Tierney Sneed at Talking Points Memo Reports, Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up: While Democrats’ sweeping democracy overhaul HR 1 has run into obstacles in the Senate [- ahem, Joe Manchin’s and Kyrsten Sinema’s inexplicable devotion to the Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule -] attention has turned to the separate … Read more
The White House on Tuesday formally offered its endorsement of legislation that would establish statehood for Washington, D.C. as the 51st state, giving full representation to the district’s 700,000 full-time residents. Julia Conley writes at Common Dreams, To Make Nation ‘Stronger and More Just,’ White House Offers Support for DC Statehood: The House is scheduled … Read more
Arizona Legislative District Ten State Senator Kirsten Engel has an impressive resume that checks all boxes as a Democratic Congressional Candidate looking to succeed the retiring Ann Kirkpatrick in 2022. Senator Engel has been: A staff attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency. A staff attorney for the Sierra Club. The acting chief of the Massachusetts … Read more
The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would make Washington, D.C., a state, sending the measure to the House for a vote later this month. The Hill reports, House committee approves DC statehood bill: The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed H.R. 51, also known as the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, … Read more
New polling from POLITICO/Morning Consult shows Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are lining up behind President Biden’s bipartisan plan to create good jobs and rebuild our country’s infrastructure. Highlights from the poll: 71 percent of Republicans support the American Jobs Plan’s proposal to modernize highways, roads, and streets 64 percent of Republicans support the American Jobs … Read more