Category: Democrats
Ilhan Omar Blasts Biden’s Broken Immigration Promises: We Are Not Seeing a ‘More Humane’ System
A well-known House progressive -- and herself a refugee to the United States -- is condemning the Biden administration's immigration policies and enforcement.
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.
Attorney: Dems Need to Fix a ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Beholden to ‘Very Right Wing Idealogues’
The new Texas abortion ban which took effect last week -- after the US Supreme Court took a pass on an emergency appeal of the law -- has reawakened the debate about President Biden and congressional Democrats taking action to reform the high court after Donald Trump and his Republican allies spent four years tilting it to the hard right.
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
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
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.
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.
Clyburn: ‘I Don’t Know of a Single Person’ Who Is Against Voter ID, ‘But We Don’t Want You to Tell Me that My ID Is No Good
Rep. James Clyburn, the third-highest ranking Democrat in House leadership, clarified where many in his party stand on the contentious matter of voter ID.
TV Host to Manchin: Why Don’t You Ever Draw Red Lines Against the GOP? You Are the Man with Leverage
In a television interview Sunday, ABC News host Jon Karl turned the tables on Joe Manchin, asking the West Virginian why he never uses that influence as a cudgel against Republicans to fall in line for more of the bipartisanship that Manchin regularly says is his goal.
Sen. Hirono: Barr, Sessions Should Be Subpoenaed If They Don’t Want to Testify Voluntarily
As the internal watchdog from the Justice Department begins an investigation into revelations that the Trump administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats, former attorneys general must be subpoenaed to testified on the scandal, according to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
