Congress
Dems block McConnell $2 trillion COVID-19 bill: ‘Slush fund for hotels, not hospitals’
March 23, 2020Besides providing more jobless benefits, Dems warn corporations they’re going to come down on firms that use the pandemic to shaft their workers.
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After a century or more of defeats, Congress finally declares lynching a hate crime
March 3, 2020At least 4,742 people, 99% of them African Americans, were lynched between 1892 and the mid-1950s.
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Immigration attorney challenges pro-Trump Dem; unites Texas unions with party’s progressives
February 25, 2020“This district needs somebody who’s going to stand up for working people,” Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy said when endorsing Jessica Cisneros.
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A Trump impeachment trial primer—How it will proceed (or not)
January 17, 2020With GOP Senate leaders already saying they have no intention of being impartial jurors, how fair can this trial really be?
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Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty, resigns, goes to prison, collects lifetime pension
January 16, 2020That Holy Grail of a lifetime pension and healthcare could even be why some folks run for Congress in the first place.
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