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The Hill - Tim Devaney

The National Labor Relations Board is still grappling with the fallout from last year’s defeat at the Supreme Court, the board chairman told lawmakers Tuesday.

In a case known as NLRB v. Noel Canning, the high court last June overturned a set of President Obama’s recess appointments to the labor board, concluding he overstepped in exerting his authority to fill vacancies while the Senate was technically in session.

In households across the United States, many families already understand that getting out of debt and staying out of debt requires a budget. Like the countless families who recognize the importance of setting spending limits and living within their means, Republicans have long agreed that the federal government should follow the same example.

Sometimes referred to as the guarantor of the rest of our constitutional rights, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution has rightly remained a fundamental freedom in American society. While we have come a long way as a nation and certainly look different today than our first years, it doesn’t erase or change the importance of “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.” For even the most fundamental freedoms must be looked after in order to preserve American liberty for future generations.

Norman Transcript - Sarah Kirby

Twenty-seven business and city leaders had one goal during their annual fly-in to Washington, D.C.: Remind federal legislators what matters to the city of Norman and hear what’s happening in the nation’s Capitol.

From March 2-4, the group of Norman Chamber of Commerce members — one of the biggest in recent history — met with U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Sen. James Lankford, U.S. Rep. Steve Russell and Sen. James Inhofe for policy briefings.