WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44770) on Feb. 28, 2025, entitled "History, Evolution and Practices of the President's State of the Union Address - Frequently Asked Questions" by senior research librarian Maria Kreiser and Congress and legislative process specialist Michael Greene: * * * Summary The State of the Union address is a communication from the President to Congress in which the chief executive reports on the curren more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Daniel Contreras, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, from a Feb. 25, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) In 2020, a $1 million grant was awarded to Save A Warrior, a nonprofit organization committed to ending the staggering suicide rate plaguing veterans, acti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the following public communication dated Feb. 27, 2025, from the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition: * * * To: Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 RE: Docket No. FR-6505-N-01 / Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) response to Request for Information Regarding Resilience Measu more ST

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia, issued the following news on March 11, 2025: * * * Kiggans Votes to Avoid Government Shutdown, Boost Defense Funding WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R.1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, to fund the federal government through September 30, 2025. Government funding is currently set to expire on March 14, 2025. "Today, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Hosts Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon WASHINGTON -- Today in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, Speaker Johnson hosted President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheal Martin for the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon, a St. Patrick's Day tradition which began in 1983.  The event featured remarks from Speaker Johnson, President Trump, and Taoiseach Martin as wel more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Hosts Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon WASHINGTON -- Today in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, Speaker Johnson hosted President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheal Martin for the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon, a St. Patrick's Day tradition which began in 1983. The event featured remarks from Speaker Johnson, President Trump, and Taoiseach Martin as well as a musical an more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community, issued the following news release: * * * Three Furies Reawakened in Canada The greatest challenge that new Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney will face as prime minister - and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre will have to contend with, too - is neither a trade war with more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following testimony by Amanda Frost, a professor of law at the University of Virginia, from a Feb. 25, 2025, hearing entitled "'Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof': Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I am a professor of more PR