WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Gut Funding for NPR and PBS Stations Following Contentious Vote on Trump Rescission Package Early Thursday morning, a Senate Republican majority voted to accept President Donald Trump's recommendation to strike $9 billion from the previously approved federal budget. The measures passed the Senate 51-48 as members voted  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, Jeffries join federal unions in urging Congress to force vote to overturn Trump's anti-union executive order * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today was joined by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and other federal union leaders and Members of Congress to push for a vote on H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act of 2025. (VID more PR

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release: * * * Maine Family Planning Sues Trump Administration Over Medicaid Defunding The largest network of reproductive healthcare centers in Maine is challenging President Trump's sweeping bill, which immediately prohibits them from accepting Medicaid patients * Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case in federal court in Maine on behalf of Maine Family Planning (MFP), the largest network of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Senate Committee Approves FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act, providing support for law enforcement, economic development, scientific research, and other nation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Senate Committee Approves FY 2026 MilCon-VA Appropriations Bill The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Act, providing support for critical housing, infrastructure, and facilities for U.S. military forces more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins, Colleagues Write to OMB Urging Release of Critical Education Funding * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and eight of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), advocating for the release of paused education  more PR