The Food and Nutrition Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule on April 30, 2024, to incorporate the new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements that passed in June as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Two of the proposed rule’s provisions deal with exceptions to the…
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2024, held 7-2 in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited that Congress statutorily authorized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to draw money directly from the Federal Reserve System. The court ruled that the CFPB’s funding structure therefore does not violate the…
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From May 13, 2024, through May 17, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 2,446 pages for…
Six candidates are running in the Republican primary election for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District on June 4, 2024: U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert (R), Deborah Flora (R), Richard Holtorf (R), Michael Lynch (R), Jerry Sonnenberg (R), and Peter Yu (R). Incumbent U.S. Rep Ken Buck (R) resigned on March 22, leaving the district open. Colorado Public…
Steny Hoyer (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. Hoyer received 70.6% of the vote. Quincy Bareebe (D) finished in second place with 11.7%. Mckayla Wilkes (D) and Andrea Crooms (D) also ran in the primary. The Longview News-Journal’s Matt Wynn wrote that the challengers were “taking on…
Brad Knott (R) won the Republican primary runoff in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. Kelly Daughtry (R) also appeared on the ballot but suspended her campaign on May 2, 2024. Knott defeated Daughtry 90.8% to 9.2%. Daughtry and Knott were the top two finishers in the March 5 primary with 27.4%…
April McClain-Delaney (D) won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District on May 14, 2024. McClain-Delaney received 39.1% of the vote. Joe Vogel (D) finished in second place with 26.7%. Peter Choharis (D), George Gluck (D), Geoffrey Grammer (D), Ashwani Jain (D), Lesley Lopez (D), Tekesha Martinez (D), Stephen McDow (D), Mohammad Mozumder (D),…
Jim Justice (R) won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia on May 14, 2024. Justice received 61.8% of the vote. Alexander Mooney (R) finished in second place with 26.6%. Bryan Bird (R), Zane Lawhorn (R), Don Lindsay (R), Bryan McKinney (R), and Janet McNulty (R) also ran in the primary. Justice and…
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) released an opinion on May 1 determining that federal officeholders and candidates are allowed to solicit funds for ballot measure committees without regard to the amount limitations and source restrictions in the Federal Election Campaign Act. Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, sponsors of an initiative that would create a state constitutional…
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From May 6, 2024, through May 10, 2024, the Federal Register grew by 4,228 pages for…