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National Grocers Association Focuses on Small Business
The National Grocers Association has registered Venable LLP as its lobbying firm in a new client registration filed on June 16, 2026. The lobbying...
DOD Struggles to Staff Child Care for 172,000 Military Children
The Department of Defense operates the largest employer-sponsored child care program in the United States, serving nearly 172,000 children of service...
Congress Examines Apprenticeship Expansion Successes
The Biden administration and Republican Congress have spent the past year pouring resources into apprenticeships as an alternative to four-year college...
Senate Advances NCAA Bill on Name, Image, Likeness Reform
Senate Commerce Committee Advances College Sports Bill Amid Trump Administration Push
Seismic Software Hires Key Lobbyist on Labor and Antitrust
Seismic Software Inc. has registered its first lobbying effort, bringing Miller Strategies LLC on board to navigate complex labor and antitrust policy...
Federal Rescue Stabilizes Pension Benefits for 1.8 Million Workers
A new Congressional Research Service report on multiemployer pension plans lands at a moment of genuine tension: a $77.9 billion federal rescue program...
Senate Pushes Back Against Trump's Labor Nominees
Why it matters: The Senate HELP Committee hearing on three Trump labor nominees, held June 10, exposed a fault line over whether the NLRB and Bureau of...
Congress Scrutinizes Trump Appointees Over Amazon Connections
Why it matters: The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions convened an NLRB congressional hearing on June 4 that put the Trump...
House Votes to Slash Union Contract Negotiations
The Faster Labor Contracts Act passed the House on Tuesday, 230 to 193, in a vote that flipped the usual partisan script: 210 Democrats voted yes, 192...
Union Contract Votes Now Face 10-Day Bargaining Deadline
The House voted Tuesday to discharge H.Res. 1140, clearing the way for an H.R. 5408 floor vote on the Faster Labor Contracts Act, legislation that would...
Joint Subcommittee Hearing Signals Broader Agenda
The House Ways and Means Committee has scheduled a joint subcommittee hearing for Wednesday, June 10, at 2:00 p.m. in 1100 Longworth House Office Building,...
House Committee Examines Role of Temporary Healthcare Providers
More than 120 million Americans live in primary care deserts — communities where the ratio of patients to physicians makes routine care a logistical...
Bisignano Will Testify In Hearing About Social Security Crisis
The House Ways and Means Committee's joint Social Security and Work & Welfare subcommittees are set to hear from Social Security Administration Commissioner...
Senate Seeks Leaders for Labor Agencies
Two federal agencies that directly shape how Americans understand the economy and exercise workplace rights are operating under clouds of political...
Senate Weighs Benefits Cliff Fix Amid GOP-Dem Divide
Why it matters: The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing on federal benefits cliffs on Wednesday, June 3, examining how...
America's AI Jobs Data Is Flying Blind, Congress Warns
A new Congressional Research Service report reveals the federal government's employer reports labor market infrastructure may be fundamentally ill-equipped...
Labor Relations Protections Dismantled; Congress Investigates
The House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is convening an NLRB hearing preview that arrives at a...
Benefits Cliffs Trap Workers, Hurt Small Business
Millions of low-wage workers at small businesses across the country face a perverse arithmetic baked into federal policy: accept a raise, lose more in...