MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 16 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following news release: The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) has presented two members of the Alabama Legislature with the Chairman's Commendation award for their service to the State of Alabama while upholding the values of the ALGOP party platform. State Representative Scott Stadthagen (Cullman, Marshall and Morgan Counties) and State Senator Garlan Gudger (Cullman, Lawrence, Marion and Winston Counties) are the House a  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Failed politician and "sore loser" Pat McCrory jumped into the North Carolina Republican Senate primary today, ramping up what is sure to be a messy and chaotic battle. McCrory's desperate decision to reenter politics is poised -- by McCrory's own admission -- "to cause further division within the Republican Party" as the GOP civil war rages into 2022. Here's what you need to know about fail  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. Alternative Dispute Resolution The Commission made public three closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System. ADR 983 COMPLAINANT: Self-Initiated RESPONDENT: Renewable Resource Hauling PAC - Marin Resource Recovery Center and Mardell Sarkela, in  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 14 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today began a public campaign about why Indiana needs President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan (AJP) and why the entire Indiana Congressional Delegation should support it. To start, the AJP would extend broadband access to Hoosiers across Indiana, including the 16-percent of households that do  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 14 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today criticized the Indiana Republican Party for once again deploying their blatant partisanship ahead of creating a better future for the state and its families. This time, the Republican supermajority in the Indiana Senate killed two amendments which would have increased t  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 14 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today called on the Members of the Indiana Republican Party to join Indiana Democrats in supporting President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan (AJP), because it would strengthen our economy, improve American manufacturing, and create more good-paying Hoosier jobs. More than 17  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 13 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today criticized the Indiana Republican Party for invoking more partisan infighting rather than leading Indiana out of the COVID-19 pandemic and getting things done for Hoosier families. This time, Governor Eric Holcomb issued a veto on House Bill 1123, which would strip some emergency powers   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 16 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today added another reason why Indiana needs President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan (AJP): investment in Indiana's public transportation. Nearly 38-percent of transit vehicles in the state are past their useful life, causing Hoosiers to take nearly 89-percent of extra time   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 14 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today called out the Indiana Republican Party for passing two budgets in the Indiana General Assembly that bolster an unregulated and dangerous school choice system at the expense of Indiana's public schools, educators, and the future of our students. Regardless of what the f  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Wednesday press conference revealed an inconvenient truth--her administration has no strategy and is following political science when determining how to handle the unprecedented surge in new cases across Michigan. Michiganders Deserve Answers 1. Has Gov. Whitmer traveled out of state for anything other than official business? 2. How did vacation travel of top staffers in charge of   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news release: The Michigan Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission voted on a resolution to reconsider the hire of Democrat donor, activist attorney Bruce Adelson to advise the Commission on the redistricting process. "It was encouraging to see bi-partisan support for the reconsideration of hiring Democrat Activist Bruce Adelson as an attorney advisor to the Commission," said Ron Weiser, Chair of the Michi  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration continues to flail in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as Michigan's infection rate skyrockets. Whitmer, who publicly campaigned to be President Biden's running mate, posting cute memes that they were "BFF's forever," was rebuffed by the President in her request for additional vaccinations, the same week that it was revealed that her administration failed to reque  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's press conference Wednesday was empty on substance and heavy on partisan attacks and scapegoating the people of Michigan. "Gov. Whitmer is refusing to re-examine any of her own policies, choosing instead to blame Michiganders for rising COVID-19 numbers," said Ted Goodman, Communications Director of the Michigan Republican Party. "Instead of offering actual science and data to defend   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: Does Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer support Radical Democrat U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's renewed efforts to abolish the police and U.S. military? "Policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist," Rep. Tlaib said last night. "No more policing, incarceration, and militarization." Whitmer, just last year, expressed support for the spirit of defunding the police and has remained silent o  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 13 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news on April 12, 2021: Last Friday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to form a commission to begin the process of packing the Supreme Court. During the campaign, Biden repeatedly dodged questions about his plan to pack the Supreme Court because he knows that it is a political loser. Now that Biden has launched his court-packing commission, US Senate candidates Radical Liberal Erica Smith   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 16 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: After President Joe Biden announced his court-packing commission, liberal leaders are filing legislation to pack the Supreme Court with liberal activists in robes. The radical left knows that they cannot enact their radical, socialist agenda with a Supreme Court that values the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Democrats know that their socialist agenda is toxic to American voters,   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 15, 2021, for the worldwide threats hearing: * * * In their press release announcing this hearing, the Democrats accused the Trump administration of refusing to participate in open hearings on worldwide threats because President Trump allegedly didn't want agency heads to contradict his views of rival nations. B  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 16 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news: The Republican Party of Virginia determined the order in which the names of candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will appear on the May 8 State Convention ballot by random lottery. The order the names will appear on the ballot is as follows: Governor: * Glenn A. Youngkin * Amanda Freeman Chase * M. Kirkland "Kirk" Cox * Peter Doran * Sergio  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: In remarks this past Thursday before a virtual discussion of The Ripon Society and the Franklin Center, Dan Meyer, who serves as the Chief of Staff to the Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, expressed hope that Democrats will work with Republicans to strengthen America's infrastructure and address some of the other key challenges facing the nation, instead of going it alone as they did on the most r  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 13, 2021: Madam President, over the past several weeks, all eyes have been on Georgia and the State legislation that is being considered on voting rights of Georgia's citizens. In response to the new voting restrictions the State's Governor signed into law last month, American leaders from many walks of life responded. It has really brought t  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news: In remarks this past Wednesday before a virtual meeting of The Ripon Society and the Franklin Center, a top aide to the Senate Republican leadership discussed not only the prospect that Congress could reach agreement on a package to strengthen America's infrastructure, but some of the other key issues being debated on Capitol Hill this year. The top aide was Nick Rossi. Rossi serves as the Chief of Staff to Senate Republican   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 13 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Sarah Godlewski has joined the illustrious club for Wisconsin Democrat politicians who enjoy embellishing their resumes with lies about their educational background, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Monday. Over the years, several publications and websites, including Godlewski's own Wikipedia page, have claimed that Godlewski holds a graduate degree that she never actually completed -- much like   more