Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats delay vote on anti-Semitism resolution to broaden language to include other types of bigotry
Ilhan Omar to resign [jwp-video n=”1″] Progressives rally Omar declined to answer reporters’ questions Tuesday.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: HR 1 vote, Cohen returns, senators seek info on Khashoggi, North Korea
HR 1, formally titled the For the People Act after Democrats’ 2018 campaign slogan, is a government overhaul package featuring changes to voting, campaign finance and ethics laws.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats ready ethics overhaul for floor vote this week
Republicans may push amendments that focus on keeping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting and on efforts that highlight the bill’s creation of a new optional 6-to-1 public matching system
Congress · 116th Congress
Liberal outside groups lobby for campaign finance overhaul
Advocates for H.R. 1 say they’re worried Republicans might employ such a tactic on the measure when it moves to the floor.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate confirms former coal lobbyist to lead EPA
Watch: Protesters interrupt confirmation hearing on Trump’s EPA pick [jwp-video n=”1″] Carol Browner, who led the EPA in the Clinton administration, was confirmed by voice vote.
Congress · 116th Congress
Michael Cohen testimony: 5 things to watch for as Trump fixer spills to Congress
Watch: Judiciary and oversight subpoena power, explained [jwp-video n=”1″] Here are five things to expect from Cohen’s public testimony on Wednesday: 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Eli Lilly chief executive escapes drug prices hearing
Type 1 diabetics cannot live without the medicine, but some have resorted to rationing their supply because they cannot afford the proper dose, which in some cases has resulted in death.
Congress · 116th Congress
Disgraced Rep. Ruben Kihuen tries to alter his sexual harassment record
House Rule XXIII, clauses 1 and 2, states that “a Member … of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House” and “shall adhere to the spirit and the letter
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
For the love of whiskey: How a distillery led Denver Riggleman to Congress
Watch: Riggleman still slings whiskey at his wife’s Virginia distillery [jwp-video n=”1″] Afterward, over glasses of whiskey, Riggleman explained why the same complex liquor laws and environmental
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate vote on abortion legislation fails to advance measure
ICYMI: Here Are the Top Upcoming Supreme Court Cases as Kavanaugh Takes His Seat on the Bench [jwp-video n=”1″]
Congress · 116th Congress
Expect a ‘prolonged fight’ over spending caps
In fact an agreement may not be reached until late in the year, some observers say, when it’s too late to get next year’s spending bills done in time for the start of the new budget year Oct. 1.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Frostpaw still can’t bear climate change
Trump: Green New Deal sounds like a ‘high school term paper that got a low mark’ [jwp-video n=”1″]
Congress · 116th Congress
The dead earmarks society
Flashback: Pelosi, Lewis and House Democrats unveil legislative agenda for 116th [jwp-video n=”1″] But it won’t be an easy sell to skeptical Americans, or to some of earmarks’ biggest opponents
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Progressives say Trump has no moral ground to call for Omar’s resignation
We look forward to her continued leadership in her committee and in the CPC. pic.twitter.com/hwsOw4XLNK — Progressive Caucus (@USProgressives) February 13, 2019var rcrdTwitter = 1; Trump alleged
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats could stymie nuclear arms race after US leaves pact
Also watch: Trump and Beto O’Rourke strike contrasting messages in dueling Texas rallies [jwp-video n=”1″] Most of the Senate’s Democratic presidential contenders have co-sponsored legislation
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump calls on Rep. Ilhan Omar to resign
Ilhan Omar to resign [jwp-video n=”1″] Omar received an avalanche of condemnation from members of Congress Monday for her tweet quoting the P.
Congress · 116th Congress
Ilhan Omar called ‘anti-Semitic’ for tweet criticizing pro-Israel lobby
https://t.co/KatcXJnZLV — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 10, 2019var rcrdTwitter = 1; Omar is one of the first Muslim women in history elected to Congress.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democratic leaders, chairmen criticize Omar for ‘anti-Semitic trope’
https://t.co/KatcXJnZLV — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 10, 2019var rcrdTwitter = 1; Omar’s tweets have been widely planned as an “anti-Semitic trope,” with Democratic leaders and committee chairmen
Congress · 116th Congress
The insiders: Roll Call’s people to watch in 2019
The second is cost effectively modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, a potentially $1 trillion undertaking.
Congress · 116th Congress
The change-makers: Roll Call’s people to watch in 2019
The organization had its biggest show of activism on Jan. 3, with more than 160 events nationwide supporting HR 1, the pro-democracy bill introduced by Democrats on their first day running the House.