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September 7, 2023 Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term LimitsPhone: (321) 345-7455stillman@termlimits.com Rep. Dean Black Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits Jacksonville, FL – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 […]
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace warned of the “staggering challenge” Congress faces in finding a solution to the high cost of child care as pandemic-era federal funding is set to expire within weeks, a situation being referred to as the “child care cliff.” The 2021 American Rescue Plan allocated nearly $40 billon to the child care […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is calling on five major U.S. banks to provide updates on the racial equity pledges they unveiled following the surge in Black Lives Matter activism in 2020. In letters sent Wednesday to the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo, Pressley asked for a “comprehensive […]
Comment on this storyComment Nearly 30 members of Congress, including the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the lead impeachment manager during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, are backing their colleague, Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) in the competitive 2024 Democratic primary for the open seat for Maryland’s U.S. Senate.
Dr. Nathaniel Horn, the husband of longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly of Matteson, died Friday, the congresswoman said in a statement. Horn, who had been married to the five-term congresswoman for 20 years, was 68. No information on a cause of death was made available. “My husband was a remarkable man. He will be […]
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The foundation is a group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that is helping support the lawsuit. Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, who is one of the defendants in the lawsuit, said Saturday, “I don’t comment on pending litigation. The stipulation speaks for itself.” Gov. Ron DeSantis
Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor from Atlanta switched to the Republican Party Tuesday (July 11) and became the only Black GOP state lawmaker, giving Republicans a 102-78 majority in the Georgia House of Representative, the Associated Press reports. Mainor, who was first elected in 2020 to represent the heavily Democratic District 56, had a rocky […]
Comment on this storyComment Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, will not enter the U.S. Senate race to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D), a decision with huge implications for the race. Raskin, 60, who has been a member of the House . . .
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court released two decisions that unravel decades of legal precedent on race-based affirmative action. The rulings in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina, split 6-3, demolish an effective […]