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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined a call to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), demanding answers about the impacts that mass firings, or reductions in force (RIFs), will have on casework processing for constituents.    Casework is a crucial service provided by congressional offices for… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   Colorado State Forester Matt McCombs says he breathed a sigh of relief this week as the U.S. Forest Service signaled it would release millions of dollars of federal funds that support state forestry, including wildfire preparedness programs. The federal funds — known as a consolidated payment grant — support close to one-third of the Colorado State… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   The House of Representatives reintroduced legislation on Wednesday that would offer workers younger than 21 access to more retirement benefits. Representative Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, introduced the Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act alongside co-sponsor Michael Rulli, R-Ohio. The legislation was referred to the House… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced new legislation aimed at reducing the red tape that many in the housing industry say is driving up costs and fueling the nation’s deepening affordability crisis. The Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, backed by Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and… Read more »

Reintroduced bipartisan legislation could soon allow for employees below the age of 21 to begin saving in their company’s retirement plan. U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced the Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act on July 23 with cosponsor Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH). The bill would expand accessibility to employer-sponsored retirement plans for… Read more »

Link to The Original Article U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Todd Young (R-IN) have introduced the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act, legislation intended to encourage local communities to reduce burdensome zoning and development regulations. The National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association have endorsed the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   Employees under the age of 21 could soon become eligible to participate in their company’s 401(k) plan under bipartisan legislation recently reintroduced in the House of Representatives.  The Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act (H.R. 4718) was reintroduced July 23 by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) and cosponsored by Rep.… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Congressman Mike Rulli (OH-06) introduced the bipartisan Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act to help more Americans ages 18 to 20 years old access employer-sponsored retirement plans. Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA).  Currently,… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Editor’s introduction: For well over a decade, the Town of Silver Cliff has been working to restore its historic zip code of 81249, which was lost in 1991 when the US Postal Service consolidated the Silver Cliff and Westcliffe Post Offices into its current location in Westcliffe. The problem was that the invention of the internet and the massive… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) introduced the Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act. The bipartisan measure aims to increase housing supply by encouraging local governments to examine and reduce restrictive zoning and development policies. “Housing affordability is a major… Read more »