WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: Emignogni Mahtoundji Noe Rousseau, a long-time counterpart to Peace Corps volunteers in Benin, was honored with the esteemed Mandela Washington Fellowship for his work educating Beninese youth. Peace Corps Education Volunteer Conner Swan met Rousseau in the fall of 2017, when both were teaching English in Niaro, a rural community in Benin. Rousseau was Swan's Peace Corps counterpart, a person in a volunteer's host communi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 116-68) on review of legislative activity during the 115th Congress. The report was advanced by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, on July 31. Excerpts of the report follow: Jurisdiction of the Committee on Rules and Administration The jurisdiction of the Committee on Rules and Administration is set forth in paragraph 1(n)(1) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. The following are excerpts from tha  more