RICHMOND, Virginia, May 6 -- The Virginia Republican Party issued the following news: More than 1,500 victims of domestic violence would have had a second chance to break the cycle of violence had a bill vetoed by Governor Ralph Northam been law for the past two years. House Bill 2042, patroned by Del. Kathleen Murphy, D-Fairfax, and Majority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, would have mandated a 60-day jail sentence for abusers convicted of domestic violence for a second time in 10 years.   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington issued the following news release: Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway has continued to violate the Hatch Act by providing unprompted attacks on 2020 presidential candidates while acting in her official government role in televised interviews, according to a complaint filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The Hatch Act prohibits any executiv  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The District of Columbia Republican Party issued the following news: This morning longtime District of Columbia resident and Ward 3 Republican Charles D. "Chip" Nottingham was sworn in to the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA). Nottingham has decades of open government, ethics and FOIA experience that includes tours in Congress, a U.S. Senate-approved Executive Branch appointment and running the second largest state agency in the Commonwealth of Virginia.   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 8 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: In advance of the president's campaign rally, the Florida Democratic Party hosted a press call with U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Darren Soto, along with Walton County State Committeewoman Samantha Herring. The speakers discussed Trump and the Republican Party's inaction to provide federal disaster relief to the Florida Panhandle -- nearly seven months after Hurricane Michael devastated th  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In today's Senate Judiciary Committee markup, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be Deputy U.S. Attorney General, Jeffrey Rosen. Durbin argued that Mr. Rosen does not have the qualifications to be Deputy Attorney General given his lack of experience in the Department of Justice (DOJ) and lack of understanding of its basic law enforcement compo  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- EMILY's List issued the following statement: Today Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a dangerous abortion ban that outlaws abortion as early as six weeks -- before many women even know that they are pregnant. In response, Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY's List, released the following statement: "Today Georgia became the 4th state this year, following Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio, to pass a six-week abortion ban. Banning abortion before many women even know they a  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement by Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs, on the Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance the nominations of Jeffrey Brown to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas and Brantley Starr to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas: "Senate Republicans continue to place party over country in their pursuit to stack our co  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement by Vice President Adrienne Kimmell after the House Appropriations Committee marked up its fiscal 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill: "Budgets reflect priorities, and this bill sends the message that reproductive freedom must be taken seriously. From blocking Trump's domestic gag rule to increasing funding for family planning and sex education to blocking Trump's refusal of healthcare rul  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- President Trump issued the following remarks on ending surprise medical billing: THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Yesterday, Secretary Azar announced a bold, new initiative to require drug makers to disclose the prices to consumers. And it's going to be something, I think, very special. You may have heard about it; maybe not. But it's the beginning of a plan of transparency. And I think it will have quite an impact. So, thank you very much. That was a job well done. Everybo  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The office of Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, issued the following floor statement to pay tribute to ex-Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Indiana: "Mr. President, everybody in this room, everybody in this Capitol, and everybody in this country knows who Dick Lugar was. We lost Dick earlier this week. Dick Lugar was and is an American icon. "When I got elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, I came here and was put on the Foreign Relations Committee in 2006, primarily because we were one R  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on May 7, on climate change: Pick up the paper these days, and it is hard to miss the headlines about corporate America getting serious about reducing carbon emissions. Companies are purchasing renewable power. They are moving into carbon-neutral office buildings. They are purchasing electric vehicle fleets. They are developing new technologies and produc  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 8 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Indiana Democratic Party Chairman John Zody requested the four-member Indiana Election Commission launch an investigation into Governor Holcomb's campaign activities as they relate to a pair of private jet flights in 2018. In a letter to the Commission delivered Wednesday, Zody argued the Commission must scrutinize nearly two dozen contributions received by Holcomb's campaign and Team Holcomb - Holco  more