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WASHINGTON (AP) — Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a
Now, I know there are some from communities that look like mine and ones I grew up in, who will answer the question in this headline by saying, “Not a damn thing.” Likewise, some who voted for Democrats in the last election or even previous elections will say that the only thing we’ve gotten is […]
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives on Monday laid plans to advance a debt-ceiling deal with Democratic President Joe Biden starting Tuesday, with the aim of passing it through Congress before the U.S. government runs out of money early next week.
28 May 2023 Updated 1 hour ago Image caption, President Joe Biden (left) with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy President Joe Biden has said a bipartisan deal to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a fast-approaching default is ready to move to Congress. He said on Sunday the agreement was a “compromise”, while Republican […]
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WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Garcia on Tuesday started the process of forcing a vote on a motion to expel Republican George Santos, the congressman from New York facing federal charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.
FILE – Bishop Henry C. Williams, of Oakland, testifies during the Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Williams said he hopes to build a Black Wall Street in Oakland with all Black-owned businesses. California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force will sign off Saturday, May 5, 2023, on key recommendations for how […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s reparations task force is set to wrap up its first-in-the-nation work Saturday, voting on recommendations for a formal apology for the state’s role in perpetuating a legacy of slavery and discrimination that has thwarted Black residents from living freely for decades. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years […]
IRON MAIDEN finished in the fourth place in the fan vote for this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction class. George Michael led the fan vote with more than 1,040,000 ballots while Cyndi Lauper came in second with more than 928,000 votes. Warren Zevon came in third with more than 634,000 votes, with […]
Pressley, Bush, Frankel Led ERA Caucus, Dem. Women’s Caucus in March to Senate Prior to Vote WASHINGTON – At a Capitol Hill press conference today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Caucus, responded to the Senate’s vote on S.J.Res.4, the Senate companion to