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Whitehouse, Reed Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (243+ words) Democrats declare Trump's Postmaster General mail ballots threat to be blatantly illegal U. S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are teaming up with Senate Democratic colleagues in sounding the alarm and demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) abandon…...
Whitehouse & Reed Seek to Reverse Trump Denial of OT Pay for More Middle-Class Workers, Including Salaried Employees
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (310+ words) The Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026 would raise the salary threshold for overtime pay & help more RI workers earn bigger paychecks The U. S. Senators say that workers who go above and beyond and work longer hours deserve to be fairly compensated....
During Police Week, Bipartisan Whitehouse Bill to Improve Commander-Level Police Training Passes Out of Committee
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (192+ words) Promoting Police Leadership Act'will provide more training opportunities for the police leaders who run day-to-day operations and improve community relations The Promoting Police Leadership Act has strong support from Rhode Island's law enforcement community. While the law enforcement profession requires…...
Whitehouse & Reed Join Colleagues to Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over Trump's Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (865+ words) U. S. Senate (. gov) Whitehouse & Reed Join Colleagues to Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over Trump's Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting WASHINGTON, DC " U. S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U. S. Senators…...
Whitehouse & Amo Unveil New Federally Funded Police Vehicles in Pawtucket
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (384+ words) U. S. Senate (. gov) Whitehouse & Amo Unveil New Federally Funded Police Vehicles in Pawtucket Pawtucket, RI " U. S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and U. S. Representative Gabe Amo today joined Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien, Police Chief Tina Goncalves, and Pawtucket city officials at Slater Park to unveil…...
Reed, Whitehouse Seek to Make It Easier for RIers to do Their Taxes & Reverse Trump's Cancellation of Direct File
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (843+ words) RI's U. S. Senators seek to ensure free, reliable tax filing option is available for those who need it & are backing the Direct File Act to reverse Trump's decision to cancel the time and money saving Direct File program WASHINGTON, DC " Noting…...
Whitehouse Celebrates as First Revolution Wind Power Connects to Rhode Island Grid
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) Providence, R. I. " U. S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, this morning'cheered the announcement by Orsted that the Revolution Wind Project connected its first power onto Rhode Island's power grid last night.' "Clean, affordable energy…...
Whitehouse Speech on Trump-Epstein-Russia Triangle Goes Viral
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1875+ words) Forty-eight-minute speech tops 2. 2 million views on Whitehouse's You Tube channel "It doesn't make sense that the President of the United States, who insists " insists " on being dominant in essentially every relationship, is so submissive to one person, and that one…...
Whitehouse, Pappas, and Colleagues Reintroduce Updated DISCLOSE Act to End Corrupting Influence of Dark Money in American Elections
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (379+ words) 186 Democrats join effort to empower voters and expose billionaire and special interest control over our government and courts Updated bill would require disclosure of payments made to digital influencers who promote a candidate and allow flexibility for disclosure on short…...
Whitehouse, Blumenthal Introduce Bicameral Bill to Restore Trump-Shuttered DOJ Transnational Crime Unit to Crack Down on Fentanyl
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (189+ words) AG Bondi shuttered DOJ's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces last year "The OCDETF program was a key tool America deployed in the "clash of civilizations' between American rule of law and international corruption." The Trump Department of Justice's decision…...