WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and his colleagues in the Senate have received dozens of endorsements through petitions and letters in support of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act introduced on May 6, 2014, which would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Five million dollars to help eliminate the national rape kit backlog that Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) secured in the House-passed Fiscal Year 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill was approved by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday morning, June 5. With the $5 million added through an amendment authored by
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USARYE BROOK, NY (Press Release) – Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today was joined by representatives from the state Attorney General’s office and the Westchester District Attorney’s Office at the Anthony J. Posillipo Community Center in Rye Brook to warn senior citizens, caretakers, and families about the spike in
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) on Thursday, June 5, reached a bipartisan agreement to improve veterans’ access to health care and address serious problems facing the Department of Veterans Affairs. “While this is not the bill that I would have written, we
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –General Motors announced the results on Thurday, June 5, of its internal report on ignition failures. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) issued the following statement in response to the announcement: “The internal report released today on the General Motors ignition switch defect is very troubling. It shows that the company, through
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to heed public outcry and give significant weight to the tens of thousands of comments filed by the public in support of net neutrality, many of whom are his New York constituents. In a letter to FCC Chairman Tom
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – In ceremonies at Omaha Beach and Sword Beach in Normandy, U.S. Rep. Susan A. Davis (D-California) will pay tribute to World War II veterans, including her father who served in the European theater, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. “I take personal pride and feel
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and John McCain (R-Arizona ) on Wednesday, June 4, pressed the agency to eliminate its sports blackout rule in 60 days. The comment period on the proposed regulations to eliminate the FCC’s sports blackout
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday, June 4, about the pressing need to help students finish college without crushing student loans. The text of his speech follows: Mr. President, in the fall of last year, Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, made an announcement that
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) placed a friendly wager with his colleague U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), over the 2014 Stanley Cup Final between the Rangers and the Kings, set to start the evening of June 4. Schumer wagered a case of Brooklyn Lager beer and soft pretzels from a
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Sports & Competitions, USA
BOCA RATON, Florida (Press Release)–A mother will do just about anything to protect her child. Nothing could illustrate that more than the story of Arlene Feinberg, a mother who led the charge to find a bone marrow donor for her son Jay, who had been diagnosed with leukemia. She was a pioneer recruiting volunteer donors
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – A measure calling for the boycott of Israeli academics, first introduced at the Modern Language Association’s convention in Chicago last January, has failed to muster the minimum required for ratification, the MLA reported on Wednesday, June 4. The American Jewish Committtee (AJC) welcomed the rejection of what it called” a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
WARSAW, Poland (Press Release)– U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday, June 3, a billion dollar initiative to assure U.S. allies in NATO that it will stand with them in the event of military challenge. He made this statement during a joint appearance with Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski. Following are President Obama’s remarks, as excerpted
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan), made the following statement on Tuesday, June 3: “A number of questions have been raised about the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner exchange and the congressional notification requirement. We received a detailed classified notification from the Secretary of Defense that satisfies the many substantive
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International, USA