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Pierluisi Invokes Obama Inaugural Speech to Announce Legislation

Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) announced this morning that he will reintroduce two bills tomorrow to advance equality for the territory of Puerto Rico.  His legislation seeks to create parity between U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Ricans and those who live in a state in two federal programs: Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).Read More »Pierluisi Invokes Obama Inaugural Speech to Announce Legislation

Puerto Rican Republican Party Reaches Out to House Leadership

The Republican Party of Puerto Rico is stepping up its outreach to the leadership of the House of Representative to urge action on the November Puerto Rican plebiscite.  Members of the Party will join a coalition of forces meeting in Washington today to advocate congressional action on the recent Puerto Rican vote for statehood.

Local Republican outreach to national leaders began immediately after the plebiscite, when party leaders contacted Speaker Boehner (R-OH), Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) through a letter noting the plebiscite results in favor of statehood as well as Republican support for Puerto Rican statehood over the years.  The letter explains:Read More »Puerto Rican Republican Party Reaches Out to House Leadership

Hoyer Fights to Give a Voice to All U.S. Citzens

The 113th Congress has passed a formal set of rules to govern debate and consideration of federal legislation, and for the second Congress in a row, delegates of the U.S. territories and District of Columbia will be denied a voice in the House of Representatives.  Roughly five million U.S. citizens who reside within the United States, fight in our wars and pay taxes will have no voting representation in the House and no presence at all in the Senate, where they lack Senators.Read More »Hoyer Fights to Give a Voice to All U.S. Citzens

From Australia to Estonia, All Eyes are on Congress

In late December, the Congressional Record reported a little noticed reminder of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Concurrent Resolution No. 67,

requesting the President and the Congress to respond diligently and effectively and to act on the demand of the people of Puerto Rico to admit the territory to the Union as a State; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.Read More »From Australia to Estonia, All Eyes are on Congress