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The Democratic Socialists of America decided Thursday it will not expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman from its organization after debating whether he was too sympathetic towards Israel.

There is a US bill currently being considered by Congress that has the opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the health of our children and the planet

Was that my district is adjacent to representative bowmans and this began to frankly just really become quite contentious in our community in part due to the disingenuous messaging both parties were advancing. you are correct in that this funding was in addition to the already fully funded dome but democratic leadership decided to run with the narrative that this was in fact to vote against it was to defund the iron dome which sent many of our constituents into a panic. they called this vote. th...

States, if you want funding for any sort of domestic priority, it must go through what feels like 80 different committee hearings, markups, et cetera. in fact, earlier that week leadership attempted to kind of slip in an extra billion dollars into routine legislation and i was part of the democrats that have helped to remove it because this is contentious. now what became very difficult during the course of the week was that, you know, my district is adjacent to representative bowmans and this b...

Joining me now is democratic representative jamaal bowman. his congressional districts includes parts of the bronx and westchester county. hes a member of the progressive caucus and house chair of the labor committee and a great friend of our show. representative bowman, good morning to you. thank you for being with us. help me with this thesis that the conversation about 3.5 trillion, and 2.5 trillion and 1.5 trillion, a, goes over everybodys heads and doesnt speak to what youre trying to buy. ...

27 Jun 2021 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) doubled down on defunding police this week, asserting the crime surge is just “hysteria” and that making “responsible decisions about what [funds] to allocate” away from police departments is “important.” “We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases,” she explained about a recent New York Times headline about surging crime: Now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much. But I also want to ma...