HAMDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: * * * Voters Support Age Limits On Candidates For President & Congress * * * In the race for the 2024 Republican Party nomination, support for former President Donald Trump now stands at 62 percent among Republican and Republican leaning voters, slightly up from 57 percent support in August, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll released  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: So-called moderate Jen Kiggans has turned her back on the Coastal Virginians she represents, and instead is siding with extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene who want to shut down the federal government and engage in a sham impeachment inquiry. According to Newsweek, Kiggans recently praised conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene when asked about her interactions with Greene, Nancy M  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: For months, Donald Trump has been telling his allies in the House to use the same debunked conspiracy theories to push their baseless impeachment inquiry, and more reporting highlights just how Kevin McCarthy has turned the House into an arm of Trump's presidential campaign. Trump was actively involved in yesterday's decision by Speaker-in-name-only McCarthy to ramp up the House GOP's political games.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement after Senator Mitt Romney announced that he will not run for re-election in 2024: "As Senator Mitt Romney made clear earlier this week, he has decided to retire from Congress at the end of this term. His departure will be a loss for America, the Republican Party, and the United States Senate. We will sorely miss the many virtues that he b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Immigration Hub issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2023: * * * Yesterday, Judge Andrew Hanen of United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that DACA - the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that currently benefits nearly 600,000 immigrants known as Dreamers - is unlawful. This decision upends the lives of over half a million Dreamers who already call the U.S. home as the case moves through the appeals courts and then t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) reintroduced the Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting Emails Act (Political BIAS Emails Act) to prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam. The legislation brings transparency and accountability to a growing issue of Big Tech's discriminat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans this week stooped to new lows with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump plans to go even further with his MAGAnomics tax scam that rigged the economy the ultra-wealthy and big corporations, Chris Christie called to extend the tax scam as well, Tim Scott rolled out his own MAGAnomics agenda, and Mike P  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Mike Duncan's retirement as KY GOP National Committeeman: "Today, I join folks in my home state in thanking Mike Duncan for his decades-long service to the Kentucky Republican Party as he steps down as National Committeeman. "In Washington  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 13 -- The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), owner and operator of Nashville International Airport(R) (BNA(R)) and John C. Tune Airport(R) (JWN(R)), is pleased to introduce its recently appointed Board of Commissioners in accordance with Public Chapter No. 488, effective July 1. The following individuals have assumed their roles on the board: Jimmy Granbery  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today issued the following statement in response to the House Republican impeachment inquiry announcement: "In 2019, House Democrats moved on impeachment only after developing overwhelming evidence that Donald Trump had attempted to extort the government of Ukraine. In 2021, we needed very little time to determine who w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Public Religion Research Institute issued the following news release: Mainline Protestant clergy are politically distinct from white mainline Protestant churchgoers in many ways, favoring more progressive ideals, according to a new survey released by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) today./1 The survey, "Clergy and Congregations in a Time of Transformation," considers the perspectives of more than 3,000 mainline Protestant clergy from the seven largest   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Donald Trump argued what we already know: Republicans' baseless impeachment inquiry is motivated by politics and revenge. Trump's admission comes after he had been telling his allies in the House to use the same debunked conspiracy theories to pursue their political stunts in an effort to help Trump's presidential campaign. Trump suggested that House Republicans are pursuing their impeachment sham as p  more

LARGO, Maryland, Sept. 15 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Sept. 14, 2023, on Bidenomics: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) As my mother would instruct me to say, please excuse my back. I apologize. (Laughter.) Sade -- I just told her, when she walked off the stage, when she's President and they say, "Joe Biden is out in the waiting room," she promised me she won't say, "Joe who?" (Laughter.) Please -- do you have seats? Oh, okay. I once said that, early  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-New York, issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * Today, Speaker McCarthy announced a sham impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in an effort to bring attention away from the failures of House Republicans to be able to pass a budget and avoid a government shutdown. "Speaker McCarthy and the dysfunctional Republican party are wasting time with their comical impeachment inquiry into President Biden instead of focusing on passi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans aren't even pretending that their impeachment sham is serious: This morning, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel admitted their impeachment sham is about politics and getting revenge on Democrats. When asked about Kevin McCarthy's plans to endorse an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, Ronna McDaniel brazenly admitted that it will help Republicans politically and that their stunts are about venge  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here to download audio.*** U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, questioned Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was nominated to be Chief of Naval Operations. If confirmed, Admiral Franchetti will be the first woman to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of April Perry to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois: "We are pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced the nomina  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced twelve judicial and executive nominations to the full Senate, continuing the Committee's work filling judicial and executive vacancies with highly qualified, diverse candidates who help ensure the fair and impartial administration of the American justice system. "We voted to advance nine highly qualified, diverse nominees for lifetime p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced twelve judicial and executive nominations to the full Senate, continuing the Committee's work filling judicial and executive vacancies with highly qualified, diverse candidates who help ensure the fair and impartial administration of the American justice system. "We voted to advance nine highly qualified, diverse nominees for lifetime positions on our fede  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today issued the following statement on Speaker McCarthy's announcement that he will open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. "Today, Speaker McCarthy once again put the fringe, extremist wing of his party above the American people, above the democratic process, and above the truth. "Over the past nine months, House Republicans have wasted millions of taxpayer d  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 13 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news: As Republicans continue to jockey behind the scenes to decide who will lose to Tammy Baldwin, the leading GOP grassroots recruit, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is attacking Eric Hovde and Mitch McConnell's strategy of recruiting wealthy candidates like Hovde. The race for Republicans to out-MAGA each other is just getting underway... Read more below: Newsweek: Republican Primaries Grow Bi  more