WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * - President Bush Trying to Rush a House Vote on the Colombia Trade Deal in 2008 Prompted Then-Speaker Pelosi to Remove It From Fast Track, Derailing Passage for Years * * * Developments over the past several weeks make clear that the only way the revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) can get through Congress is if the administration modifies it to address concerns that Democrats in the U.S. House of R more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 116-v) on legislation (S. 580) to amend the Act of Aug. 25, 1958, commonly known as the Former Presidents Act of 1958, with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former president. The report was advanced by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, on June 27. Excerpts of the report follow: I. Purpose and Summary S. 580, the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2016, amends the F more ST

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 1 -- The National Constitution Center issued the following news release: * * * - National Constitution Center to present annual award to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on October 27, 2019, in Philadelphia * * * Today, the National Constitution Center announced it will award its 31st annual Liberty Medal to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for his efforts to preserve, protect, and def more PR