Category: Congress

FCC’s Anti-Robocall Technology Still Isn’t Here, and Won’t Be For 18 Months

FCC’s Anti-Robocall Technology Still Isn’t Here, and Won’t Be For 18 Months

Robocall scams involve the scammer phoning the receiver pretending to be someone else or an organization by using a spoof caller ID, and then manipulating them into revealing sensitive personal information or into paying a large sum of money, typically by using a pre-recorded message.
Sanders Calls Manchin and Sinema Corrupt: They ‘Do Not Have the Right to Sabotage What 48 Want’

Sanders Calls Manchin and Sinema Corrupt: They ‘Do Not Have the Right to Sabotage What 48 Want’

Sen Bernie Sanders is turning up the heat on two members of his own Democratic caucus who are imperiling approval of a $3.5 trillion spending package which Sanders himself helped architect.
AOC Appeals to the Dictionary to Claim Her Appearance at the Met Gala Is Not Ironic

AOC Appeals to the Dictionary to Claim Her Appearance at the Met Gala Is Not Ironic

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing back against criticism of her decision to attend the Met Gala this week wearing a white dress with the words "Tax The Rich" emblazoned in red.
Speaker Pelosi’s Legislation Against Texas Abortion Ban Will Prove Useless

Speaker Pelosi’s Legislation Against Texas Abortion Ban Will Prove Useless

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to pass federal legislation to reverse the new Texas abortion ban might be entirely well-meaning, but it's also a completely empty promise.
Democrats And Republicans Amp Up Criticism of Biden Over Afghanistan

Democrats And Republicans Amp Up Criticism of Biden Over Afghanistan

Chalk this up as President Biden's latest accomplishment in bipartisanship: both Democrats and Republicans are racheting up criticism of the actions he's taking in Afghanistan.
Maxine Waters: President Should Issue Executive Order to Extend Eviction Moratorium Expiring Tonight for 11+ Million People

Maxine Waters: President Should Issue Executive Order to Extend Eviction Moratorium Expiring Tonight for 11+ Million People

In the face of House Democrats having failed to pass their own national moratorium on housing evictions, President Biden should muscle past concerns about the Supreme Court and move ahead with his own executive moratorium, according to a top House Democrat.
Commentator: Reps Cheney, Kinzinger Risking Their Political Careers by Being on Jan 6 Select Committee

Commentator: Reps Cheney, Kinzinger Risking Their Political Careers by Being on Jan 6 Select Committee

Republican Reps Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, "are taking a real political risk" by taking part in the House elect committee investigating the deadly January 6 Capitol insurrection, according to prominent conservative commentator Margaret Hoover.
McCarthy’s Select Committee Picks Unite 3 Disparate Congresswomen

McCarthy’s Select Committee Picks Unite 3 Disparate Congresswomen

There is undoubtedly very little that these three congresswomen agree. But, when it came to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's choices to sit on the new House select committee which will be probing the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol Building, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, and Republican Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, found themselves in perfect harmony.
Senators Seek To Overhaul Congress’ Role In National Security With Bipartisan Legislation

Senators Seek To Overhaul Congress’ Role In National Security With Bipartisan Legislation

A group of senators, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, have introduced legislation designed to reclaim Congress’ role in national security matters.
Sanders on the Budget Bill: ‘We Are Pouring a Huge Amount of Money into Moving Our Economy and Away from Fossil Fuels’

Sanders on the Budget Bill: ‘We Are Pouring a Huge Amount of Money into Moving Our Economy and Away from Fossil Fuels’

The $3.5 trillion spending package which Senate Democrats agreed to this week will be a highly transformative piece of legislation for the nation, according to its chief architect, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders.