Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are preparing to pass legislation that would remedy the looming problem of student loan interest rates. The fixed rate for need-based loans of 3.4 percent is set to double on July 1 unless Congress acts.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has confirmed that a new FAA law will indeed keep money flowing to 149 contracted air traffic control towers previously targeted for cuts by the sequester.

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Divisions among Senate Republicans on the immigration reform bill have widened as lawmakers move toward the first votes on the issue.

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A clean debt-limit increase without any strings attached — essentially what President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are asking for — does not stand a chance of passing the conservative House of Representatives as of now.

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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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