Tag Archives: Jeanne Shaheen

Democratic Senators have written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging him to include funding for domestic violence and sexual assault programs in the upcoming reconciliation package bill. “At a time when incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault have sharply increased, additional funding for these programs is critical,” …

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, alongside U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The military justice reform bill would …

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. Many Republicans are condemning the president’s plan because they believe that it’s not the right time to remove the troops. “Precipitously withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan …