Press Releases
No Labels Applauds Reid For Endorsing Filibuster Reform
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor to call for fixes to the filibuster, adding his voice to a growing reform movement. There have been 100 filibusters in the Senate in the last two years alone.
92% of Maine Voters Join Snowe, Michaud and King in Supporting No Labels’ No Budget, No Pay Act
Today No Labels released the results of a poll of Maine voters showing 92 percent support for the No Budget, No Pay Act. The No Budget, No Pay Act (H.R. 3634/S. 1981) – which is co-sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe and Rep. Mike Michaud and supported by independent Senate candidate Angus King – would withhold congressional pay if members of Congress fail to pass a joint budget and spending bills on time.
Former Senator George Voinovich to Discuss Solutions to Broken Budget Process with No Labels Community
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. eastern time, former Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) will conduct a town hall teleconference with No Labels supporters to discuss solutions to the nation’s dysfunctional budget process, including No Labels’ No Budget, No Pay reform proposal.
No Labels to Host Discussion with Independent U.S. Senate Candidate Angus King and Eliot Cutler on How to Fix a Broken Congress
On Friday, April 27 at 5:30 p.m at the University of New England’s Portland Campus, No Labels, the grassroots movement of more than half a million Republicans, Democrats and independents dedicated to making government work again, will host a panel on ways to fix gridlock and hyper-partisanship in Congress.
Senator John Kerry to Discuss National Infrastructure Bank and Other Solutions with No Labels Community
Tomorrow, Thursday April 19 at 12 p.m. eastern time, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) will conduct a town hall teleconference with tens of thousands of No Labels supporters across America to discuss the urgent need to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Please email press@nolabels.org or call (202) 588-1990 for dial-in information.
Governor Mitch Daniels to Discuss “The Most Predictable Crisis” with No Labels Community
On Tuesday, March 13 at 11 a.m. eastern time, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will conduct a town hall teleconference with No Labels members across America to discuss the dire state of America’s finances and ways to fix the current budget crisis. Please email press@nolabels.org for dial-in information.
Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on No Labels’ No Budget, No Pay Bill
On Wednesday, March 14 at 10 a.m. ET in 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony on the No Budget, No Pay Act and other reforms from the No Labels Make Congress Work! action plan in a hearing entitled “Raising the Bar for Congress: Reform Proposals for the 21st Century.”
Blue Dog Coalition Endorses No Labels No Budget, No Pay Act
The Democratic Blue Dog Coalition today endorsed the No Labels No Budget, No Pay Act (H.R. 3643). The bill ceases pay for members of Congress if they fail to pass all appropriations bills and the budget on time.
Snowe’s Retirement Further Proof Congress Is Broken
“No Labels shares Senator Snowe’s frustration with the polarization and gridlock that is gripping Capitol Hill,” said No Labels co-founder Mark McKinnon. “Too many competent legislators have retired from Congress for the same reason as Senator Snowe. They’re sick and tired of being trapped in a rotten system.”
Start the Clock: Broken Budget Process Points to Systemic Dysfunction in Congress
With the expected release of the President’s budget this coming Monday, No Labels today ran a full-page ad in the The New York Times, and sent a letter to congressional leadership calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan No Budget, No Pay Act .
