WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11688) on Jan. 15, 2025, by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * Inaugural Tickets: Past Practices and Considerations for 2025 Since the 20th Amendment was ratified, the oath of office for President of the United States has been administered every four years on January 20. The next presidential inauguration is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2025 more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Lee Introduces Pro Life Legislation for March for Life Bills would ban federal tax dollars from subsidizing abortion at home and abroad, repeal law used to target Pro Life activists WASHINGTON - Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a trio of bills to prevent federal tax dollars from funding or subsidizing abortions in the United States and across the world, in honor of the 2025 March for Life in Washing more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following news release: The idea to establish the third Monday of January as a national holiday recognizing the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an early response to his horrific murder on April 4, 1968, outside a motel in Memphis, but it took years of campaigning and grassroots activism to overcome opposition and make it a truly national day of remembrance. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who, when he was first elect more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) proudly attended the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States and J.D. Vance as Vice President. "It is an honor to witness this historic moment," said De La Cruz. "Just as President Ronald Reagan took the Oath of Office in the Capitol Rotunda on a frigid day in 1985, President Trump and Vice President Vance did the same today. Thei more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Mary B. McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and a visiting law professor at Georgetown University, from a Jan. 16, 2025, confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi to be attorney general of the U.S.: * * * Distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about the importance of the independence of the Attorney General, and the Departme more PR