LANSING, Michigan, May 24 (TNSreact) -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following news release: On Monday evening, the State Bureau of Elections released a staff report detailing tens of thousands of forged signatures from several Republican gubernatorial candidates and concluding that five candidates - half the field - did not have enough signatures to qualify for the   more

BROOKLYN, New York, May 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) issued the following statement regarding the revised Congressional District map released by Jonathan Cervas, the Special Master chosen by Judge Patrick McAllister to redraw the maps created by a supermajority vote in the State Legislature. "The map prepared by an unelected, out-of-town special master and rubber-stamped in the dead of night by a partisan Rep  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on May 23, 2022: * * * Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) issued the following statement in the wake of several tragic mass shootings, including in Buffalo, Laguna Woods, Milwaukee, and Houston. "Gun violence is a public health crisis in our nation that requires immediate action. As our country reels from the aftermath of several recent shootings, the pressing need to advance gun reform legislation b  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) issued the following statement in response to Senator Bill Cassidy's (R-LA) recent comments concerning his state's high maternal mortality rate. "In an interview with Politico last week, Senator Cassidy stated that his state's maternal death rate is only high if you do not, and I quote, 'correct our population for race.' Louisiana's population is ap  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on May 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) discussed the future of the Republican party and the Biden Administration's disastrous energy policy on Fox Business' Kudlow. Excerpts and full video are below. On Future of the Republican Party: "The Trump doctrine matters. Donald Trump tapped into something really important that Americans care about: an America First form of conservatism and an America  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined the Climate Leadership Council for a conversation about bipartisan opportunities surrounding the integration of climate and trade policy. Excerpts and full video are below. On an America First Approach to Trade and Climate: "It seems to me that for too long we in the United States have   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on May 24, 2022: Mr. President, it has become clear over the last few months that too much of the Republican Party has been taken over by MAGA Republicans, who are now dominating the party and Republicans in the Senate, moving the party away from things it has often stood for in the past. The contrast has become clear: Democrats, for instance, want to  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following commentary to the New Hampshire Union Leader: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote an op-ed in the Union Leader outlining the alarming consequences of a reversal of Roe v. Wade. She discussed why women deserve full autonomy on decisions around their bodies and starting families, and how Republicans' extreme partisan agenda flies in the face of public opinion around fundamental freedoms enjoyed over the   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service Oversight, issued the following statement at a hearing on May 4, 2022, entitled "Laws and Enforcement Governing the Political Activities of Tax Exempt Entities": * * * The subcommittee on tax and IRS oversight is uniquely positioned to oversee the activities of the Internal Revenue Service, the executive branch agency charged with tax matters. And i  more