WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) — U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) co-sponsored the Social Security and Marriage Equality (SAME) Act of 2014 to make sure all legal marriages are treated equally by the Social Security Administration (SSA).  The bill would ensure that same-sex spouses receive the same spousal benefits afforded to married, heterosexual couples. Because the Social […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In a Senate floor speech today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) read some of the more than 19,000 comments that consumers sent through his Senate website to the Federal Communications Commission demanding a free and open Internet. Sanders also urged President Barack Obama to reassert his support for net neutrality, a stand

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A group of 14 senators on Tuesday, May 20,  introduced legislation to tighten rules on corporate tax avoidance through “inversion,” the practice of reincorporating offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014 is designed to prevent the loss of billions of dollars in revenue through a