WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Tax Day, Warren, Wyden, Pocan Demand Intuit Explain Continued Efforts to Kill IRS' Free Filing Alternative, Overcharge Taxpayers on TurboTax Senator Warren's office tested TurboTax, finding that a sample taxpayer would pay $128 to file her taxes using TurboTax's "free" software, while being upsold multiple times in the process. Intuit spent nearly $4 million in 2023 and again in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Klobuchar, Schumer, Colleagues Warn Public of Republican-Proposed Cuts to SNAP Denver -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader, and 43 Senate Democratic colleagues to warn the American public that Congressional Republicans pl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Guarantee Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings [Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined 26 of his colleagues in introducing The Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025, legislation to ensure unaccompanied children have access to legal representation when they appear in proc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Adams, Underwood Reintroduce Bicameral Black Maternal Health Week Resolution WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cory Booker along with U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) reintroduced a bicameral resolution recognizing April 11 through April 17 as Black Maternal Health Week. This resolution serves to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Hirono, Castro, Jayapal Lead 117 Democrats in Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), along with U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), led 117 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Booker, Hirono, Castro, Jayapal Lead 117 Democrats in Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), along with U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), led 117 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns ICE Abduction of Another Columbia U. Student Over Anti-Genocide Activism The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the abduction by ICE agents of another Columbia University international student because of his anti-genocide, pro-Palestinian activism. Mohse more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Castro, Booker, Hirono, Jayapal Lead 117 Democrats in Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients April 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last Friday, Representatives Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), along with U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), led 117 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Democrats' Job-Killing Wage Bill Threatens Nearly 2 Million Workers Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the so-called "Raise the Wage Act," which would threaten millions of jobs nationwide and decimate the restaurant industry. The Raise the Wage Act was introduced last week by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), along with 33 other Democrat Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Disarray & Desperation: Dems Go Full Radical If you're covering today's "rally" with the Democrat Party' socialist leaders Bernie Sanders and AOC, please consider the following statement: "Democrats in California are in complete disarray doubling down with loser candidates who support allowing men in women's sports, free healthcare for illegals, and allowing illegals to decide our elect more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth Join Senate Democrats To Warn Americans About Republicans Cutting SNAP Benefits To Give Tax Breaks To Billionaires April 15, 2025 In an open letter to the American public, Senate Democrats emphasize that Republicans' plan to give tax breaks to billionaires will decimate funding for SNAP WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Booker, Castro, Jayapal Lead Over 100 Colleagues in Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) led 117 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Se more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Host Third Annual "Youth Chess Day" for Vermont Students BURLINGTON, Vt., April 16 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold his third annual Youth Chess Day for students grades 1-12 on Saturday, April 19 at Vermont State University in Randolph. Over the first two years of this event, more than 250 young Vermonters from across the state have come out to learn the game and  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Courtney, DeLauro, Hayes, 171 Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Raise Minimum Wage To $17 By 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders Statement on Trump's Illegal Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia BURLINGTON, Vt., April 14 - In an Oval Office meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, President Trump failed to demand the release of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly deported from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the follo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Statement on Trump Detaining Mohsen Mahdawi BURLINGTON, Vt., April 14 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) today released the following statement on the illegal detention of Mohsen Mahdawi by the Trump Administration: Earlier today, Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont, walked into an immigration office fo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Condemn Trump's Illegal and Unprecedented Invocation of Alien Enemies Act, Demand Answers About Deportees Lawmakers to Trump: "The government should not be able to falsely accuse individuals in the United States, including U.S. citizens, of gang membership and send them to foreign prisons without any judicial review or remedy" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration and DOGE Stop Their Attacks on Social Security WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ahead of today's Social Security Day of Action, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined 20 Senators in calling on the Trump Administration and the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) to stop their attacks on Social Security. The letter comes in the wake of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Brown, Sen. Murray Lead Members in Letter Urging Secretary Chavez-DeRemer to Abandon Plans to Dismantle OFCCP Amid Reports DOL Plans to Slash Staff By 90 Percent, Shutter Local Offices 40 Members call on Trump admin to reverse course on plans to dismantle agency charged with combating illegal employment discrimination ahead of April 14th "fork in the road" deadline Washington, D.C. -- Represent more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Corruption Risks from Trump's Chaotic Tariff Scheme Over 45 lawmakers sound alarms about possible illicit payments, influence-peddling, insider trading WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 17, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) joined her Democratic colleagues in writing to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders, Welch, Balint Statement on Trump Detaining Mohsen Mahdawi BURLINGTON, Vt. - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) today released the following statement on the illegal detention of Mohsen Mahdawi by the Trump Administration: "Earlier today, Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont, walked into an immigration office for what was suppose more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders, Welch, Balint Statement on Trump Detaining Mohsen Mahdawi Burlington, VT - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) today released the following statement on the illegal detention of Mohsen Mahdawi by the Trump Administration: Earlier today, Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont, walked into an immigration office for what was supposed more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats Warn About Republicans Raising Food Costs to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from hungry families in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. After prom more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Expand Telehealth Access WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Angus King, and a bipartisan group of 58 senators introduced legislation to expand telehealth access in Maine and across the country. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act would permanently expand coverag more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Expand Telehealth Access WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Angus King, and a bipartisan group of 58 senators introduced legislation to expand telehealth access in Maine and across the country. The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act would permanently expand covera more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Sanchez, Chu Lead Democrats in Raising Concerns about Corruption Risks from Trump Chaotic Tariff Scheme Over 45 lawmakers sound alarms about possible illicit payments, influence-peddling, insider trading Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, along with Represen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Credit Card Interest Rate Caps Are Government Price Controls That Would Reduce Consumer Access to Deeply Valued Financial Tool WASHINGTON, D.C. - As lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate recently voted to overturn government price controls on overdraft services, legislation introduced by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cor more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Sanders Demand Answers from Trump Administration Over Mass Layoffs that Threaten the Wellbeing of Children and Families In Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy, Senate Finance Ranking Member and HELP Ranking Member Express Concern that Mass Firings Hurt Kids and are Setting Stage for Congressional Republicans to Cut Essential Human Service Programs Wash more PR