Tag: Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on July 10, 2018.

House Democrats bring back the Dream Act

Susan Ferrechio · March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Ayanna Pressley holds up her fist after speaking at a rally.

House rejects Democratic push to let 16-year-olds vote

Pete Kasperowicz · March 7, 2019 10:53 pm

This Oct. 20, 2015 photo shows signage outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

House Dem: Google, Facebook face test in keeping anti-vax promises

James Langford · March 7, 2019 9:28 pm

Representative-elect Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, center, and Representative Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, left, smile during a news conference next to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov, 30, 2018. Pelosi this week cleared the first hurdle to serve as House speaker by winning Democrats nomination on Wednesday, leaving her detractors one last opportunity to attempt to block her when the entire chamber votes in January.

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Congressional Democrats take an ‘All Lives Matter’ approach to what used to be an anti-Semitism resolution

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 7, 2019 8:55 pm

Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, takes questions from the House Financial Services Committee's biannual review of the CFPB, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019.

CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger’s first appearance before House Democrats overshadowed by Mulvaney’s legacy

Colin Wilhelm · March 7, 2019 7:44 pm

Ilhan Omar and Nancy Pelosi.

Watered down: Anti-Semitism resolution will also condemn Islamaphobia, police profiling, white supremacy

Susan Ferrechio · March 7, 2019 6:58 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questions as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

AOC slapped with ethics complaint

Katelyn Caralle · March 7, 2019 6:43 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats, Rep. David Trone, D-Md., left, and Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., right, on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Omar stirred controversy last week saying that Israel's supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of "allegiance to a foreign country." Omar is not apologizing for that remark, and progressives are supporting her.

Democrats push for Thursday vote on resolution addressing Omar comments, hate speech

Susan Ferrechio · March 7, 2019 3:57 pm

Ilhan Omar and Nancy Pelosi.

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Here’s what’s going on in the war between Ilhan Omar and Nancy Pelosi

Siraj Hashmi · March 7, 2019 3:03 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Bernie Sanders says House’s reaction to Ilhan Omar stifles debate over Israel

Zach Halaschak · March 6, 2019 11:38 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

Pelosi: Ilhan Omar tweets not ‘intentionally anti-Semitic’

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2019 8:54 pm

DHS secretary defends ‘metering’ asylum seekers at border: ‘We’re not turning anybody around’

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2019 7:33 pm