WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Blumenthal Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of Senate Democrats' Proposal to End the Republican Shutdown & Address Healthcare Affordability * [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke on the Senate Floor today after Senate Democrats offered a proposal to reopen the government, which would end the longest shutdown in American history and address the growing prob more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Bondi: Investigate Code Pink * Washington, D.C. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today sent a letter to Attorney General Bondi requesting an investigation into Code Pink for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and material support to foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). Code Pink has received funding from groups aligned with the Communist Chinese government a more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a working paper in November 2025 entitled "Aging and Housing Returns." Here are excerpts: * * * These patterns suggest that older sellers may be disproportionately disadvantaged by agents' incentive to maximize fees through generating high sales volume instead of maximizing sale prices. Age-related cognitive decline makes the elderly more vulnerable. For causal eviden more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a discussion paper in Novemebr 2025 entitled "Combining AI and Established Methods for Historical Document Analysis." Here are excerpts: * * * This paper describes methodological approaches for extracting structured data from large-scale historical document archives, comparing "hyperspecialized" with "adaptive modular" strategies using 56 years of Philadelphia property  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a brief in November 2025 entitled "Evidence of Diverging Spending Behavior by Income." Here are excerpts: * * * It has been suggested that the relatively strong growth in aggregate consumer spending is driven primarily by high-income, high-asset consumers, while spending growth among consumers with lower incomes has been relatively modest. Using survey data collected in more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a speech in November 2025 entitled "Staying Ahead of the Curve: Twenty-Five Years of Consumer Finance Excellence." Here are excerpts: * * * This year holds special significance because we are celebrating 25 years of the Consumer Finance Institute's leadership in consumer credit and payments research. I'm going to brag a little bit about the Consumer Finance Institute an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MEET THE PRESS: "DONALD TRUMP NEEDS TO GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, emphasizing that Democrats remain ready to sit down with Republicans to end their government shutdown and protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the Americ more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON MEET THE PRESS: "DONALD TRUMP NEEDS TO GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, emphasizing that Democrats remain ready to sit down with Republicans to end their government shutdown and protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance of the American people, but Republicans more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Seeks Updates from DOJ on Obama-Era Cleveland Consent Decree * WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) penned a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an update on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) reexamination of Obama-era consent decrees, including the City of Cleveland's. "President Trump and the Department of Justice are finally freeing police departments nationwide fr more PR