Tag: House of Representatives
‘Now the Senate must act’: Progressives applaud House passage of John...
“As long as we let the filibuster stand, this necessary bill will be stuck in the Senate,” warned Congresswoman Jayapal. “It’s your right to vote or the filibuster.”
Rep. Madeleine Dean won’t get my vote for re-election
I’ve learned first-hand that she lacks the kind of courage and fire that a real progressive must have.
House passes $740 billion defense bill amid the major struggles of...
“In the midst of a pandemic—as people across the country struggle to make rent, to pay their bills, to survive a deadly disease—it should be unthinkable.”
If you’re innocent, not guilty, why would you need to obstruct,...
We’ll see just what kind of America that they want to live in, one in which the rule of law and the Constitution will still prevail, or one in which they both will become meaningless, irrelevant.
“Meltdown”: Trump defends Syria withdrawal as house votes 354 to 60...
As the displacement of 300,000 civilians over Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas continues in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday...
‘Hocus-Pocus process:’ Pelosi drug pricing bill criticized for going too easy...
"There is also nothing as yet to prevent HHS from simply negotiating bad deals that do not meaningfully lower drug prices."
The House has gone democratic. Can the House now go bold?
That all depends – on their eagerness to think big and bold, on their willingness to challenge the concentrated wealth and power that’s keeping things from changing.
What Joe Crowley’s defeat has to do with Democratic Party ‘superdelegates’
The defeat of Crowley shows how grass-roots movements can prevail against the corporate establishment and its vast quantities of cash.
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
Senate saves net neutrality, now onto the House
“Today’s vote is a sign that the fight for internet freedom is far from over."
POPULAR
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.