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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for 2025-07-06 ( 42 items ) |
"The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper" Returns with Two True Crime Deep Dives On Saturday, July 5 (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 3 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news:
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"The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper" Returns with Two True Crime Deep Dives On Saturday, July 5
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July 3rd, 2025
"The Case Against Diddy" From CNN's Laura Coates Premieres Saturday at 8pm ET
"The Idaho Murders" With CNN's John Miller Premieres Saturday at 9pm ET
NEW YORK, NY - (July 3, 2024) - The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, a six-time Emmy(r) Award-winning CNN Original, returns with two in-de more PR
Alliance Defending Freedom: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Women's Sports Cases (10)
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 4 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization advancing every person's right to live and speak the truth, issued the following news release on July 3, 2025:
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US Supreme Court to hear women's sports cases
West Virginia, Idaho, along with ADF attorneys, are asking high court to protect female athletes
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases concerning state laws that protect women's sports. The states of West Virginia and more PR
APHIS Deregulates First Pale Cyst Nematode-Infested Field in Program History (10)
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following news on July 3, 2025:
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APHIS Deregulates First Pale Cyst Nematode-Infested Field in Program History
Milestone Underscores Effectiveness of Eradication Protocols
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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in partnership with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and the Idaho potato industry, more PR
Bill Would Remove Federal Protections From Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves (10)
HAILEY, Idaho, July 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release:
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Bill Would Remove Federal Protections From Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves
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Contact:
* Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org
* Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org
* Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373, regan@nywolf.org
* Erin Hunt more PR
BLS: Employment Up 2.7 Percent in South Carolina Over the Year Ended May 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 30, 2025, from Economics Daily:
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Employment up 2.7 percent in South Carolina over the year ended May 2025
Over the year ended May 2025, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 18 states and was essentially unchanged in 32 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+2.7 percent), Idaho (+2.6 percent), and Utah more PR
Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho -- Third Quarter 2024 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report:
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Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho -- Third Quarter 2024
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From June 2024 to September 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Idaho were 55,436, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 52,410, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic more PR
Cantwell, Murray, Crapo, Risch Honor Slain Idaho Firefighters With Moment of Silence on U.S. Senate Floor (10)
WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release:
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Cantwell, Murray, Crapo, Risch Honor Slain Idaho Firefighters With Moment of Silence on U.S. Senate Floor
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Jim Risch (R-ID) in requesting a moment of silence on the Senate floor in remembrance of the two Idaho firefighters ambushed and killed, and a third inj more PR
Chairman Crapo Statement on Senate Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Chairman Crapo Statement on Senate Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today hailed Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
"With this bill's passage, the United States Senate is fulfilling President Trump's promise to secure the border, fortify our national more PR
Chairman Crapo Statement on Senate Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Chairman Crapo Statement on Senate Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today hailed Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
"With this bill's passage, the United States Senate is fulfilling President Trump's promise to secure the border, fortify our national defense and unleash American energy. This legislation more PR
Crapo Applauds House Passage of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 3, 2025:
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Crapo Applauds House Passage of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement on House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
"We worked closely with our House colleagues throughout this process to deliver on a shared goal of making our country stronger, sa more PR
Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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Crapo Highlights Tax Wins for Hardworking Americans and Main Street
Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today released an updated revenue estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation's (JCT) of the Finance Committee's tax title, which demonstrates significant tax relief for working families and small businesses.
"If the more PR
Crapo Statement Honoring Heroic Coeur D'Alene Firefighters (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Crapo Statement Honoring Heroic Coeur D'Alene Firefighters
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Coeur D'Alene, Idaho-- Two of Idaho's finest firefighters--Coeur D'Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Harwood--sacrificed their lives rushing to extinguish a reported fire on Sunday. As Idahoans and as a nation, we are forever in debt to these men who paid the ultimate price while more PR
Crapo, Risch and 17 Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to End Counting of Illegal Immigrants in Determining Electoral College Votes and Congressional District Apportionment (10)
WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Crapo, Risch and 17 Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to End Counting of Illegal Immigrants in Determining Electoral College Votes and Congressional District Apportionment
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Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, and sixteen colleagues in reintroducing the Equal Representatio more PR
Crapo: One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers Historic Tax Relief, Achieves Record Savings (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 29, 2025:
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Crapo: One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers Historic Tax Relief, Achieves Record Savings
Washington, D.C.--Ahead of Senate debate on President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy and federal health care programs, explained the bill prevents massi more PR
Crapo: Senate One Step Closer to Delivering Historic Tax Relief (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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Crapo: Senate One Step Closer to Delivering Historic Tax Relief
Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after the Senate cleared a significant procedural hurdle to advance President Trump's economic agenda.
