Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without many pharmacy options.
North Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation in Congress Wednesday that would allow the victims of felonies committed by undocumented immigrants to sue cities, counties, and states that did not comply with ICE deportation orders.
Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.
The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial. The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senate.
• The Laken Riley Act, passed by Congress, mandates federal detention of undocumented immigrants accused of even minor crimes. • Critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue the bill benefits private prison companies at taxpayer expense, with a price tag of $83 billion.
Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants charged with crimes, to President Trump’s desk.
As it did weeks ago, the bill received unanimous support from Arizona's House Republicans. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., also voted in favor of the measure, as Arizona's Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego did previously.
The House of Representatives has passed the Laken Riley Act again and is sending it to President Donald Trump's desk.
Millions of Part D patients who rely on price-controlled drugs will see their out-of-pocket medication costs increase.
The long-pushed Laken Riley Act could be one of the first bills to hit President Trump's desk in his new term.
Every single Democratic senator signed a resolution Monday condemning Trump’s mass pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists. “The Senate disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers,” the one-line resolution reads.