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President Obama signed a bill requiring that any new or updated rules for truckers with sleep disorders go through the normal rule-making process, the White House announced on Thursday evening. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/legislation/328779-obama-signs-bill-outlining-process-for-trucking-rules-#ixzz2iP1FjV6p Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook Read more »

The standoff between Republicans and Democrats over a federal budget and raising the debt ceiling has almost ended. Read more »

Rep. Larry Bucshon, who represents Vanderburgh, Gibson, Posey and Warrick counties in Congress, says he will not vote tonight for the budget deal that likely will end the first government shutdown in 17 years. The bipartisan Senate deal, expected to be passed by that body today, will go to the House afterward. Read more »

If the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to require expensive sleep testing for truck drivers, the agency will have to go through its formal regulatory process. Read more »

Local Congressman Larry Bucshon said he was against a government shutdown from the beginning. Wednesday, He told NBC 2 that the deal the Senate has cut may not be the right approach to solving this problem Read more »

In the midst of the fifteenth day of a partial federal government shutdown, Indiana Eighth District U.S. Congressman Larry Bucshon (R-Evansville) remained confident Tuesday that a solution to the ongoing debt ceiling and federal funding debate would be agreed upon in the near future. Read more »

President Barack Obama Tuesday quietly signed into law legislation to ensure any federal standards governing screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders would be through a rulemaking instead of guidance, which has previously been the case. Read more »

Congressman Larry Bucshon explains why he won't vote to approve the shutdown legislation. Read more »

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