Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced a bill Tuesday to raise the U.S. minimum wage to $15 per hour. CNBC reports, Democrats reintroduce $15 minimum wage bill with unified control of Congress, White House: The legislation would gradually hike the pay floor to $15 an hour nationwide by 2025, then tie future increases to … Read more
When Republicans say they want “unity” what they really mean is that Democrats must appease them and let them run the government, even after they’ve lost the election. This is what Mitch McConnell’s taking the Senate hostage over the organizing resolution to maintain his weapon of mass destruction, the Senate filibuster, was really all about. … Read more
The National Memo reports, ’Seditious Conspiracy’ Complaint Filed Against Three House Members In Capitol Riot: An ethics complaint has been filed against three Republican members of Congress over their participation in events that led to the violent and deadly January 6 attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol. Reps. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, and Paul … Read more
In a CNN report on Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour pardons for his cronies and corrupt Republican politicians like former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona was this remarkable revelation: So, too, was Trump warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans … Read more
The Democratic-controlled House in the previous Congress passed H.R.1, the For The People Act of 2019. Quick summary: This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill … Read more