MADISON, Wisconsin, May 16 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * 'Theocrat' Harmeet Dhillon calls law requiring clergy to report child abuse "anti-Catholic" FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" is the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Civil Rig more PR

CLAREMONT, California, May 17 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Alumni Experts on Democracy Share Views During Alumni Weekend By Marilyn Thomsen Democracies in the 21st century don't necessarily die by coup or political violence. Instead, they may slide into autocracy, often behind an election facade, as Hungary, Turkey and even Russia have demonstrated. Two Pomona College alumni from the Class of 1995 painted a stark picture of how this is already underway in the United St more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * ATR's Norquist Praises Ways and Means Tax Package Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist released the following statement in support of the House Ways and Means Committee's tax package introduced on Monday: "The House Ways and Means Committee's tax package protects taxpayers from the largest tax increase in American history by extending the 2017 Republican tax cuts and bui more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Ann Wagner on the Passing of Senator Kit Bond Ballwin, MO - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement on the passing of former Missouri Senator Kit Bond. "Few people in Missouri politics have had more of a positive influence on our state and the nation than Senator Kit Bond. A true statesman seemingly from a bygone era in today's divisive world, Kit Bond devoted h more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Sentiment Continues Freefall, Inflation Expectations Rise as a Result of Trump's Chaotic Trade War # Tariff Whiplash Continues to Worry Voters While GOP Empowers Gougers and Slashes Benefits The cost of living continues to rise under President Trump, and Americans are rightfully concerned. Today, the University of Michigan Su more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * Trump's GOP Cronies in Congress Vote to Advance Plan That Will Kick 13.7 Million Americans Off Their Health Care and Force Families to Go Hungry In response to House Republicans advancing their budget to slash Medicaid and food assistance through markup, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: "Donald Trump's Republican Party is turning their backs on working families to suck up to more PR

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Enforcement The Commission made public four closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Search System. MUR 6655 COMPLAINANT: Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. RESPONDENTS: Justin Lamar Sternad; Lamar Sternad for Congress and Justin Lamar Sternad, in his more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Groundwork's Owens: House Republicans Voted to Give Corporations like RealPage a Free Pass to Rip Off Working Families # Groundwork's Owens: House Republicans Voted to Give Corporations like RealPage a Free Pass to Rip Off Working Families Last night, during the Energy & Commerce Committee markup of the Republican tax plan, House Republi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Buchanan Argues for Tax Cuts in "One Big, Beautiful Bill" in Latest Op-Ed Published Ahead of Committee Markup to Cut Taxes for Working Families, Seniors, Farmers and Small Businesses WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, penned an op-ed in the Sarasota Herald Tribune calling on Congress to pass the Republican tax package to preve more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THIS REALLY IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH AND IT'S ALL BEING DONE TO TRY TO ENACT MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR MAGA BILLIONAIRE DONORS" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back against the reckless Republican scheme to rip healthcare and nutritional assistance away from more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "THIS REALLY IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH AND IT'S ALL BEING DONE TO TRY TO ENACT MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR MAGA BILLIONAIRE DONORS" Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe where he emphasized that Democrats will continue pushing back against the reckless Republican scheme to rip healthcare and nutritional assistance away from the American people. MI more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens to Make Georgia's GOP Gubernatorial Primary Even More Chaotic and Extreme Extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene may be out of the U.S. Senate race - but she is still very much in the mix to run for Georgia governor. Greene made it clear over the past week that she's leaving the door open to a run for governor in Georgia, telling NewsNation that "polling shows [she] can win t more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor issued the following news release on May 1, 2025, entitled "State Auditor Boliek Appoints Members to State Board of Elections": Here are excerpts: * * * State Auditor Dave Boliek has appointed three members to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. State law requires the State Auditor to appoint members from lists of nominees provided by the State party chair of each of the two political partie more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders on Trump's 'Disastrous' Reconciliation Bill WASHINGTON, May 13 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today gave remarks on the floor of the Senate opposing Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill which will cut Medicaid, nutrition, education, and other programs for working families. Sanders remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE : The  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dan Goldman Joins Capitol Police Officers, Rep. Swalwell to Condemn Trump's Pardons for J6 Rioters and GOP's Complicity During National Police Week Goldman Urged House Republicans to Hang Plaque Honoring Capitol and Metropolitan Police Officers Who Protected Nation's Capital from Insurrectionists See Photos from the Press Conference Here (link is external) Washington D.C. - Congressman Dan more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Rohit Khanna, D-California, issued the following floor remarks on May 14, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the cruel budget cuts on Medicaid and NIH. I don't want to sensationalize. I just want to give some of the facts. The Republican budget would cut $715 billion from Medicaid. They are going to freeze this thing called a provider  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Castor, Soto Urge Federal Investigation into Unlawful Diversion of Medicaid Funds to Hope Florida WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Darren Soto (FL-09) are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to investigate the potentially unlawful diversion of $10 million in Medicaid funds by the Florida  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 13 -- The New Mexico Republican Party issued the following news release: * * * Republican Party of New Mexico Responds to Governor Lujan Grisham's Face the Nation Interview The Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) rebukes Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's alarmist claims made on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, where she resorted to fearmongering about federal Medicaid cuts. While she attempted to paint a dire picture to deflect from her failures, her own secret eff more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * "Our mission is safety." Secretary Duffy Outlines Effort to Strengthen America's Air Traffic Control System WASHINGTON, DC - In remarks yesterday afternoon before a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy discussed the effort he is leading to strengthen America's air traffic control system. It is a system, he noted, that is in desperate need of moderniza more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: * * * Schmidt, Knott, Baumgartner Discuss Effort to Reach Agreement on Reconciliation and Some of Their Other Top Priorities This Year "Shared sacrifice is very important if we're all going to get some of these difficult things done." WASHINGTON, DC - Three of the newest members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee appeared before a meeting of The Ripon Society Tuesday evening to discuss the ongoing effort on Capitol more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, in March of this year, I delivered remarks right here on the Senate floor about a piece of legislation-bipartisan, commonsense childcare legislation. I spoke about how the Republican Party is now the party of parents, the party of families, the party  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, the American people, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, or Independents, understand that we have a corrupt campaign finance system which allows billionaires and their lobbyists to play an extraordinarily powerful role in electing candidates a more PR

NEW YORK, May 14 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Calls in for Live Interview on GMGT Live's "The Reset Talk Show" May 14, 2025 J.R. Giddings: Good morning, Mr. Mayor, how are you? Mayor Adams: Hey brother, how are you? Giddings: I am well, how are you? Mayor Adams: Quite well. Giddings: I'm so happy that you could join us this morning on the fifth anniversary of the recent talk show. This is our 246th show. And you know what more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Backs "Big, Beautiful" $880 Billion Cut to Medicaid While Taking Bribe from Qatar Over the weekend, Donald Trump's Republican Party unveiled $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid spending to help fund a $4.5 trillion tax cut for the richest Americans. Republicans are proposing new, puniti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following statement on May 14, 2025: * * * Statement by Secretary Scott Bessent on Reconciliation Vote: Republicans Continue Strong Progress Toward Enacting President Trump's Economic Agenda WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent issued the following statement upon the House Ways & Means Committee's successful vote of reconciliation legislation: "Today, House Republicans continued strong progress toward e more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * What They Are Saying: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Delivers on Proven Tax Reforms, Eliminates Bad Tax Policies, and Puts America First WASHINGTON, D.C. - The One, Big, Beautiful Bill under consideration by the Ways and Means Committee embraces proven tax policies that build on the success of the 2017 Trump tax cuts while also delivering a more PR