MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 31 -- The Alabama Republican Party issued the following statement by Chair Terry Lathan on the House impeachment procedural vote: "While the results of today's impeachment procedural vote come as a shock to no one, it is yet another reminder of the partisan sham the Democrats are operating in their ludicrous attempt to undo the will of the American people in the 2016 election at any cost. They are telling the people they know better and we are irrelevant. "I encourag  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 28 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: With tacit permission from Washington Republicans, powerful pharmaceutical corporations are continuing to jack up prices without any significant consequences or accountability, even as they inflict direct harm on older Americans, according to the AARP, negatively impacting Medicare Part D enrollees, in particular. Washington Republicans have been complicit in their big pharma backers' price-gouging, all  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 29 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: The rising cost of prescription drugs often forces hardworking families to choose between life-saving medications and putting food on the table. According to data from AARP and the Kaiser Family Foundation: In 2017, 26% of Arizona residents stopped taking medication as prescribed due to cost. The average annual cost of prescription drug treatment increased by 57.8% between 2012 and 2017, while the ann  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 -- Brandeis University issued the following news: * * * - With the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump well underway, politics professor Amber Spry offers up her expertise in political attitudes and polling. * * * Donald Trump became just the fourth President in American history to face the prospect of removal from office when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi initiated the impeachment inquiry that has roiled Washington for the past several weeks.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: The Massachusetts Republican Party is calling attention to a Celebration of Life rally Wednesday on Beacon Hill aimed at combating the Democrats' ROE Act misinformation campaign. "The Radical Left is using scare tactics to trick people into thinking women's reproductive rights are at risk unless we pass this legislation," said Chairman Jim Lyons. "That is blatantly untrue. "The Democrats' proposa  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- The Society for Human Resource Management has scheduled a Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium at the Renaissance Washington on Nov. 3-6, 2019: Keynote: Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Acting Director, USCIS Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II is the Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The USCIS mission is to administer the nation's lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly adjudicating re  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 1 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Shadowy dark money groups linked to Republican operatives are jumping into local races from Trumbull County to Summit County to Greene County, spending big, while hiding their donors and partisan affiliations from public scrutiny. "Secret dark money is flooding into Ohio's local elections, bringing the nasty, divisive tone we've seen coming out of the White House into what are often nonpartisan races," said Ohio Dem  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The House Judiciary subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law issued the following testimony by Sanjukta Paul, assistant professor of law at Wayne State University, at a hearing entitled "Antitrust and Economic Opportunity: Competition in Labor Markets": "Thank you for holding this important hearing on the place of labor markets and workers in antitrust law, and thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am honored to offer my perspective at a moment t  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 31 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following statement by Chair Laura Cox regarding the decision by Judge Michael Kelly ruling that the law passed in 2018 creating an authority to oversee the construction of a Line 5 pipeline tunnel is constitutional: The ruling was necessitated after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel ruled that the law violated the Michigan constitution, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer suspended construction of the tunnel. "I applaud toda  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Josh Peck, co-founder of Get America Covered, on Thursday in a press conference to promote the start of open enrollment which starts tomorrow, November 1, and r  more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 28 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Air Force One departure: THE PRESIDENT: So, we had a great weekend for our country. We captured a man that should've been caught a long time ago. Unfortunately, he wasn't. He's done tremendous damage. But it was an amazing display of intelligence and military power and coordination, and getting along with people. Lots of great things happened. So that was a big, big day and a big weekend, and we're   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 28 -- The South Dakota Republican Party issued the following news release: South Dakota Republican Party (SDGOP) Chairman Dan Lederman issued the following statement after the SDGOP's Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution in support of President Trump and the Graham-McConnell resolution: Today, members of the SDGOP Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution of support for our president and the Graham-McConnell resolution condemning the unpreced  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 30, on climate change: I am thrilled and delighted to follow my outstanding colleague from Maryland coming here to talk about climate change. That is the topic that brings me to the floor today as well. Those of us who are from coastal States not only have the experience of worse flooding in our coastal communities and those coastal communi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 31 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted along party lines in favor of a resolution formalizing the impeachment process against President Donald Trump: "Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi and Rep. (Jim) McGovern are in for a wake-up call if they think partisan impeachment proceedings driven solely by politics is a winning stra  more