Remembering 2011 Milestones — Day Lee Briefing 1/4/2012

Remembering 2011 Milestones — Day Lee Briefing 12/21/2011

New federal standards were to kick in after the New Year requiring 100-watt bulbs to be more energy efficient. Then Congress, in a bill passed this month to keep the government running, blocked enforcement of the new law until October 2012.

Lee Sponsors Bill to Protect American Civil Liberties

Today, Senator Mike Lee co-sponsored the Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011, which clarifies that a declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force by Congress does not authorize the indefinite detention of American citizens or legal residents who are apprehended in the United States.