MESSAGE from Shahid Buttar for Congress: Who Speaks For You?
For many years in the San Francisco Bay Area—even now—you would see bumper stickers declaring “Barbara Lee Speaks for Me.” It’s one of the most enduring political memes, and for good reason. Representative Lee in 2001 was the only member of Congress—House or Senate—to oppose the military authorization that gave …
Kamala Harris Has a Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice
Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after dramatically confronting Joe Biden during the Democratic primary debate about his opposition to federally mandated busing for desegregation. The following week, however, Harris backed away from saying that busing should always be federally mandated, calling it just one “tool that is in the toolbox” …
The Week In Congress: Border Assistance Bill, where are the BILLIONS really going?
Published June 30, 2019 A bipartisan bill designed to help kids detained at the border sounds cheer-worthy, right? But the real numbers are staggering and there are middlemen involved. Who else might be benefiting from the BILLIONS redirected to kids in this crisis? Watch this video to find out! <iframe src=’https://billcam.dailyclout.io/bills/OPcUNCTe4H/widget’ width=’770′ …
BULLETIN BOARD: Maloney Introduces Bill to Honor Harriet Tubman
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), sponsor of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, today introduced the Honoring Harriet Tubman Act, bipartisan legislation to place a statue of Harriet Tubman in the U.S. Capitol. “Harriet Tubman dedicated her entire life to fighting for freedom and the disenfranchised. …
Calling Trump’s Rationale “Contrived,” Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question
In a surprise decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the four liberal members of the Supreme Court — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — halted the Trump administration’s plans, at least temporarily, to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Court thought …