"The Senate is one step closer to fulfilling our commitment to prevent the largest tax h more PR
Crapo: Senate Republican Plan Powers Economic Growth, Delivers Tax Relief (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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Crapo: Senate Republican Plan Powers Economic Growth, Delivers Tax Relief
Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to talk about Senate Republicans' plans to prevent the largest tax hike in U.S. history, power the economy through pro-growth tax policy, provide additional tax relief for worki more PR
Fulcher Votes to Codify President Trump's Policy Agenda Into Law Through Historic Reconciliation Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Fulcher Votes to Codify President Trump's Policy Agenda Into Law Through Historic Reconciliation Bill
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The reconciliation package now heads to President Trump's desk to be signed into law ahead of Independence Day.
"Today, I voted to deliver what effectively will result in the single largest tax cut in American history for the American People, and to bolster border and military resources to keep our more PR
Idaho Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond to Deadly Ambush in Coeur d'Alene (10)
NEW YORK, June 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release:
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Idaho Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond to Deadly Ambush in Coeur d'Alene
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Gunman Shot and Killed Two Firemen and Critically Shot and Wounded Another While They Responded to Fire
BOISE, Idaho -- The Idaho chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement follow more PR
Idaho Senators Lead Moment of Silence on Senate Floor to Remember Fallen Idaho Firefighters (10)
WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Idaho Senators Lead Moment of Silence on Senate Floor to Remember Fallen Idaho Firefighters
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Washington, D.C. \--Idaho's U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch delivered remarks and led a moment of silence on the Senate floor during the Senate's vote-a-rama on the reconciliation bill to remember the victims of Sunday's ambush attack on Idaho firefighters. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray (both more PR
Idaho: Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Minor Marijuana Violations Take Effect (10)
WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release:
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Idaho: Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Minor Marijuana Violations Take Effect
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Boise, ID: Legislation took effect this week imposing new mandatory fines for people convicted of minor marijuana possession offenses.
Under the new law, offenders must pay a minimum fine of $300. Those convicted may also face up to one year in jail.
Republican Gov. more PR
ISU College of Business Professional Development Director Establishes Endowed Lectureship for Program (10)
POCATELLO, Idaho, July 4 -- Idaho State University issued the following news:
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ISU College of Business Professional Development Director Establishes Endowed Lectureship for Program
John Ney wears many hats in the Idaho State University College of Business - he is the Executive Director of the Walter Brown Center for Sales Excellence, an Assistant Marketing Professor and the Director of Professional Development. While he loves all of his positions within the college, he is especially pass more PR
National Governors Association and Third Sector Select Four States to Enhance SNAP Employment & Training Programs (10)
WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release:
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National Governors Association and Third Sector Select Four States to Enhance SNAP Employment & Training Programs
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The National Governors Association (NGA) and Third Sector Capital Partners (Third Sector) have selected Idaho, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina to take part in the 2025 Policy Academy to Strengthen SNAP E&T Delivery. Through more PR
New Analysis: Senate Tax Bill Drives Deficit Reduction by Igniting Economic Growth (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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New Analysis: Senate Tax Bill Drives Deficit Reduction by Igniting Economic Growth
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on a new analysis from the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) showing the Senate tax legislation will create more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction thanks to per more PR
New Analysis: Senate Tax Bill Drives Deficit Reduction by Igniting Economic Growth (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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New Analysis: Senate Tax Bill Drives Deficit Reduction by Igniting Economic Growth
Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on a new analysis from the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) showing the Senate tax legislation will create more than $2 trillion in deficit reduc more PR
One Big Beautiful Bill Provides Important, Overdue Compensation for Idaho Downwinders (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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One Big Beautiful Bill Provides Important, Overdue Compensation for Idaho Downwinders
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Washington, D.C.-- Idaho Downwinders could finally receive compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) thanks to a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by the United States Senate. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) negotiated the inclusion of Idaho victims in the final language.
"Many more PR
One Big Beautiful Bill: New Tax Relief Overwhelmingly Benefits Working Class (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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One Big Beautiful Bill: New Tax Relief Overwhelmingly Benefits Working Class
JCT: Those making less than $50,000 receive largest proportional benefit
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Washington, D.C.--Through policies like a standard deduction boost, tax benefits for child care affordability, and delivering on the President's agenda on no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime, and tax relief fo more PR
Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Bingham Groundwater District (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Bingham Groundwater District
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WASHINGTON --Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $700,000 in funding for the Bingham County Aquifer Data and Sustainability Project in Blackfoot, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations B more PR
Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Boys & Girls Clubs of Magic Valley Expansion Project (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Boys & Girls Clubs of Magic Valley Expansion Project
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WASHINGTON --Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $2,865,039 in funding for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Magic Valley-Jerome Expansion Project in Jerome, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug more PR
Rep. Simpson Cosponsors Bill to Protect Small Business Owners' Privacy (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Simpson Cosponsors Bill to Protect Small Business Owners' Privacy
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WASHINGTON --Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored H.R. 425 - the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act. This legislation repeals the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and relieves American small business owners from the burdensome Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements, heavy fines, and criminal penalties more PR
Rep. Simpson Supports President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Simpson Supports President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill
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WASHINGTON-- Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued the following statement regarding his vote of support for H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a legislative vehicle for advancing President Trump's full policy agenda.
