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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and other House Democrats held a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday, demanding that Republican leadership allow a vote on what they’re calling bipartisan, common sense legislation to prevent gun violence.
Thompson led the effort along with Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, Thompson spokeswoman Megan Rabbit said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson’s (D-5) bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5477), passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson’s (CA-5) bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5477), passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Last week, H.R. 5477 was passed out of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
This legislation allows small employers to continue to offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements, or HRAs, to their employees so that they can choose a quality, affordable health insurance plan that fits their individual budget and health care needs.
A bill by Rep. Mike Thompson (D- St. Helena) that would allow small businesses to continue offering their employees Health Reimbursement Arrangements, heads to the Senate after passing the House of Representatives Tuesday, Thompson’s office announced.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) issued the following statement Monday after the Senate failed to pass amendments offered by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to help keep guns away from criminals, domestic abusers, the dangerously mentally ill and suspected terrorists.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson’s (CA-5) bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5477), passed the House of Representatives today. Last week, H.R. 5477 was passed out of the House Committee on Ways and Means. This legislation allows small employers to continue to offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements, or HRAs, to their employees so that they can choose a quality, affordable health insurance plan that fits their individual budget and healthcare needs.
t’s the photo of a 6-year-old smiling broadly in his Little League uniform that sticks with Mike Thompson as he pushes Congress to consider tougher gun control laws.
The Napa Valley Democrat was sitting in a Yolo Pass duck blind in 2012 when he learned of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today introduced legislation (H.R. 5504) to require that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) be notified when individuals formerly under a terrorism investigation purchase firearms or explosives.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson’s (CA-5) bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense (DOD) to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials or supplies that are 100 percent grown, produced or manufactured in the United States, was passed by the House of Representatives today. Thompson's provision passed as part of H.R. 5293, the DOD Appropriations Act of 2017. The provision previously passed in the last Congress as part of H.R.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson’s (CA-5) bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5477), passed the House Committee on Ways and Means today. This legislation allows small employers to continue to offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements, or HRAs, to their employees so that they can choose a quality, affordable health insurance plan that fits their individual budget and healthcare needs. Existing Treasury Department guidance under the Affordable Care Act limits the use of HRA’s for small businesses.