WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSPol) -- Common Cause issued the following statement by President Karen Hobert Flynn on Nov. 3, 2021: * * * Every American deserves a voice in our elections, but all but one Senate Republican revealed again today that they prefer to pick and choose who can vote and who cannot in order to gain partisan advantage. Today's Senate vote was more than eight years in the making after the Supreme Court gutted a core provision of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County and four mon  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2021: With the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in two challenges to Texas' six-week abortion ban yesterday--the first abortion case argued before Trump's three appointed Supreme Court justices--Democrats in key battleground states are highlighting the stakes of the midterm elections and calling out Republicans for their decades-long effort to undermine Roe v. Wade and strip healt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: Commission meetings and hearings On October 26 and 28, the Commission met in executive session. The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting scheduled for October 28. Advisory Opinions Supplemental Material Received Advisory Opinion Request 2021-10 (Retail Benefits, Inc.) On October 25, the Commission received supplemental material from the requester. Enforcement The Commission made public three  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 2 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments on Texas' dangerous six-week abortion ban, which makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest and allows citizens to file lawsuits against anyone who "aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion." The Texas ban, modeled partly after Brian Kemp's 2019 abortion ban, is supported by Herschel Walker and the e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following commentary to TheGrio: * * * Chairman Scott wrote the following op-ed for TheGrio on the Build Back Better Act's historic investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities. "With razor-thin margins in the House and Senate, and a Republican Party intent on obstruction, Democrats in Congress have been forced to make hard choices in search of a final agreem  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSPol) -- The Immigration Hub issued the following news release: As more data continues to paint the picture of the Virginia gubernatorial election, the results and early monitoring of ad and misinformation campaigns demonstrate key takeaways and lessons that should be heeded by Democrats as they deliberate on immigration in reconciliation and gear up for 2022. While the instinct for some may be to steer clear from "progressive" or wedge issues, such as immigration, the pas  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 2 -- 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 celebrated the successful start to its "Small Town, Indiana" statewide tour, an effort to highlight how Democrats are delivering for Hoosiers in the state's rural communities. Leaders like Dr. Jennifer McCormick, State Senators Fady Qaddoura and Shelli Yoder, and educators like Melanie Wri  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 4 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today passed along the following report by the IndyStar highlighting the Indiana Democrats' laser-focused effort to meet voters where they are and promote how President Joe Biden and Democrats are creating a better future for Hoosier families. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan,   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 2 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today asked Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer to clarify why he described Governor Holcomb's READI program and issues like broadband internet, childcare, and Indiana's public schools as "socialism" in a recent interview with the Indianapolis Business Journal. Hupfer c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 3 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: Nearly a year after the November 2020 election, Democratic Secretary of State Bill Galvin says he's troubled over the future of mail-in voting. Galvin urged lawmakers to act now to make what was supposed to be a temporary voting process into a permanent way of voting through no-excuse, universal mail-in voting. "Galvin should be urging the legislature to follow the constitutional amendment process w  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 3 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2021: * * * North Carolina Republicans in the General Assembly welcomed a new member of their caucus - COVID-19 conspiracy theorist and Capitol insurrection participant Donnie Loftis. North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Bobbie Richardson released the following statement in response. "It has been almost 11 months since violent rioters breached the halls of the United States Capito  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 2 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2021: * * * The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging the Texas abortion ban, a law that threatens Roe v. Wade and reproductive freedom across the country. Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic Executive Director Alison Kiser, NARAL Pro-Choice NC Advocacy and Organizing Manager Lynne Walter, and North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Bobbie Richardso  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 4 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news on Nov. 3, 2021: A year ago today, despite millions of voters turning out to elect President Biden, the former president continues to parrot claims that the "real insurrection" was on November 3rd -- when he lost the presidency. As the Republican Party fully embraces lies about the 2020 election, here is a reminder of what the GOP field of U.S. Senate candidates have said about the Capital insurrec  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 5 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: Overland Park Representative Dan Osman (HD 48) and Founding Rabbi of the Congregation Beth Torah Rabbi Mark Levin joined Kansas Democratic Party Chairwoman Vicki Hiatt blasting Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Republican Party for failing to condemn the antisemitic language used at last week's "government overreach" committee hearing. Representative Brenda Landwehr made several   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (TNSRep) -- Roosevelt Institute, an organization that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages and the economics of race and gender inequality, issued the following agency statement on Nov. 2, 2021: Our democracy is in crisis--from weaponized partisanship to an economy that has not produced shared equality for decades. Much of how we got here is due to the twin failures of neoliberalism and racial liberalism, which upheld a racial capitalism that subjugated people  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Nov. 4, 2021: Madam President, everything we are doing to lead our country to build back better from this pandemic is about putting workers at the center of our economy. It is about raising wages and bringing down costs. We know what has happened in this country in the last decade. We have seen profits go up. We have seen the stock market go skyward. We hav  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Nov. 3, 2021: Mr. President, today is the 1-year anniversary of an election that was judged the most secure in the history of America. Let me say that again. The election that ended November 3, 2020, 1 year ago, was judged the most secure in American history. That is not my opinion; that is the official conclusion, under the Trump administration, of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union, has issued a public comment on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. notice entitled "Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States : Commission charge and public comment policy". The comment was written on Oct. 29, 2021, and posted on Nov. 1, 2021: * * * I write to you as International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEI  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Nov. 4 (TNSOps) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: Two of Mississippi's major political figures of the modern era used their decades of combined experience recently to share lessons with more than 100 University of Mississippi students about solving problems in a divided nation. Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who served from 2004 to 2012 and was also chairman of the Republican National Committee, and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the stat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Washington Post issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2021: The Washington Post today released a three-part investigation into the forces that led to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and the growing distrust in America's elections that has spread in its aftermath. "The Attack: Before, During and After" reveals through new reporting how law enforcement officials failed to heed warnings of impending violence in Washington, documents the bloody conse  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 4 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Tony Evers is shamefully joining Josh Kaul in turning a blind eye to election integrity concerns -- despite the bombshell evidence of voter fraud in nursing homes brought forward by the Racine County Sheriff's Department last week. Earlier this week, Dan O'Donnell reported that Josh Kaul is dismissing legitimate allegations of fraud as "not an issue of statewide concern" -- yet his staff at the DOJ's Divisi  more