This Week on Capitol Hill: June 20-24, 2011
The biggest news of the week was the House passing its patent reform bill, the America Invents Act. The bill was all but stalled in the House over concerns with fees paid to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. However a compromise was reached, giving the bill enough bipartisan support to be passed. The bill [...]
This Week on Capitol Hill: January 24 – 28, 2011
The Senate and House meet in a joint session Tuesday night to hear President Obama’s State of the Union speech. The House will consider a resolution to reduce fiscal 2011 appropriations at least to fiscal 2008 levels and the Senate is set to continue debate on an overhaul of its rules, including those on filibusters, [...]