Some progressive lawmakers demand President Biden take a tougher stance against the Israeli government amid escalating violence against the Palestinians; Chad Pergram reports.
The progressive Squad is flexing its muscle and revealing just how slim Speaker Nancy Pelosi s Democratic majority stands in the House.
The left-wing Democrats almost torpedoed $1.9 billion in additional Capitol security funding last week over concerns of giving police more money. The progressives threatened to unravel police reform compromise legislation if it doesn t end qualified immunity. And more Democratic fissures were on display last week over U.S. support for Israel during the deadly 11-day Gaza conflict.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will traveled to Rowesville, S.C., today, May 24, where he joined House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C, to tour the farm of Nathaniel Rhoads and discuss the Biden administration’s May 21 announcement that USDA is set to provide debt relief to socially disadvantaged borrowers as directed by the American Rescue Plan Act.
The trip to South Carolina followed a visit Vilsack made to Fort Valley, Ga., on May 21, where he joined Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Sanford Bishop, and state Rep. Calvin Smyre, all Georgia Democrats, to explain the program to farmers.
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) became the sixth House member to be issued a $5,000 fine for failing to complete a security screening before entering the House chamber last week, the House Ethics Committee revealed on Monday.The Capitol Police report filed with the fine notification states that Smucker entered the House chamber without undergoing a security screening last Wednesday, even though a police officer on duty tried to get his attention..
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Sen. Cory Booker (R-N.J.) on Sunday said lawmakers are "making meaningful progress" in police reform negotiations, adding that he remains focused on eliminating qualified immunity."We're making meaningful progress and I'm committed. We have to have a nation where we end what I think has been a more revealed anguish and agony of many Americans," Booker told host Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union."During the interview, Bash played a clip of.