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Five senior House Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration fork over documents regarding the decision to scrap the plan to relocate the FBI headquarters from downtown Washington, D.C., to the suburbs. The Democrats — U.S. Reps.
TRY TO IMAGINE for a moment a declaration from Congress to the effect that safeguarding the environment is important, that the effects of pollution on the environment ought to be monitored, and that special care should be taken to protect particularly vulnerable and marginalized communities from toxic waste. So far, so good!
Michigan's congressional delegation voted Thursday in favor of a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hate after statements on Israel made by freshman U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota that critics called anti-Semitic.
SPOTTED at a reception Tuesday night hosted by U.N. Women, the United Nations Foundation, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security to honor leading congressional women in foreign policy: award recipients Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Rep.
Tensions between House Democrats spilled into public Wednesday as members debated whether the House should pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. The resolution came in response to recent comments by freshman Rep.
As February’s Black History Month was exiting to make way for March’s Women’s History Month last week, I sent up three cheers for the unbowed African-American women of the U.S. House of Representatives. They stood tall among the members of the oversight committee who heard testimony from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and convicted felon Michael Cohen.
On calling out racism: “When a white man once posed to Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, ‘I don’t want to be called a racist,’ her response was a simple one; ‘Then don’t do racist things... (or) ...
President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee last week. Whether he told the truth this time we cannot say. That will become clearer as more evidence emerges. What we can say is that Cohen’s testimony contained at least one true assessment: America does not have a president but a mob boss.
Two members of Congress, Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., introduced a resolution calling for ethical standards to guide the field of artificial intelligence. H.RES.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan submitted the department's strategy for establishing Space Force as a standalone military branch to Congress, Space News reported Thursday. Reps.