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Aaron Ford, Dina Titus, Sandra Jauregui, Moms Demand Action Mark 45 Days out from Election Day (10)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 19 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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Aaron Ford, Dina Titus, Sandra Jauregui, Moms Demand Action Mark 45 Days out from Election Day
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Today, Attorney General Aaron Ford, Congresswoman Dina Titus, Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui, and Moms Demand Action Executive Director Angela Ferrell-Zabala kicked off the general election with a canvass launch in Nevada's 1st Congressional District. The kickoff marked 45 days until Election Day as Democrats continue to reach voters fac more PR
Following New Reports of Pentagon Covering Up More Troop Casualties in Iran War, Duckworth and Ryan Call on Congress to Pass Their Bill to Ban Pentagon from Manipulating Casualty Records (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
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Following New Reports of Pentagon Covering Up More Troop Casualties in Iran War, Duckworth and Ryan Call on Congress to Pass Their Bill to Ban Pentagon from Manipulating Casualty Records
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September 18, 2026
#The lawmakers' call comes after the Washington Post reported that 22 servicemembers have been killed in the Iran War, not 18 servicemembers as the Pentagon previously disclosed
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Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Answers From Hegseth On Cost Of Iran War (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release:
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Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Answers From Hegseth On Cost Of Iran War
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Pentagon Greatly Underestimates Cost of Iran War to Taxpayers and Families
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 45 of her colleagues, nearly the entire Democratic caucus, in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. The letter more PR
ICYMI: Kelly Blasts Trump Admin for Caring More About Appearances Than Accountability as New Images Emerge of Iran War Damage (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: Kelly Blasts Trump Admin for Caring More About Appearances Than Accountability as New Images Emerge of Iran War Damage
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"We have 18 dead Americans. We have 700 injured. For what? For higher gas prices and diesel prices for farmers and gas prices for the American people."
In case you missed it, on MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly blasted President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for caring more more PR
Kelly, Slotkin, Colleagues Demand Answers from Hegseth on Cost of Iran War (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
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Kelly, Slotkin, Colleagues Demand Answers from Hegseth on Cost of Iran War
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This week, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and a group of their colleagues demanded Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. In their letter they also criticized the Department of Defense for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpa more PR
Reed Condemns Trump Administration for Concealing Costs of Iran War (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
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Reed Condemns Trump Administration for Concealing Costs of Iran War
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WASHINGTON, DC -This week, press reports indicated that at least four more American servicemembers have died in the Iran war than are acknowledged in the Pentagon's public casualty database. The disclosure comes as the Pentagon informed Congress this week that the war has now cost at least $44 billion, an estimate that still excludes the cost of repairing damaged U.S. bases.
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Rosen-Backed Russia Sanctions Bill Signed into Law (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release:
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Rosen-Backed Russia Sanctions Bill Signed into Law
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement after the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on the energy and defense sectors funding Vladimir Putin's violent war in Ukraine, was signed into law. Senator Rosen was an original cosponsor of this legislation an more PR
Sen. Slotkin, Co-signers Issue Letter to Defense Secretary Hegseth (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following letter with co-signers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth:
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Here is the text of the letter:
September 17, 2026
The Honorable Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301
Dear Secretary Hegseth:
We write regarding the Department of Defense's failure to provide the American people with basic information about the war with Iran and its cost to taxpayers, even as the human costs of this w more PR
Statement by the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus on the Planned Attendance of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the 81st United Nations General Assembly (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Tom McClintock, R-California, issued the following news release:
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Statement by the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus on the Planned Attendance of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the 81st United Nations General Assembly
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Statement by the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
Washington, D.C. As reports indicate that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian plans to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly, the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus u more PR
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