Category: Congress
The Sanchez Valle decision might not have changed ...
Posted by Thomas Cole | Aug 4, 2022 | Congress, Courts, Headlines, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
Puerto Rico Status Act passes committee, but faces...
Posted by Aamir Jamil | Jul 28, 2022 | Congress, Headlines, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
Consensus in the US House: Puerto Rico Status Act ...
Posted by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 19, 2022 | Congress, Headlines, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
Justices suggest that Congress has leeway to exclu...
Posted by SCOTUSblog | Nov 10, 2021 | Congress, Courts, Headlines, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
The Northern Mariana Islands added the US House’s ...
Posted by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 4, 2018 | Congress, Context of islands, Headlines | 0 |
Northern Mariana Islands and Guam territorial delegates push for stronger support for veterans and caregivers
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 21, 2025 | Congress, Federal Government, Guam, Military, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
Two delegates representing United States territories have introduced new legislation aimed at...
Read MoreByul An wins 2025 Congressional Art Competition in the Northern Mariana Islands
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 8, 2025 | Civic and Community Engagement, Congress, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
Byul An, a student at Saipan Southern High School, has been selected as the Northern Mariana...
Read MoreAmata Coleman Radewagen joins push to remove Medicaid caps for US territories
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 7, 2025 | Congress | 0 |
Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) of American Samoa has cosponsored new bipartisan legislation...
Read MorePacific territories’ role in national security discussed in US House subcommittee hearing
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Mar 10, 2025 | American Samoa, Congress, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
American Samoa Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) recently took part in an oversight hearing of...
Read MorePuerto Rico Resident Commissioner criticizes statehood lobbying efforts citing questionable numbers
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Mar 4, 2025 | Congress, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
From the floor of the United States House of Representatives, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner,...
Read MoreNorthern Mariana Islands Delegate King-Hinds joins Congressional Hispanic Conference in urging Speaker Johnson not to cut essential program funding
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Feb 24, 2025 | Congress, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R) of the Northern Mariana Islands recently joined members of the...
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#TBT: February 13, 2025
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Feb 13, 2025 | Congress, History, United States Virgin Islands | 0 |
On February 25, 1927, the United States Congress passed S 2770, an act to confer United States...
Read MoreRadewagen-backed forestry bill passed by US House
by William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jan 27, 2025 | Congress | 0 |
Delegate Uifa’atali Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) of American Samoa welcomed the United States House...
Read MoreSablan re-introduces Insular Mid-decade Census Act
by Bryce Leiberman | Nov 20, 2024 | American Samoa, Congress, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands | 0 |
On October 27, 2024, Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D) of the Northern Mariana Islands...
Read MoreUS House Committee on Natural Resources holds hearing on Puerto Rico’s electrical grid
by Bryce Leiberman | Nov 1, 2024 | Congress, Puerto Rico | 0 |
“It has been seven years since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, yet Puerto Ricans continue to suffer...
Read MoreUS House committee moves to curtail drug usage and transport in the Caribbean
by Ellie Keum | Oct 18, 2024 | Congress, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands | 0 |
On September 18, the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability passed the...
Read MoreClash between conservation and culture over NOAA reclassification of Guam giant clams
by Bryce Leiberman | Sep 24, 2024 | Congress, Federal Government, Guam, Science and Environment | 0 |
A recent proposal from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed six...
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