Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) clashed with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a Thursday House hearing where she pressed Bessent on DOGE's "unprecedented" access to Americans' private data.
At the hearing, DelBene blasted the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) effort as a "massive failure" and accused Bessent of not putting proper "safeguards" in place to protect sensitive data that… Read more »
Two Republicans and two Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives are co-sponsoring proposed legislation designed to protect the Fourth Amendment’s bar of warrantless government searches and seizures of private citizens’ email content.
“The Fourth Amendment is clear: the government must get a warrant before searching an individual’s private property, including written… Read more »
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., has secured bipartisan support for her proposal to bolster privacy protections for emails and other personalized digital records.
On Monday, Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, announced his support for the measure, while Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are jointly backing a companion bill in the Senate.
Though DelBene has been… Read more »
Bipartisan legislation that would modernize privacy protections for Americans’ e-mail has been introduced in the House and Senate.
The Email Privacy Act (H.R. 9016, 119th Cong. (2026)) was introduced in the House by Reps. Suzan DelBene (D., Wash.) and Warren Davidson (R., Ohio). The Senate version will be offered by Sens. Mike Lee (R., Utah) and Ron Wyden (D., Ore.).
The legislation… Read more »
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) has found bipartisan partners for her email warrant bill.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are signing onto DelBene’s Email Privacy Act on Monday, a once-popular bill that had languished in recent congresses.
The renewed interest comes as privacy hawks have pressed for warrant requirements in a separate debate… Read more »
Five months into a pilot program that uses AI to review certain Medicare procedure requests, Washington seniors face new hurdles and worsening health outcomes, according to health care providers and lawmakers.
The program, which incentivizes participating private companies to deny procedures, has become the target of a repeal effort by Democratic Congressional members, including those… Read more »
Congressman Seth Moulton (Massachusetts-06), along with Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (Washington-01), re-introduced the American High Speed Rail Act of 2026, a landmark piece of legislation that represents a “generational investment in America’s infrastructure, economy, and future.”
The bill authorizes up to $41 billion annually over five years to build a high-speed passenger rail… Read more »
Democrats are pushing to shut down a new Medicare pilot program using artificial intelligence to approve or deny certain medical services under a new prior authorization model.
The pilot initiative, known as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model, uses AI-assisted prior authorization in traditional Medicare, but lawmakers say it could delay or deny care for… Read more »
Sen. Ron Wyden (Oregon), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, is launching an effort to overturn a Trump administration pilot project that’s testing the use of AI-driven prior authorization in traditional Medicare.
The pilot, called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction, or WISeR, uses contracts with artificial intelligence companies to process requests —… Read more »
You probably wont receive a huge tariff refund.
The largest businesses stand to reap the biggest bucks as the Trump administration begins to return more than $166 billion in duties deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. Even though President Trump’s trade policies have led to higher prices for companies and consumers, many families aren’t in line to benefit directly from the coming refund… Read more »
