A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday. The ongoing effort, which included the bill being first introduced in October,

A bill to award the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday.

Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber again took the lead with bipartisan support from representatives and senators from Michigan, Massachusetts, North Dakota and New York.

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to move the Laken Riley Act forward to another art of the legislative process.

The bill would require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are suspected of minor theft and cede some federal immigration enforcement power to states.

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate federal detention of immigrants without legal status accused of theft,