Tag: House
Ocasio-Cortez calls for furlough of congressional pay next shutdown
“Have some integrity,” she added, calling for salaries to be furloughed for the next shutdown.
‘Turns out,’ says Ocasio-Cortez, ‘everyday people like it when we fight...
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the simple political concept that when you push for policies that are good for a majority of people, a majority of people like it.
If Democrats fracture, this will be the fault line
What we do have: a clear fault line within the ranks of those who seek to shape the party’s future.
‘Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where’s labor? Activists?’ Tlaib...
"Democratic leadership signs off on these events. The new class isn't having it."
18 House Democrats have yet to sign the congressional resolution to...
"These Democrats have no excuse: their constituents want them to support real net neutrality and the entire rest of their party has already done so."
Progressives outraged as House Democrats elect ‘big money’ centrist Hakeem Jeffries...
"Our caucus today denied Barbara Lee the honor she deserved of being Chair. But the petty politics of members of Congress will never be able to deny her her place in history. She towers above those who rejected her."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s push for a Green New Deal is not just...
By shining a spotlight on what would normally be an internal process decision, Ocasio-Cortez has turned the Green New Deal Committee creation into a referendum on the populist progressive agenda.
Labor’s challenge to the new Democrats in Congress
Far too many so-called representatives of the people forget the working men and women who volunteered their valuable time to canvass and call and convince for them.
Blocking a Medicare payroll tax rise could rule out Medicare For...
Now that Democrats have won control of one house of Congress, we are already starting to see how flawed and disingenuous a bunch of people they really are. It’s not a pretty sight.
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.
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.