The Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC)s it is thrilled that, for the first time since it was enacted, the Young Fishermen’s Development Act (YFDA) has received federal funding. Congress has directed $1,000,000 to fund YFDA in the recently passed $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). The FCC thanks House and Senate champions […]
“The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the 3rd District must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,” said a local Republican district attorney. “No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.” A Long Island prosecutor on Wednesday launched an investigation […]
“No person is above the law, not even a president of the United States.” After an hourslong debate behind closed doors on Tuesday, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-16 along party lines to publicly release six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Democrats on the committee supported sending a panel report related […]
“MAGA extremists in Congress are dusting off an old conservative playbook for when they seize power,” said one progressive watchdog. The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.7 trillion government funding package to avert a partial shutdown, but not before hearing the vocal objections of far-right Republicans who have signaled their plans to […]