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The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee typically is cordial, but there seems to be a rift between Republicans and Democrats. House Republicans walked out on a committee hearing on Tuesday because Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., denied suggested changes to a healthcare policy bill for women veterans that already had bipartisan support….
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the Democrats’ new ambitious measure–controlling drug pricing and making healthcare concerns a priority for 2020. The bill would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of up to 250 brand-name drugs in Medicare, according to The Washington Post. The measure is facing…
In a since-made-private Facebook post, Ohio representative Candice Keller blamed gay marriage and “drag queen advocates,” among a litany other things, for mass shootings. This weekend’s shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas were the 254th and 255th mass shootings this year in the U.S. A mass shooting is…
Michigan Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib’s words are being twisted into racism and anti-Semitism by House Republicans. Tlaib is one of the first two Muslim women in Congress and is a Palestinian refugee. In an interview with Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast published on Saturday, Tlaib was asked about her support for…
There are currently talks in President Donald Trump’s administration to implement new travel restrictions on people from countries with large numbers of citizens that tend to overstay short-term visas, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to top officials in the administration, there are many ideas being floated to try…
The commerce secretary, who is under fire for circumventing the required report to Congress, dodges explaining himself. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) continues to question a Republican agenda, which targets people of color and immigrants. During a hearing this week, before the House Oversight Committee, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was under fire by Democrats for…
Georgia State Sen. Nikema Williams, the first Black woman elected to lead the state’s Democratic party, was jailed last year for just standing among protesters at the state Capitol. Williams is now taking a stand to prevent the mistreatment of women of color by law enforcement. She was among more…
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is the latest Democrat to enter the race for president of the United States. Booker shared a video announcement on his Twitter page Friday morning, the first day of Black History Month. “We are better when we help each other,” Booker says. “I believe that…
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the “post-Millennial” generation, which are those born after 1996, “is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6-to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites.” The only population of youth that has grown substantially…
On Twitter, President Trump threatened to engage the military to guard the southern border of the Unites States. The warning came in light of over 3,000 migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala heading toward the U.S. border. Trump also threatened to cut all aid payments to the three countries…