HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 13 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on July 12, 2024: Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Union) voted against the 2024-25 state budget bill Thursday, saying the $47.6 billion plan is a $2.7 billion, or 6%, increase over the prior fiscal year. "This budget spends $3.3 billion more than anticipated revenues to be received within the fiscal year. Gov. Josh Shapiro inherited an $8.1 billion General Fund surplus, but after the passage of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: In a new op-ed published in the Press-Enterprise, California's 41st Congressional District Democratic nominee Will Rollins reflects on the need for Congress to come together and enact reforms to protect our leaders, values, and democracy. Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, highlights the important need to "increase security for our leaders, enact common sense gun safety more PR

IRVING, Texas, July 18 -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving issued the following news release: * * * Lifesaving Law Championed by the Honorable Elizabeth Dole Recognized as the Model for Current Bipartisan Effort to End Drunk Driving * * * WASHINGTON, DC - Forty years ago on July 17, President Ronald Reagan signed the Minimum Legal Drinking Age-21 Law, alongside drunk driving victims and survivors from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), then-U.S. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, and C more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Q: What are your thoughts about the assassination attempt on former President Trump's life? A: Like many Americans, I was watching former President Trump's political rally in Pennsylvania on television in real time. Grassroots participation in our electoral process is central to our system of self-government, and the former president draws massive crowds to his rallies. But in an instant, Trump's polit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on July 15, 2024: * * * Forty-three years ago, in 1981, a gunman opened fire on President Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC. Luckily, the President survived; however, this was an occurrence that I hoped our nation would never be shook by again. Yet, on Saturday, America was similarly shaken. The attempted assassination of President Donald Trump this weekend is truly chilling, as political violence of any kind  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * BU political scientist Erik Peinert cautions against reading too much into these international results * * * By Molly Callahan Recent elections around the world--in France, Britain, and Iran--show signs of a sea change for far-right populist regimes. Voters in the three countries largely rejected candidates who are sympathetic to (or have outright embraced) authoritarian ideals, opting instead for leftist  more PR