"The One Big Beautiful Bill is the America-First policy agenda that Idahoans and Americans nationwide voted f more PR
Republicans are Powering the Economy Through Pro-Growth Tax Policy (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, posted the following news release:
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Republicans are Powering the Economy Through Pro-Growth Tax Policy
Republicans' legislation permanently extends critical pro-growth provisions and introduces new incentives for domestic investment, providing certainty for American job creators to spur domestic economic activity and invest in workers.
Restores and makes permanent critical business provisions:
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Republicans are Providing Tax Relief to Working Families and Main Street (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, posted the following news release on June 24, 2025:
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Republicans are Providing Tax Relief to Working Families and Main Street
In addition to making the 2017 Trump tax rates permanent, Republicans are working to deliver additional tax relief for American families, communities and small businesses.
Investments in workers and small businesses:
* No tax on tips for millions of tipped workers.
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Republicans are Providing Tax Relief to Working Families and Main Street (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2025:
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Republicans are Providing Tax Relief to Working Families and Main Street
In addition to making the 2017 Trump tax rates permanent, Republicans are working to deliver additional tax relief for American families, communities and small businesses.
Investments in workers and small businesses:
* No tax on tips for millions of tipped workers.
* No t more PR
Republicans' Reconciliation Bill Delivers Permanent Tax Relief to Idaho (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2025:
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Republicans' Reconciliation Bill Delivers Permanent Tax Relief to Idaho
Washington, D.C.--Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Finance Committee, is leading legislation to prevent the largest tax hike in history that would primarily fall on families and businesses making less than $400,000 per year. The Senate Finance Com more PR
Risch and Crapo Vote to Gut Jobs, Reward Billionaires (10)
BOISE, Idaho, July 2 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 1, 2025:
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Risch and Crapo Vote to Gut Jobs, Reward Billionaires
In response to Republican Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo voting for the GOP's devastating budget, Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement:
"For nearly 250 years, the American story has been one of progress. We've fought to build a country where hard work means you can raise a family and build a more PR
Risch Statement on the Senate Passage of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Risch Statement on the Senate Passage of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today released the following statement on advancing President Trump's America First agenda through the passage of the Senate budget reconciliation bill.
"The American people gave us a mandate--secure the border, make the Trump tax cuts permanent, dismantle the Green New Deal, and addre more PR
Risch, Crapo Hold Moment of Silence on Senate Floor to Remember Fallen Idaho Firefighters (10)
WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release:
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Risch, Crapo Hold Moment of Silence on Senate Floor to Remember Fallen Idaho Firefighters
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) delivered remarks and led a moment of silence on the Senate floor during the debate on the reconciliation bill to remember the victims of Sunday's ambush attack on Idaho firefighters.
To view their remarks, click here.
Text of Senator Risch's more PR
Risch, Shaheen Statement on Syria Sanctions Relief Executive Order (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2025:
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Risch, Shaheen Statement on Syria Sanctions Relief Executive Order
WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below on President Donald Trump's Executive Order removing certain sanctions from Syria.
"This executi more PR
Simpson and Fulcher Sell Out Idahoans For Their New Constituents: Billionaires and Mega-Donors (10)
BOISE, Idaho, July 4 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 3, 2025:
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Simpson and Fulcher Sell Out Idahoans For Their New Constituents: Billionaires and Mega-Donors
In response to Republican Representative Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher passing the GOP's devastating budget after closed-door meetings all day yesterday, Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement:
"Idaho Democrats believe hard work should mean a roof over your more PR
U.S. Department of Energy Finds No Significant Impacts for DOME Microreactor Test Bed (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy issued the following news release:
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U.S. Department of Energy Finds No Significant Impacts for DOME Microreactor Test Bed
The finding allows DOE to move forward in scheduling and preparing for its first microreactor test at Idaho National Laboratory.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has determined there will be no significant environmental or health impacts related to testing at the Demonstration of Mic more PR
Vice Chairman Russ Fulcher Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, issued the following news release:
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Vice Chairman Russ Fulcher Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on NHTSA and Motor Vehicle Safety
Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, delivered the following opening statement at today's more PR
What They Are Saying: Senate Republicans' Legislation Delivers for American Workers, Businesses (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release:
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What They Are Saying: Senate Republicans' Legislation Delivers for American Workers, Businesses
Washington, D.C.--The Senate Finance Committee's legislation prevents a more-than $4 trillion tax hike and makes the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, giving American families and businesses the certainty they need to invest and plan for the future.
Individuals and organ more PR
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