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Two of Michigan's 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives say they want to begin impeachment hearings. The rest of the representatives oppose impeachment, though most Democrats want to hold more investigative hearings into President Donald Trump's conduct during the campaign and in office. Oppose impeachment: Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield
Women’s March co-leader Linda Sarsour has come out swinging against the newly formed Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, citing the involvement of a Jewish GOP congressman. Ms. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American progressive activist, called the caucus a “joke” over the role of co-founder Rep.
Women’s March co-leader Linda Sarsour has come out swinging against the newly formed Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, citing the involvement of a Jewish GOP congressman. Ms. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American progressive activist, called the caucus a “joke” over the role of co-founder Rep.
Marijuana reform advocates scored two victories on Tuesday after a key congressional committee approved a spending bill that included a cannabis banking provision and excluded another rider that previously impeded legalization in the nation’s capital. The moves came in spite of impassioned objections from a handful of Republican lawmakers.
Its creation follows a January meeting with the American Jewish Committee’s National Leadership Council, where U.S. Rep.
Rep. Ilhan Omar plans to join a new bipartisan black-Jewish in caucus, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Three black and two Jewish members of the U.S. House launched the caucus on Monday, and will work to bring blacks and Jews together to back legislation against hate crimes and white supremacism. The current members include Reps.
Federal officials plan to audit federally funded demolition activities for the risk of contaminated soil in Michigan and Detroit. The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or SIGTARP, announced that it plans to update a 2017 review of oversight and technical requirements in Michigan's program at the request of Democratic U.S. Reps.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Min), on Wednesday announced she had joined the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations. Omar tweeted: “Last month, [Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Il)] and I joined together to talk about the common threat of white nationalism faced by Muslim, black and Jewish-Americans.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) plans to join a new congressional caucus aimed at bringing together blacks and Jews — a group that will include her frenemy Long Island Republican Lee Zeldin.
A newly formed Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus has an unlikely interested member in Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat repeatedly accused of anti-Semitism. Omar’s spokesman Jeremy Slevin confirmed to Jewish Insider on Thursday that she would be joining the bipartisan committee after she expressed an interest. She later clarified that she was not endorsing the “bigotry” of Rep.