Posts Tagged ‘Bipartisan legislation’
Senate Passes Nuclear Energy Bill– the ADVANCE Act
Bipartisan legislation to support the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies now heads to the President’s desk. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act passed the Senate with a vote of 88-2. Senator Tom Carper calls it a major victory for our climate and American energy security, adding that…
Read MoreLegislation Introduced to Improve and Accelerate Processing of Tax Returns
While the use of e-filing has grown exponentially since its inception, millions of taxpayers choose to file their returns each year on paper. Bipartisan legislation that would greatly improve the processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) paper tax returns has been introduced. Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Todd Young of Indiana unveiled the Barcode…
Read MoreLegislation Introduced Aims to Curb Erroneous Payments to Deceased Individuals
Legislation introduced this week aims to聽save millions of federal dollars by curbing erroneous payments to individuals who have passed away.聽Senators Tom Carper and聽John Kennedy of Louisiana yesterday introduced the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act.聽Senator Carper’s聽original bipartisan legislation聽set up such provisions to curb the erroneous payments for a temporary three-year period, and the new…
Read MoreDel. Takes Step Toward Creating Inspector General Position & Office
Legislation to establish the office of an independent inspector general has been introduced in the Delaware General Assembly.Under the bipartisan-sponsored bill (House Bill 405), the IG office would investigate management and operation of state agencies to look for waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement, corruption or other conduct harmful to the public interest.The position would be non-partisan.…
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