WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41129) on Feb. 5, 2025, entitled "Navy Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress" by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary The Navy's Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy's current force of 14 aging Ohio-c more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL34619) on Jan. 30, 2025, entitled "Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 118th Congresses" by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Capitol Rotunda and the Capitol Grounds have been used as the setting for a variety of events, ranging from memorial ceremonies and the reception of foreign dignitar more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill to Reunite Filipino Veterans with their Children Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in reintroducing the bipartisan Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act, a bill that would speed up the visa process for the children of Filipino veterans who served in the United States military during World Wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Murkowski, Case, Kiggans Reintroduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Bill to Reunite Filipino World War II Veterans with Their Children ~ Despite their heroic service, Congress passed the Rescission Acts of 1946 which made Filipino veterans ineligible for benefits granted to other World War II veterans ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Repre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: * * * Trump Illegally Attempts to Fire Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub Statement of Trevor Potter, Republican former chair of the FEC and president of Campaign Legal Center: "In claiming to fire a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, the president violates the law, the separation of powers, and generations of Supreme Court precedent. Congress explicitly, and intentionally, created more PR