Republicans won a sweeping victory on Election Day winning control of the U.S. Senate, increasing their majority in the House of Representatives and raising the number of states with a Republican Governor by three to 31. As of this writing, Republicans hold 52 Senate seats to 43 for the Democrats with two Independents.  Three races remain undecided.  Democratic incumbent Mark Warner looks likely to win in Virginia and Republican challenger Dan Sullivan in Alaska.  In

The Continuing Resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives includes language prohibiting the Federal Trade Commission from moving ahead with implementation of the Interagency Working Group’s (IWG) proposed nutrition principles for food marketed to children without first conducting a cost-benefit analysis in accordance with a 2011 Executive Order prescribing regulatory courses of actions by federal agencies. The Continuing Resolution is the all-encompassing legislation the Congress must pass in order to keep the federal government