WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Washington Post: "the latest and largest effort by a group of congressional Democrats seeking to make sex equality a legal reality" Today, Congresswomen Cori Bush (MO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)led 120 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to direct the Archivist to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution before the end of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the Mount Vernon, New York, Police Department (MVPD) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Specifically, the Justice Department finds that MVPD: * Uses excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encoun  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Following reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation searching autism treatment centers in St. Cloud and Minneapolis after finding "substantial evidence" of fraud connected to the state-funded Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, the Minnesota Republican delegation released the following statement: "Unfortunately, this situation has become the norm unde  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Offutt Air Force Base's Role Grows In 1916, Omaha native Jarvis Offutt entered officer training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The United States had not yet entered World War I, but tensions were simmering at home and exploding abroad. No doubt the Offutt family was carefully following news of the Great War. No doubt they wondered whether America would be pulled in. Jarvis asked to be trans  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre  more