WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11253) on Dec. 20, 2024, by attorney-adviser Steve P. Mulligan: * * * The Captures Clause (Part 1): Overview, Historical Context and Drafting History This Legal Sidebar is the first installment in a two-part series discussing Congress's power to "make rules concerning Captures on Land and Water" derived from Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution. This provisi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) introduced bipartisan sanctions legislation following concerns about military action by Turkey or Turkish-backed groups in northern Syria. The Senators released the following statement upon introduction: "Today, we introduced the Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2024 while stressing that the United States s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 10545, the American Relief Act, 2025. Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said, "Disasters know no bounds--they impact cities and states across this nation, leaving communities with destruction and despair. It's a dire reality faced by so many, including my own constituents in Oklahoma. In the face of re more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-09494-PKC; S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 12, 2024) involving Eric McKenzie Cobb: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it charged Eric Cobb of South Carolina with engaging in a fraudulent scheme where he allocated profitable securities trades to favored accounts and unprofitable trades to disfavored clients, a practice known as cherry-picking, while he was a represent more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A New Bern man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for trafficking and distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl for a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Craven County. On August 8, 2024, a Raleigh jury found Lucio Camargo Garcia guilty of the charges. "Garcia took advantage of Craven County's most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced the Senate Republican Conference committee assignments for the 119th Congress. The assignments have been ratified by the Senate Republican Conference and are expected to be ratified by the full Senate early next Congress. Agriculture John Boozman, Arkansas Mitch McConnell, Kentucky John Hoeven, North Dakota Joni Ernst, Iowa Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Roge more PR

ATHENS, Georgia, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release from the Southern Regional Field Office: In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey about 40,000 cattle operations nationwide to provide an up-to-date measure of U.S. cattle inventories. "This information helps producers make timely, informed business decisions and plan for herd expansion or r more PR