by Brennan Leach | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Ma.), along with other House and Senate Democrats, have introduced legislation to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. “There is no time limit on equality,” said Pressley on Tuesday at a...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress is facing growing pressure to reintroduce police reform legislation after body camera footage from the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers was released last Friday. “We must have legislation that is effective around this...
by Kate Walter | Jan 30, 2023 | Featured, Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — President Joe Biden touted the progress of his administration’s economic plan and condemned GOP policies, namely House Republicans’ Fair Tax Act proposal, in an address to union workers in Springfield, Virginia, on Thursday. During his first major...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The release of police body camera footage in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols sparked protests in cities around the country, including Washington, Friday evening. A crowd of roughly one hundred people gathered across the street from the White House in...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) floated the idea that the Parkland shooting was a false flag operation. In 2019, she suggested former-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could be executed for treason. Yet, in 2023, she has a spot on two important...
by Caroline Neal | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
A once normally quiet and private affair to elect a party chair has turned into a public political sprawl, placing some of most prominent Republican leaders on opposite sides of the race. The latest election for Republican National Committee chair pits its longtime...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans have revitalized a plan to eliminate the IRS and replace it with a mammoth sales tax. This time, it may even get a vote in Congress. The Fair Tax Act, introduced this month by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), breathes new life into a...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) praised President Joe Biden’s track record on the economy while voicing frustration with House Republicans’ economic proposals on Thursday. Jeffries touted the economic achievements of Biden’s first two...
by Lucia Barnum | Jan 25, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Tuesday that would reform the federal hiring process to include a skills-based evaluation system. According to the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), H.R. 159 would improve a process she called “archaic.” “Every...
by Nicole Markus | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee considered nominations for five of President Biden’s district court nominees on Wednesday, as the White House continues its aggressive push to fill vacancies throughout the federal court system. At the outset of the hearing,...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 25, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break. The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent...
by Lucia Barnum | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic Caucus leaders on Wednesday condemned House Republicans’ recent attacks on reproductive rights, saying the three bills they have brought to the floor so far demonstrate the party’s “extreme” anti-abortion stances. “That’s who Kevin McCarthy...
