Democratic Socialists decide against expelling 'Squad' ally in Congress
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.
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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.
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Was that my district is adjacent to representative bowman's 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. they scheduled the vote two hours, they called the vote two hours after it was announced that it was ...
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 bowman's and this began to frankly just really become quite contentious in our community in part due to the disingenuo...
Joining me now is democratic representative jamaal bowman. his congressional districts includes parts of the bronx and westchester county. he's 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 everybody's heads and doesn't speak to what you're trying to buy. if somebody wants to sell me something i need to know what value i'm getting from that thing. i ...