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The law intended to shine a light on foreign entities and foreign governments working to influence policy in Washington, D.C., has been called everything from "toothless" to "a complete joke." But Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller isn't laughing — and neither may potential violators if he decides to make it his new weapon of choice. From 1966 to 2017, the… Read more »

Among the thanks being given in West Central Louisiana as the annual holiday approaches is the renewed assurance that Fort Polk will remain open and that troops there and at other military installations will be paid more. The U.S. House this week approved a conference committee report on the National Defense Authorization Act and the Senate is expected to soon do so, perhaps before… Read more »

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One of the worst kept secrets in Washington is how frequently lobbyists violate our foreign registration laws by accepting millions of dollars from foreign principals without disclosing a thing about those relationships. More Americans are becoming aware of the problem now, since special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has focused attention on two high profile failures to… Read more »

Five of the six members of Louisiana’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives voted Nov. 3 in favor of H.R. 3922, the Championing Healthy Kids Act, which reauthorizes the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and other important public health programs like Community Health Centers. The bill passed the House by a vote of 242-174.… Read more »

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Elderly patients who access home health care services, the modern version of house calls, were near eviction before Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham and others convinced Medicare to scuttle the plan this week. Abraham, R-Alto, who is a doctor, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., led a bipartisan letter signed by 174 members asking The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… Read more »

In an op-ed written for Fox News, Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson says that the “US must act to stop foreign subversion of our democracy.” The first term lawmaker from Bossier City writes that some enemy nations are using outside groups to funnel millions in influence money, and no disclosure is required “Our susceptibility to foreign aggression is a serious… Read more »

Lawmakers are pushing to reform the law governing lobbyists for foreign interests in the wake of bombshell developments in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia collusion probe. The indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was announced Monday, with failure to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) among a raft of chares. Mueller is also probing… Read more »

The bill would also require additional disclosure of information disseminated by lobbyists. And last week, Sen. Check Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) introduced a bill that would end the foreign company loophole. Read more »