PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: President George W. Bush is set to host a high-dollar virtual fundraiser -- $25,000 to attend the "VIP virtual roundtable" -- benefiting Martha McSally's lagging U.S. Senate campaign -- a pairing that highlights McSally and Bush's mutual history of pushing for Social Security privatization. In 2005, then-President Bush pushed a plan to promote "private accounts" for Social Security -- a move projected t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary by Michael Leachman, vice president for state fiscal policy: As federal policymakers consider another package to address the deep economic downturn, one of the most effective steps would be to provide substantial federal grants to help states address their huge revenue shortfalls, as the House-passed Heroes Act would do. That would help states and localities avoid cuts in services and investments th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following testimony by Mark Dybul, professor of medicine and co-director at the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact of the Georgetown University Medical Center, in a video conference hearing entitled "COVID-19 and U.S. International Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention, and Response: Additional Perspectives": It is a privilege to be back before this important body. I would be remiss if I did not thank this Committee a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) welcomed today's United States Supreme Court ruling in USAID v. Alliance for Open Society upholding a key amendment he wrote in 2003 to the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act that provides federal funding to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided they have a policy explicitly opposing sex trafficking and prostitution. Smith said more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 2 -- The University of Wisconsin System issued the following news: As Tommy Thompson takes office as President of the University of Wisconsin System, his transition team is announcing creation of the "Listening Post" for Wisconsin residents and UW students, faculty, and staff to ask questions and offer ideas. The Listening Post, and a message from Thompson, is available on the UW System website president's page (https://www.wisconsin.edu/president/). "Tommy Thompson w more PR