Originally published in The Washington Post.
Inspired by the mental health toll that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot took on first responders, the U.S. Senate passed a bill Monday night that creates a pathway for families of officers who die by suicide to access death benefits.
The unanimous passage of the Public Safety Officer Support Act means it now heads to President Biden’s… Read more »
Originally published on Space Ref.
Today Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), a longtime member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Chair of its Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, voted for the CHIPS and Science Act, which passed the House on a bipartisan vote. The bill now goes to President Biden’s desk for signature.
The bill contained the first NASA authorization… Read more »
Originally published on Bloomberg.
President Joe Biden’s proposal to tax the unrealized gains of some of the richest Americans has taken legislative form with a new bill from two House Democrats.
The bill, which would affect 0.01% of US households and is intended to target wealth inequality, further establishes a once-fringe idea at the core of the party’s messaging on economic… Read more »
Originally published on Business Insider.
In the blink of an eye, Democrats are moving full force ahead with their agenda — and some want to throw a minimum tax on billionaires into the mix.
Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia and Steve Cohen of Tennessee are introducing legislation that would enact a targeted 20% income tax on households worth over $100 million. It's what the Democratic… Read more »
Originally published on Quartz
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Welcome to Quartz’s newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: The new chair of the House space subcommittee, parachute codebreakers, and Elon’s latest foray into science.
As the new US administration weighs its extraterrestrial… Read more »
Originally published in: Quartz
As the new US administration weighs its extraterrestrial options, a key figure will be Rep. Don Beyer, the Virginia Democrat who will chair the space policy subcommittee in the US House of Representatives. Beyer, the only certified mechanic in Congress and a science-fiction buff, will be tasked with enacting the annual legislation that lays out NASA… Read more »
Originally published on Falls Church News-Press.
Rep. Don Beyer voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, federal legislation to codify marriage equality protections, yesterday. The House held the vote partially in response to Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in Dobbs, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, in which Thomas urged the Supreme Court to “reconsider”… Read more »
Originally published on Virginia Mercury.
The U.S. House passed legislation Friday that would reinstate access to abortion, though it’s highly unlikely the two bills approved on mostly party-line votes — or more that will come in the weeks ahead — would clear the 50-50 Senate.
One measure that House members engaged in passionate debate over Friday would make it clear that patients… Read more »
Originally published on Falls Church News-Press.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) voted for strong legislation to defend reproductive freedoms in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act to ensure Americans’ right to make their own health decisions as Republicans launched a renewed push for a nationwide abortion ban. The… Read more »
Originally published on ARLnow.
Local lawmakers have again introduced legislation to officially remove Robert E. Lee’s name from Arlington House.
For fifty years, “Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial” has been the official name for the National Park Service-managed mansion that sits on top of a hill at Arlington National Cemetery.
But in recent years, there has been a push… Read more »
