After last month's failed attempt, House of Representatives Republicans succeeded May 8 by passing legislation to give private businesses the ability to offer comp time to employees who work overtime.

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House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.), along with Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Scott Tipton (R-Colo.), chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, will introduce three pieces of legislation May 9 to help small businesses break into trading.

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Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) has commissioned a Government Accountability Office report on privatized aviation screening operations.

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There are potential changes on the horizon to the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.

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Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) on May 8 renewed his pledge to introduce legislation that would set up a privacy framework for commercial UAV operations inside the United States. The key, he said, is to support the growth of the industry while protecting Americans and easing public skepticism.

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State legislators in the United States are trying to limit UAVs in more than three-quarters of states "in the name of privacy rights, clashing with police and industry organizations that argue the efforts unfairly stigmatize a still-developing, widely misunderstood, and potentially useful technology that has an unfortunate link to the killing of terrorists in faraway deserts," POLITICO reports.

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The Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill allowing states to collect sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet, passed the Senate with nearly 70 votes and now faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives.

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The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation released a roughly 560-page report on May 6 that offers a primer on the tax code, an overview of recent tax-reform proposals, and various tax-treatment ideas collected by the House Ways and Means Committee’s 11 working groups.

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The brewing debt-ceiling showdown may begin flaring this week as House Republicans push action on a bill, signaling no retreat from their demand for spending cuts as a condition to any ceiling hike.

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House and Senate lawmakers are disputing the best way to get to "yes" on a compromise spending blueprint, with the Republican-led House pushing for a broad framework for negotiations and the Democrat-led Senate looking to dive right into discussions.

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