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July 13, 2023 Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2023 Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty Rep. Ayanna Pressley
April 15, 2022 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Cotton Demands Answers from DOJ About Reversal in Death Penalty Case Sen. Tom Cotton
March 4, 2022 Pressley Statement on Supreme Court's Reinstatement of Death Penalty Rep. Ayanna Pressley
Aug. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Bush Leads House Colleagues in Urging Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty Rep. Cori Bush, ...
Aug. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pressley, Espaillat, Colleagues Urge Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty Rep. Ayanna Pressley, ...
July 1, 2021 Statement from Rep. Pressley on DOJ Moratorium on Federal Executions Rep. Ayanna Pressley
May 12, 2021 Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2021 Congressman Gooden Sponsors Legislation to Allow Death Penalty for Cop-Killers Rep. Lance Gooden
March 9, 2021 Cotton, Herrell Bill Allows Death Penalty for Cop-Killers Sen. Tom Cotton, ...
Jan. 22, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer Urges President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences Rep. Juan Vargas, ...
Jan. 22, 2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Bush, Pressley Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences Rep. Haley Stevens, ...
Jan. 19, 2021 Calling for the Abolition of the Federal Death Penalty Rep. Haley Stevens
Jan. 12, 2021 Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty Rep. Ayanna Pressley, ...
Dec. 22, 2020 Brown, Colleagues Request Investigation of Trump Administration's Unprecedented Spree of Federal Executions Sen. Sherrod Brown
Dec. 9, 2020 Senators Booker and Durbin call for President Trump to issue a commutation reducing the sentence of Brandon Bernard, who is scheduled to be executed this Thursday, December 10 Sen. Cory Booker
Nov. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:" Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 13, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period Sen. Cory Booker, ...
July 14, 2020 Letter to Thomas Kupiec, Chief Executive Officer of ARL Bio Pharma, Stephen Arpie, Director of Absolute Standards Inc., Michael Pruett, Co-Chief Executive Officer of DynaLabs LLC, and Ross Caputo, President of Eagle Analytical Services Inc. - Raskin, Pressley Condemn Federal Execution, Demand Documents on Pentobarbital Rep. Jamie Raskin
Dec. 6, 2019 Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer Sen. Tom Cotton
Oct. 29, 2019 Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2019 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Raskin's Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions Rep. Jamie Raskin
Aug. 14, 2019 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons - Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions Rep. Ayanna Pressley
July 31, 2019 Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2019 Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty Sen. Tim Kaine, ...
July 26, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019 Rep. Adriano Espaillat
July 25, 2019 Bass, Nadler Statement on DOJ Reinstating the Federal Death Penalty Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2019 Congressman Biggs' Statement on DOJ's Announcement on Capital Punishment Rep. Andy Biggs
July 25, 2019 Watson Coleman on Justice Department's Decision to Resume Executions Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
July 25, 2019 Cotton Statement on Restoration of Federal Death Penalty Sen. Tom Cotton
June 26, 2019 Sen. Cruz: "Brunei's Sharia Penal Code Is Inhumane and Immoral, and This Vote Is an Important Statement That the Senate Is United Against These Human Rights Violations' Sen. Ted Cruz
March 13, 2019 Congresswoman Lee Statement on Governor Newsom's Executive Order Halting Use of the Death Penalty in California Rep. Barbara Lee
May 18, 2017 I Voted No on the Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115) Rep. Dwight Evans
May 18, 2017 Just Now: House Passes Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Rep. Vern Buchanan
May 16, 2017 Daines Introduces Back the Blue Act Sen. Steve Daines
April 27, 2017 Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Passes Key Committee Rep. Vern Buchanan, ...
Jan. 10, 2017 Buchanan Urges Crackdown on Cop Killers after Orlando Shooting Rep. Vern Buchanan
April 27, 2016 Matsui-Johnson DXM Abuse Prevention Act Passes as Part of Energy & Commerce Committee Action on Substance Abuse Crisis Rep. Doris Matsui, ...
April 20, 2016 War on Drugs Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Dec. 7, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Statement on Capital Punishment Sen. Pete Ricketts
Nov. 19, 2015 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Executive Business Meeting Sen. Chuck Grassley
Oct. 30, 2015 Sanders Statement on Criminal Justice Reform Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2015 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Sen. Chuck Grassley
May 27, 2015 Nebraskans React to Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Vetoes Death Penalty Repeal Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Condemns the Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 20, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Statement for Senators Ahead of Death Penalty Vote Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 19, 2015 Crime and Punishment Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 15, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Reacts to the Legislature's Vote to Advance the Death Penalty Repeal Sen. Pete Ricketts
May 14, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Announces Purchase of Death Penalty Drugs Sen. Pete Ricketts
Date Title Politician
July 13, 2023 Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2023 Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty Rep.Ayanna Pressley
April 15, 2022 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Cotton Demands Answers from DOJ About Reversal in Death Penalty Case Sen.Tom Cotton
March 4, 2022 Pressley Statement on Supreme Court's Reinstatement of Death Penalty Rep.Ayanna Pressley
Aug. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Bush Leads House Colleagues in Urging Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty Rep.Cori Bush, ...
