Month: September 2020

As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week unveiled legislation to shore up the Affordable Care Act, Medicare for All supporters made the economic, political, and moral case that Democrats should go all the way for single-payer instead of pushing incremental change. “The incremental reform that I support is phasing in Medicare for All.” —Sen. Bernie…

Three prominent Massachusetts Democrats will join community and labor leaders in Boston Thursday night to kick off the youth-led Sunrise Movement’s 250-city Road to a Green New Deal Tour. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, are among many politicians and activists slated to speak at the tour’s eight major stops…

This is a developing story. Check back for updates… With the House set to vote on the Save the Internet Act as early as Tuesday afternoon, Fight for the Future is livestreaming debate on the legislation and the final vote to ensure lawmakers know the “whole internet is watching” as they decide whether to restore…

Amid news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller objected to how Attorney General William Barr presented the findings of the Russia probe, Democrats on Tuesday demanded an immediate investigation into Barr’s “possible effort to mislead the public.” “This was a giant cover up and we cannot stand for this deception” —Rep. Pramila Jayapal As the Washington…

At President Donald Trump’s request, White House officials reportedly asked Don McGahn—the president’s former counsel and a key witness in the Mueller report—to say publicly that Trump never obstructed justice. According to the New York Times, which cited two anonymous individuals briefed on the request, the White House asked McGahn to make a public statement…

Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration’s immigrant detention centers as “concentration camps” does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of the thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. Grassroots group Never Again Action called for all detention…

Rep. Keith EllisonKeith Maurice EllisonThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Officer charged in Floyd’s death considered guilty plea before talks fell apart: report Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger…

Three statewide races in Florida are heading for recounts after a key deadline for county election officials to submit unofficial vote tallies came and went Saturday. The first round of machine recounts, which must be completed by Thursday, sets up a bitter fight to the finish in Florida’s races for Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner. It also…

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Rep.-elect Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho-01) DATE OF BIRTH: March 9, 1962RESIDENCE: Meridian, IdahoOCCUPATION: BusinessmanEDUCATION: B.A., M.B.A., Boise State UniversityFAMILY: Wife, Kara; two daughters, one son Russ Fulcher is keeping Idaho’s 1st Congressional District red with his election over Democrat Cristina McNeil. ADVERTISEMENT Fulcher will be replacing Rep. Raúl Labrador, who gave up his seat in Congress…