., flanked by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, and Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., right, joins fellow Democrats in the House as they announce the introduction of The Equality Act, a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill for LGBT rights, at the Capitol..…
Robert Byrd scoffed, “This commission is 100 percent under the thumb of the White House. ..…
While there are at least five separate committees that would have jurisdiction over the bill, advocates expect it will most likely only receive two public hearings: one before the House Committee on Education & Labor, chaired by U.S. ... Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and one before the House..…
Doug Collins has released the testimony of former FBI Lisa Page to House Judiciary Committee over two days this past July. ..…
The Smith Act of 1940 along with the House Un-American Activities Committee and Joseph McCarthy found communists to be threats, along with the interned Japanese-Americans during WW II. ..…
Dan Crenshaw, a Republican from Texas, put forward a motion to recommit, type of measure that allows the minority party in House opportunity to debate or amend the legislation. . Crenshaw proposed sending the bill back to House Judiciary Committee and adding fourth division..…
Next Story → Virginia House Committee to hear pro-LGBTQ housing and employment bills this afternoon . . ..…
Blake Dremann testifies before a House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel – Photo: House Armed Services Committee. . . ..…
.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), chair of the House Committee on Education & Labor, said they’d move forward with hearings on the legislation. . ..…
And the congressional Democrats now leading the party on foreign policy — Eliot Engel, who currently chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Bob Menendez and Ben Cardin, the two ranking Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — were opponents of the 2015 nuclear..…
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has confirmed the existence of committee operated from the White House with agenda to portraying marijuana as national threat and propagating negative attitudes toward the drug and its users. ..…
No action was taken Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee on the bill that would allow the attorney general, district attorneys and courts to determine if agency must pay penalty. . ..…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave Omar seat on House Foreign Affairs Committee which she rejected and disdained. ..…
During the press briefing announcing the existence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, and Chairman of House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler all made comments about the impact of Equality Act... ..…
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved, along party lines, 22-11, a bill to reauthorize and expand programs designed to help victims of sexual and domestic violence. . ..…
Ocasio-Cortez was given a plum seat on the House Financial Services Committee. Her placement on the exclusive House Banking Committee, as well as the appointments of other newbie progressives to top committees was part of a larger deal to re-secure the speakership for Nancy..…