Aug. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pressley, Espaillat, Colleagues Urge Department of Justice to Stop Seeking Death Penalty Rep.Ayanna Pressley, ...
July 1, 2021 Statement from Rep. Pressley on DOJ Moratorium on Federal Executions Rep.Ayanna Pressley
May 12, 2021 Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2021 Congressman Gooden Sponsors Legislation to Allow Death Penalty for Cop-Killers Rep.Lance Gooden
March 9, 2021 Cotton, Herrell Bill Allows Death Penalty for Cop-Killers Sen.Tom Cotton, ...
Jan. 22, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer Urges President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences Rep.Juan Vargas, ...
Jan. 22, 2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Bush, Pressley Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Row Sentences Rep.Haley Stevens, ...
Jan. 19, 2021 Calling for the Abolition of the Federal Death Penalty Rep.Haley Stevens
Jan. 12, 2021 Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty Rep.Ayanna Pressley, ...
Dec. 22, 2020 Brown, Colleagues Request Investigation of Trump Administration's Unprecedented Spree of Federal Executions Sen.Sherrod Brown
Dec. 9, 2020 Senators Booker and Durbin call for President Trump to issue a commutation reducing the sentence of Brandon Bernard, who is scheduled to be executed this Thursday, December 10 Sen.Cory Booker
Nov. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:" Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 13, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period Sen.Cory Booker, ...
July 14, 2020 Letter to Thomas Kupiec, Chief Executive Officer of ARL Bio Pharma, Stephen Arpie, Director of Absolute Standards Inc., Michael Pruett, Co-Chief Executive Officer of DynaLabs LLC, and Ross Caputo, President of Eagle Analytical Services Inc. - Raskin, Pressley Condemn Federal Execution, Demand Documents on Pentobarbital Rep.Jamie Raskin
Dec. 6, 2019 Cotton Statement on Further Delay of Death Penalty for White Supremacist and Murderer Sen.Tom Cotton
Oct. 29, 2019 Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 14, 2019 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - Raskin's Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions Rep.Jamie Raskin
Aug. 14, 2019 Letter to Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons - Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration's Decision to Resume Federal Executions Rep.Ayanna Pressley
July 31, 2019 Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2019 Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty Sen.Tim Kaine, ...
July 26, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2019 Rep.Adriano Espaillat
July 25, 2019 Bass, Nadler Statement on DOJ Reinstating the Federal Death Penalty Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2019 Congressman Biggs' Statement on DOJ's Announcement on Capital Punishment Rep.Andy Biggs
July 25, 2019 Watson Coleman on Justice Department's Decision to Resume Executions Rep.Bonnie Watson Coleman
July 25, 2019 Cotton Statement on Restoration of Federal Death Penalty Sen.Tom Cotton
June 26, 2019 Sen. Cruz: "Brunei's Sharia Penal Code Is Inhumane and Immoral, and This Vote Is an Important Statement That the Senate Is United Against These Human Rights Violations' Sen.Ted Cruz
March 13, 2019 Congresswoman Lee Statement on Governor Newsom's Executive Order Halting Use of the Death Penalty in California Rep.Barbara Lee
May 18, 2017 I Voted No on the Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115) Rep.Dwight Evans
May 18, 2017 Just Now: House Passes Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Rep.Vern Buchanan
May 16, 2017 Daines Introduces Back the Blue Act Sen.Steve Daines
April 27, 2017 Buchanan's Thin Blue Line Act Passes Key Committee Rep.Vern Buchanan, ...
Jan. 10, 2017 Buchanan Urges Crackdown on Cop Killers after Orlando Shooting Rep.Vern Buchanan
April 27, 2016 Matsui-Johnson DXM Abuse Prevention Act Passes as Part of Energy & Commerce Committee Action on Substance Abuse Crisis Rep.Doris Matsui, ...
April 20, 2016 War on Drugs Rep.Earl Blumenauer
Dec. 7, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Statement on Capital Punishment Sen.Pete Ricketts
Nov. 19, 2015 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Executive Business Meeting Sen.Chuck Grassley
Oct. 30, 2015 Sanders Statement on Criminal Justice Reform Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2015 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Sen.Chuck Grassley
May 27, 2015 Nebraskans React to Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Vetoes Death Penalty Repeal Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 27, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Condemns the Legislature's Decision to Repeal the Death Penalty Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 20, 2015 Gov. Ricketts' Statement for Senators Ahead of Death Penalty Vote Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 19, 2015 Crime and Punishment Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 15, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Reacts to the Legislature's Vote to Advance the Death Penalty Repeal Sen.Pete Ricketts
May 14, 2015 Gov. Ricketts Announces Purchase of Death Penalty Drugs Sen.Pete Ricketts
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