WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in unveiling the For Our Republic Act, a comprehensive legislative package to fight back against President Trump's aggressive authoritarian takeover of American democracy. Among many priorities, the new legislation includes Senator Duckworth's Inspectors General Independence Act (https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-introduces-bill-to-maintain-integrity-of-independent-government-watchdogswrt), which would prevent Donald Trump and future Presidents from appointing their own political allies to serve in the Administration's "independ...