VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Push For Voting Act

by Vanessa Kjeldsen | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and hundreds of others celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by demanding voting rights reform. “The law can’t make a man love me,” Martin Luther King III said during the press conference,...

Elevate PAC unveils first round of endorsements in push for more female GOP candidates

by Henry Rogers | Nov 30, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON — With her sights set on next year’s midterms, Rep. Elise Stefanik unveiled her PAC’s first round of endorsements for female GOP congressional candidates this afternoon in hopes of replicating the record-breaking surge of Republican women elected to...

House Republicans stall vote on $1.85T spending bill with eight-hour speech

by Dan Hu | Nov 19, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) — House Republicans pushed debate on President Joe Biden’s historic $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill late into Thursday night, after it became clear that Democrats had enough votes to pass the measure. Known as...

House edges closer to vote on Biden’s $1.85T social, climate bill

by Dan Hu | Nov 18, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) — The U.S. House of Representatives edged closer to a vote Thursday on President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social policy and climate change bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a vote could come as soon as Thursday afternoon....

Democrats employ tightrope budget maneuvering to further domestic agenda

by Jason Harward | Oct 30, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The White House released a pared-down, $1.75 trillion framework laying out the president’s domestic agenda Thursday, a total half the amount proposed last month by Democratic congressional leadership. To cut the package’s overall spending so...