WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, posted the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Amended Senate Budget Bill Would Trigger Nearly 20 Million People Losing Health Insurance Updated Analysis Also Includes State-by-State Coverage Loss Estimates * WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released updated data, broken down by state, that shows that the Senate budget bill, if amended as indicated by Sen  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Rock Snowpark for Religious Discrimination * Lawsuit claims employee was fired over faith-based social media posts MILWAUKEE-- Crystal Ridge Ski Area, LLC, doing business as The Rock Snowpark, a winter sports park and summer events venue in Franklin, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it terminated a lift operations manager because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employmen  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE CHAIR THOMPSON LEADS AMENDMENT TO STRIKE TAX BREAK FOR SILENCERS, SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES * Washington - Today, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (CA-04) introduced an amendment with 70 co-sponsors to stop Congressional Republicans' proposal to spend $1.7 billion to make it easier for people to buy silencers, short-barreled shotgu  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: As Vote-A-Rama On Republican Budget Betrayal Hits 24 Hours, Lujan Standing Strong for New Mexicans * WATCH : Lujan Holds Senate Floor During Midnight Session WATCH : Lujan Introduces Amendment to Save SNAP Washington, D.C. - As the Senate vote-a-rama on the Republican Budget Betrayal hits 24 hours, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has been on the Senate floor throughout the night fi  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Capito Bipartisan Rural Broadband Protection Act Passes the Senate * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below following the Senate passage of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Protection Act. The bill, which Klobuchar leads with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a more thorough vett  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McCollum Joins Every Senate and House Democrat in Opposing the One Big Ugly Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the House of Representatives awaits the vote on Donald Trump's massive budget reconciliation bill (HR1), also known as the One Big Ugly Bill, Congresswoman McCollum issued the following statement: "President Trump's big shameful reconciliation bill is back on the House floor today, and  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Tina Smith on Senate Passage of Republicans' Disastrous Big Bill * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) released the following statement after voting against the Republicans' disastrous and cruel budget bill: "What Republicans did here is simple: they voted to kick 16 million people off health insurance while giving massive tax breaks to billionaires and corpora  more