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15 february 2023

13:08
Today, the Green New Deal Network, announced a $10 million multi-state campaign to ensure the historic gains made in the passage of President Biden's IRA and IIJA advance climate, racial, and economic justice....


10 february 2023

20:49
The following statement was released by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) regarding the deceptive January border data released tonight:...


8 february 2023

11:39
GATC Health Corp, a science and technology company revolutionizing drug discovery and disease prediction using artificial intelligence (AI), today responded to the release of President Biden's "Unity Agenda" as detailed in his first State of the...


7 february 2023

10:17
Our nation's youth are challenging traditional views, offering new perspectives, and holding our leaders accountable. Young people are more informed today than at any time in history and deserve representation at all levels of government. Yet, their...


6 february 2023

09:21
On Sunday, honorary co-chairs of No Labels, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins (R-ME), headlined a No Labels Strategy Session in Miami, Florida, to coalesce Congressional moderates heading into the 118th Congress. The session featured...


3 february 2023

08:33
The FairTax Act of 2023, HR 25 was filed in the 118th Congress by Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-1). Prime examples of freedom fights are the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence and the Civil Rights Act. They are about the truth,...


31 january 2023

10:05
U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell, John James and Terri Sewell, along with Dr. Danielle Carnival, Coordinator of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative, are featured speakers at the Feb. 1 launch event for the 2023 National Cancer Prevention...


30 january 2023

16:50
The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has provided $5.6 million of funding to support programs and initiatives that address the needs of newly arrived Afghans and other ORR-eligible populations residing in Colorado....


29 january 2023

09:00
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia: "Today, we remember the six people who lost their lives and the 19...


25 january 2023

15:12
The National Military Spouse Network (NMSN), the premiere organization supporting the professional and personal growth of the nation's military spouses, today released its fifth annual National Military Spouse Network White Paper presented by USAA....


24 january 2023

18:47
At an event attended by dozens of local community leaders, Rise Light...

17:04
United States Senate Federal Credit Union President and CEO, Timothy L. Anderson recently sat down with Oregon Senator Ron Wyden to discuss the credit union business model, its mission of equalizing financial opportunity for all, and the advantages...


19 january 2023

17:07
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. ("Mammoth" or the "Company") today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") released Determination Memorandums dated November 21, 2022, and December 21, 2022, related to the May 26, 2018 contract...

15:45
Today, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) along with the Wells Fargo Institute for Sustainable Finance released a new report "Investing in Resilient and Equitable Neighborhoods," which highlights focus areas, best practices and strategies...


18 january 2023

14:08
After an election year where House members saw the most contested races in history, Democrats for the Illinois House and re-elected House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch have closed strong with 14 newly elected members and $1.7 million total....

13:20
Create a one-stop shop for New Yorkers to access all benefit programs for which they qualify. Require big drug companies to publicly disclose proposed price hikes in advance. Increase wages for home care workers and increase state funding for in-home...


14 january 2023

19:40
The Independence Fund strongly endorses the new policy, announced by the Department of Veterans Affairs today, that provides free care to Veterans experiencing an emergency suicidal crisis. This policy expands Veterans' eligibility for care,...


12 january 2023

08:32
In a small village in Michigan, there is a 79-year-old American who has authored a book and developed an unheard-of system which will unite voters and fix America's problems. Dennis Bowersox is the founder of the Vote With Power organization which...


10 january 2023

15:07
Today, Americans for Prosperity launched a 7-figure "Dear 118th Congress" ad campaign calling on lawmakers to focus on the major challenges that our country continues to face and urging them to do the hard work of advancing good policy, rather than...


5 january 2023

09:00
Ed Perlmutter, who served two terms in the Colorado State Senate and eight terms in Congress as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Colorado's 7th District, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy &...


4 january 2023

08:59
A nationwide petition to expel George Santos from Congress was launched on the day he was scheduled to take the oath of office. A comprehensive list of the staggering claims reportedly made by and about him appears on politicianshonorcode.com. The...

08:30
A new report by CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, brings forward a dispassionate review of the development of digital finance from the point of view of investment practitioners. The report establishes a series of...


3 january 2023

10:09
The NAACP is demanding a recount in the recent Oakland mayor's election due to a razor-thin margin of victory of 677 votes, an unusually high number of disqualified votes, and widespread confusion surrounding ranked-choice voting (RCV). "With an...


29 december 2022

12:26
Below is a statement from Aventiv Technologies on the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022. "We support the legislation and believe it is long overdue for our industry to stop fighting with reform-minded legislators and...


27 december 2022

13:13
Despite the Biden Administration's many failures, the Republican "tsunami" did not happen. Two years into the Biden administration, inflation has accelerated from 2% to more than 8% annually, and short-term interest rates have risen from 1% to over...


