U.S. Legislation

U.S. Legislation & Analysis on TheThinkingConservative.com includes information on bills, acts and more from both the U.S. House and Senate.

Texas Governor Signs Bill Requiring Student Athletes Play on Teams Matching Birth Sex

The governor of Texas on Monday signed a law that bars student athletes from playing on sports teams that do not match the sex listed on...
Joe Biden Vaccine Mandates

True cost of Dems’ plans: $7.5 trillion and a lot of gimmicks

Democrats are paring down Biden’s social welfare package but not removing bill’s worst provisions or crafting fiscally sustainable legislation.

Scott, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Block Democrats’ IRS Snooping Proposal

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and his Republican colleagues introduced the “Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act,” a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service...

Biden Flips on Filibuster Carve Out for Election Bill

President Joe Biden has indicated support for changing or abolishing the filibuster in order to pass election legislation, a substantial shift from his long-touted...

10 Absurdly Wasteful Items Tucked Into Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Monstrosity

KEY TAKEAWAYS The idea that an agency focused on administering social benefits programs is a haven of racists ought to be laughable, but apparently Democrats...

Graves Demands Biden Drop Socialist Polices That Will Worsen Supply Chain Crisis

Washington, D.C. - House Republicans, led by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR),...

Hawley Introduces New Bill to Curb Supply Crisis, Revitalize American Manufacturing

In light of the supply crisis gripping the nation, today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Make in America to Sell in America Act, a bold...
Mass Migration

Cruz Introduces Stop the Surge Act to Hold Biden and Dem Colleagues Accountable for...

‘If Washington Democrats had to endure even a fraction of the suffering South Texas families, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses have had to face,...
National Defense Authorization Act

56 Recommendations for Congress: Shaping the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act and Defense...

SUMMARY The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022 and the defense appropriations bill should keep the U.S. Armed Forces focused on the challenges of...
National Defense Authorization Act

Why The Defense Bill Deserves Defeat

Provisions in both the Senate and House versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2022 are unacceptable for reasons noted and analyzed below. 1 Because the most objectionable proposals...

Reject Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Tax, Debt, and Spending Disaster

Background Information The Democrats’ proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is the Left’s ultimate wish-list compiled into one massive tax, borrow, and spend bill. If passed, this...

GOP senators pan McConnell cave on debt ceiling as gloating Schumer adds insult to...

"Republicans blinked," said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). "I think that was a mistake." Republican senators are panning Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's surrender to Democrats...