition and Community Awards Ceremony Thursday to recognize winners in his Congressional Art Competition and constituents for their community service.  The event was held at the Louisiana Tech University Academic Success Center on the campus of Bossier Parish Community College Campus, to honor the 2019 Congressional Art… Read more »

 Louisiana will get nearly $95 million for coastal protection and restoration efforts in the latest round of payments from the federal government’s Gulf energy royalties. State officials quickly hailed the announcement of the latest round of Gulf of Mexico Energy and Security Act funding as a win for the state’s conservation and hurricane protection… Read more »

Chief Justice John Roberts rebuffed a bipartisan request to provide same-day audio for next week’s arguments in a much-watched dispute over the Trump administration’s bid to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. A bipartisan coalition of congressmen sent a letter to the chief justice April 12, urging him to make audio of the argument available on the same… Read more »

Conservatives are making a fresh push to spread their message of fiscal discipline after new estimates the Medicare and Social Security trust funds will soon be depleted, and amid talk of a $2 trillion infrastructure spending package and busting discretionary spending limits. The House Republican Study Committee released a budget proposal Wednesday that assumes cutting $12.6 trillion in… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) in reintroducing the I-14 Expansion and Improvement Act of 2019 Wednesday. This legislation, also referred to as the “Forts to Ports” bill, will extend the future I-14 interstate highway to additional areas in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. This bill will further connect key… Read more »

Restoring fiscal sanity to Congress is a matter of national security, the chairman of the House’s largest Republican caucus says. “It’s not a sustainable trajectory,” Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said of a national debt that has topped $22 trillion. “It’s not when we have military officials, the Pentagon… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) in reintroducing the I-14 Expansion and Improvement Act of 2019 today. This legislation, also referred to as the “Forts to Ports” bill, will extend the future I-14 interstate highway to additional areas in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. This bill will further connect key military installations, like… Read more »

Today we feature Genevieve Wood’s interview with Rep. Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and Rep. Jim Banks. The two Republicans, who represent districts in Louisiana and Indiana, respectively, talk about spending, the debt, and why it’s time to take these issues seriously. Click here to access the podcast. We also cover these stories: President… Read more »