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By CHARLES CHIEPPO THE LATEST real-life parable that reminds us why the Founding Fathers made secret-ballot elections a centerpiece of American democracy comes from a distinctly 21st-century source – the video game industry.  In recent months, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) has been working to unionize Proletariat, a Boston-based studio owned by gaming… Read more »

By T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) — Like everything in modern political times, the reaction to President Joe Biden’s Tuesday evening State of the Union address fell along party lines. U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, said Biden "failed miserably" when given "the world stage last night, with the opportunity to address the struggles our country,… Read more »

On February 2, Reps. Suzan Delbene (D-WA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and Rick Allen R-GA) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits. The “Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act” would allow employers to offer workers stand-alone telehealth benefits, like dental and vision… Read more »

By Ron Southwick Democrats and Republicans in Congress are pushing a bill that they would said would provide a permanent expansion of access to telehealth. Several House members are backing legislation that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits, similar to vision or dental plans. Lawmakers said under the legislation, the telehealth benefit wouldn’t… Read more »

By Richard Payerchin Lawmakers hope permanent telehealth benefits will “fill a much-needed gap for certain members of the American workforce who lack affordable access to quality health care.” Representatives have reintroduced the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act that would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits to workers, similar to… Read more »

WRITTEN BY: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck This week, the House and Senate Education and Labor committees announced their full roster of members for the 118th Congress. Democrats retained the majority in the Senate, and as a result, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee saw few major changes to committee rules and priorities. There are, however,… Read more »

 By Mark Melchionna   Last week, six US House representatives announced the introduction of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to provide American workers with access to employer-sponsored telehealth benefits. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many options for in-person healthcare became… Read more »

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act, bicameral legislation to expand education freedom and opportunity for students. Specifically, it provides a charitable donation incentive for individuals and businesses to fund scholarship awards for students to cover expenses related to K-12… Read more »

By Andrea Fox The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. WHY IT MATTERS The bill aims to keep stand-alone telehealth benefits separate, not as a… Read more »

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter Several members of Congress joined Evangelical leaders at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning for the National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance, asking God to forgive the many ways the country has strayed from His will.  The gathering, featuring several Republican lawmakers, was held a day before President Joe… Read more »