CHICAGO, Illinois, May 13 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * American Boating Congress 2025 Opens with Leadership Insights on Growth, Policy Today kicks off the first full day of events for the 2025 American Boating Congress (ABC). Early this morning, NMMA President and CEO Frank Hugelmeyer led fireside chat-style introductory remarks with Brett McGill, Marine Max President & CEO and Bryan Redmond,Suntex Marinas CEO a more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 14 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Enacts Law Requiring Age Checks to Keep Minors Off Porn Sites Arizona has enacted a new law requiring commercial pornography websites to verify a user's age before granting access--marking a major win for families and a key step in keeping explicit content away from children. HB2112, sponsored by State Representative Nick Kupper, passed both chambers with bipartisan support. The law hol more PR

PLANO, Texas, May 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Attorneys Urge District Court to Stop Connecticut School District's Unconstitutional Censorship of Veteran Teacher New Britain, CT --Today, attorneys from First Liberty Institute and WilmerHale asked the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut to stop a public school's retal more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Files Emergency SCOTUS Request for Immediate Deportations TdA Threats to Law Enforcement Grow while Illegal Aliens Remain in Custody WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released a statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a request Monday for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to end a temporary injunction of deportations under the Ali more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues File Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Attempts To Dismantle The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and 41 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in filing an amicus brief more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Endorses Adelita Grijalva for Election to Arizona's 7th Congressional District WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Adelita Grijalva for election to Arizona's 7th Congressional District. EMILYs List President Jessica Mackler released the following statement: "EMILYs List is proud to endorse Adelita Grijalva to represent A more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46736) on May 12, 2025, entitled "Stepping In: The FCC's Authority to Preempt State Laws Under the Communications Act" by legislative attorney Chris D. Linebaugh and attorney-adviser Eric N. Holmes: * * * SUMMARY The line between federal and state authority plays a central role in modern communications law. Rather than fully displacing state law, the Communications Act of 1934 (Communications Act) sets  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46736) on May 12, 2025, entitled "Stepping In - The FCC's Authority to Preempt State Laws Under the Communications Act:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Current Issues (2025) The FCC's ability to preempt state laws has been at the heart of many of its regulatory initiatives in recent years. In particular, preemption has been at the forefront of the Commission's stated efforts to (1) establish a der more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46736) on May 12, 2025, entitled "Stepping In - The FCC's Authority to Preempt State Laws Under the Communications Act:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Similar to its approach to internet access itself, the FCC has taken a hands-off approach to regulating internet enabled communications - most notably VoIP, which enables users to make voice calls using the inter more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45160) on May 12, 2025, entitled "Federal Election Commission: Membership and Policymaking Quorum, In Brief" by American national government specialist R. Sam Garrett. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is the nation's civil campaign finance regulator. The agency ensures that campaign fundraising and spending is publicly reported; that those covered by the Federal El more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Leads Pocan, Bishop, Ivey in Sending Letter to Top Appropriations Republicans Demanding They Respect Judiciary's Independence WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) led Subcommittee Members Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), and Rep. Glenn Iv more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism Statement on Additional Harvard Actions Today, the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism released the following statement: Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus. This is just the latest chapter in Harvard's long-standing policy and practice of disc more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism Statement on Additional Harvard Actions Today, the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism released the following statement: "Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus. This is just the latest chapter in Harvard's long-standing policy and practice of discriminating on t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism Statement on Additional Harvard Actions Today, the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism released the following statement: Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus. This is just the latest chapter in Harvard's long-standing policy and practice of discriminating on more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11313) on May 12, 2025, by Legislative Attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey, a trio of cases involving nationwide injunctions against the federal government. The substantive legal issue in these cases concerns the validity of Executive Order No. 14,160 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Calls on DOJ To Block Anticompetitive Capital One-Discover Merger That Would Raise Prices and Fees on Consumers and Small Businesses Washington, DC - Ahead of the finalization of the Capital One-Discover merger that would create the nation's largest credit card company, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),  more PR