26 december 2022

08:34
As a result of an effort led by the national maternal mental health advocacy organization, 2020 Mom, the TRIUMPH for New Moms Act (H.R.4217/S.2779) was passed by Congress in its end-of-year omnibus, to create the first-ever national...


23 december 2022

16:19
A provision directing the development of a One Health Framework across the federal government was included in the final spending bill of the year. The legislation passed derives from the AVMA-championed Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One...

15:55
Surgent Accounting & Financial Education, a division of KnowFully Learning Group, today announced a new online continuing professional education (CPE) course that covers the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 and associated changes to IRAs and qualified...

15:00
The American Urological Association (AUA) today celebrates the inclusion of the Veteran's Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act in Congress' end of year spending package. This important bill supports the development and implementation of a...

14:54
The SECURE 2.0 legislation that passed today as part of Congress' year-end, omnibus spending bill is a significant and welcome step forward in improving the U.S. retirement system, and includes key reforms that Pension Practice Council (PPC)...

14:46
March of Dimes, the leading organization fighting for the health of all moms and babies, today responded to Congress passing an omnibus spending bill with key policy and funding priorities to strengthen maternal and infant health, and includes...

14:44
The 117th Congress finally wrapped up business by approving a lame-duck, pork-laden $1.7 trillion spending bill ? consisting of more than 4,000 pages that not a single member had the time to read and fully analyze ? funding the federal government...

14:12
TIAA issued the following statement from Kourtney Gibson, Chief Institutional Client Officer, upon passage of retirement provisions in SECURE 2.0:...


22 december 2022

10:27
Data Vault Holdings, Inc., leading the way in tokenomics and metaverse data visualization, valuation, and monetization, has received unanimous approval of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) on both Datavault® 1 and Datavault® 2 advisory opinions...

09:00
SECURE 2.0 legislation that is expected to pass this week as part of the 2023 omnibus appropriations bill is a clear sign that Congress understands the urgent need to shore up the nation's retirement infrastructure. The National Institute on...


21 december 2022

08:18
Three high school students, Zain Rahman from Great Falls, VA, Matthew Earnhart from Fredericksburg, MD, and Tejus Lakshminarayan from Ashburn, VA, have release their joint study on the competitiveness of US Congressional elections. As seniors at...


20 december 2022

09:08
The Surgical Care Coalition (SCC) issued the following statement in response to Congress releasing a draft of the year-end spending legislation....

08:57
Helen Callier, Founder of PermitUsNow recently completed her six-year term as State of Texas Commissioner with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).  ...

04:08
TIAA issued the following statement from Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO, on the inclusion of the provisions from SECURE 2.0 in the appropriations package:...


19 december 2022

09:00
The Children's Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to protect the interests of a young boy despite multiple investigations and reports of concerns about his well-being and living conditions, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé reveals in his latest...


16 december 2022

19:05
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a record number of firearms brought by passengers to airport security checkpoints in 2022. As of December 16, TSA has stopped 6,301 firearms; more than 88% were loaded. This number...


15 december 2022

17:44
The Surgical Care Coalition (SCC) issued the following statement after a bipartisan group of over 196 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Reps. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and the GOP Doctors Caucus, led...

16:00
Several states across the country are days away from implementing increases in minimum wage, according to payroll experts at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. So far, a total of 26 states have announced raises in minimum wage in 2023, and at...

08:39
As we head into the holiday season and turn the corner into 2023, Americans are feeling pessimistic about the political divide and social media's potential to threaten the nation's democracy. The majority also expect political discussions to be...


14 december 2022

21:56
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the nation's oldest and largest independent kidney organization, today previewed major elements of their forthcoming National Kidney Patient Consumer Policy Agenda set for release in early 2023....

15:00
Threats like climate change, habitat degradation, pollution, land and water use, acute events like toxic spills and landslides, and fishing pressures have left many Pacific salmon populations at historically low levels. Action is needed to protect...

13:23
Today, Schneider Electric joined private sector leaders and public officials at the White House Electrification Summit to discuss how electrification can help the United States meet its climate and equity goals. CTO of Schneider Electric North...


13 december 2022

09:56
Congress passed the PROTECT Our Children Act on December 6, 2022, safeguarding the future of agencies that identify child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation and apprehend offenders. The bill now heads to the White House for President Biden's...

08:39
Based on the data we got from Washington, D.C. estimates made using data from other years and depending on when a taxpayer files their return, we give you an expected timeframe for when a taxpayer is likely to get their refund. Since the normal...


12 december 2022

14:00
This week, the United Specialists for Patient Access (USPA) is urging Congress to stop the finalized clinical labor and EM cuts included in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from going into effect December 31. Barring congressional action, the...

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