PHOENIX, Arizona, July 26 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: State Senator Sylvia Allen of LD 6 recently made racist and xenophobic remarks at an Arizona Republican Party sponsored event stating,"We are not reproducing ourselves, the birthrates [...] It's because of immigration." In the audio recording released by The Phoenix New Times, Allen goes on to state we're "going to look like South American countries very quickly,"warning that new immigrants will not be  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Campaign Finance Institute issued the following news release: The national Democratic and Republican party committees raised substantially more money at the six-month mark of 2019 and 2017 than at the same point in any off-year since the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. The three Democratic and three Republican committees have brought in 40% more for each side than they had by the same time in 2015, the most recent past presidential election cycle. See Chart h  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." - Section 1 of the Equal Rights Amendment * * * U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today hosted a panel of bipartisan experts outlining why Congress should remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA has been r  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: Commission meetings and hearings * On July 25 the Commission held an open meeting. * On July 23 and 25, the Commission met in executive session. Advisory opinions Opinions Issued Advisory Opinion Request 2019-11 (Pro-Life Democratic Candidate PAC) On July 25, the Commission approved an advisory opinion in response to a request from the Pro-Life Democratic Candidate PAC, a nonconnected political comm  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 26 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: Pence's visit to ex-felons job training center while the GOP is actively working to suppress former inmates' right to vote exposes the Trump administration's hypocrisy. On July 26, Vice President Mike Pence visited the non-profit former inmate training center, Operation New Hope. His visit is a reminder that the Republican Party is working to create barriers to voting rights to ex-felons. Jacksonville's S  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs, on the confirmation of Brian Buescher to the Nebraska District Court: * * * - More nominees advance after passing partisan loyalty test * * * "Brian Buescher's bias against women and the LGBTQ community should have disqualified him from a lifetime position on the bench. "But, unfazed by his record, the Senate m  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: As if nearly 3,000 subpoenas and 500 search warrants wasn't enough, now even a House Judiciary Committee hearing featuring former special counsel Robert Mueller has failed to establish a collusion link between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian operatives. Nevertheless, Mueller's testimony glaringly lacked a key piece of information -- familiarity with Fusion GPS, the Democrat-funded  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Marine One departure: Q Mr. President, what's your reaction to the testimony? THE PRESIDENT: So we had a very good day today. The Republican Party, our country -- there was no defense of what Robert Mueller was trying to defend, in all fairness to Robert Mueller. Whether his performance was a bad one or a good one, I think everybody understands that. I think everybody understands what's going on. There was no defen  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 22 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following statement by Chairman James Dickey: Today, State Senator Royce West announced his bid to run against Senator John Cornyn for US Senate. He will face MJ Hegar, Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, former Congressman Chris Bell, and three others who have already declared in the Primary Election in March 2020. "Royce West is just one more extremist far-left candidate in the race for Senate. "He's been in office fo  more