headlines: october 25, 2019 – rising up with sonali
Another candidate, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard has announced she will not seek reelection to Congress so she can focus on her Presidential bid. ..…
Another candidate, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard has announced she will not seek reelection to Congress so she can focus on her Presidential bid. ..…
“I’m fully committed to my offer to serve you, the people of Hawaii & America, as your President & Commander-in-Chief. So I will not be seeking reelection to Congress in 2020. I humbly ask for your support for my candidacy for President of the United States,” Gabbard tweeted early..…
Hillary Clinton was in the news this week for feud with 2020 Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic of Congress from Hawaii. ..…
Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, a 35-year-old military veteran who is one of the few members of Congress to offer an insightful and courageous critique of the dangers from an interventionist foreign policy. ... Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, a 35-year-old military veteran who is one of the few..…
Congress were elevated as superior to Hawaii’s laws. Migration into Hawaii was controlled by the U.S. ... Acting in non-compliance with its own Constitution, the U.S. annexed Hawaii through the Newlands Resolution passed by both Houses of Congress by a simple majority..…
., available at https www congress gov bill 103rd-congress house-bill 3355.. California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York are the only states with legislation banning some form of assault weapons. ..…
American Samoan by birth, her religion Hindu, Gabbard represents Hawaii's district Congress, elected November 2012.. ..…
The vote was on the Defense of Marriage Act, an anti-gay law the Republican majority in Congress cooked up in 1996 to stymie President Clinton as he sought re-election. . Drawing on (unfounded) public fears as Hawaii’s courts were leading the way for the state to legalize same-sex..…
But recently, the unlikely allies found common ground in calling for a lifetime ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists. ... Brian Schatz of Hawaii joined them, volunteering to be co-sponsors. Now, the Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz legislative teams are meeting to develop the..…
Tulsi Gabbard, veteran, US Representative to Congress from Hawaii and Democratic Party presidential hopeful, the truth, the truth and nothing and the truth about the military complex, its hold on US politics and its drive for war throughout the world, and American people seem to be..…
Best known for: Serving as a U.S. representative for Hawaii, the first American Samoan and first Hindu to be elected to Congress. . Biggest strength: Her military service in Iraq and Kuwait with the Hawaii National Guard. . ..…
What is true is that the flag went through multiple iterations before 1912, when Congress established the configuration we see today (we've since added two new stars, for Alaska and Hawaii). . ..…
On the possible front, he explained how, in 1972, the proposed constitutional amendment (codifying the koo-koo idea that women are born with all the same rights as men) sailed through Congress, and was ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states for passage. (Oliver noted that Hawaii won the..…
It's time that we Hawaii speak up and insist that our representatives Congress Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, and Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Ed Case — work to halt all aid to Philippine military and police forces while these atrocities, threats and jailings continue. ..…
Brian Schatz of Hawaii recently tweeted that American Samoa and Guam should get voting representation in Congress along with D.C. and Puerto Rico. ..…
In 1964, Mink was elected to Congress, becoming Asian American woman and the second woman from Hawaii to serve Congress.. ..…
In 2020, the tier of Democrat debaters would include congressman from Maryland, two obscure members of Congress from Ohio and Hawaii, and quite possibly that spiritual adviser... ..…
Congress tallied 13 total votes that deviated from the election results. These included votes by presidential electors from Washington, Texas and Hawaii that did not correspond with the outcomes of the state elections. . . . . ..…
Tulsi Gabbard, of Hawaii, a presidential contender who is the first Hindu member of Congress to take her oath on the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu religious text. ..…
Governors of Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, Rhode Island, and Hawaii also joined Cuomo’s fight against the SALT deduction limit. They’ve urged Congress to reverse it. . Repealing Cap Benefits Rich . ..…
Congress nearly derailed Hawaii becoming the 50th state, as Sarah Miller Davenport reports. . . . ... These two defining characteristics – of Hawaii’s geography and demography – had led Congress to dismiss earlier bids for statehood before World War II. ..…
Perhaps the most important of Grant’s elite admirers were to be found among members of Congress. Reconstruction struggles; U.S. expansion in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii; high levels of immigration—each had raised the specter of white people losing political power and..…
After President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Feb 15 to fund a border wall, 16 states on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump's move to circumvent Congress. . Attorney generals from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland,..…
Experts seem to think the courts are likely to defer to the president on the question of whether there is emergency, NPR's Nina Totenberg has reported, and the legal fight is to boil down to whether the president has the right under existing law to reprogram Congress has appropriated.. This..…
. – Deploying new missile tracking and discrimination sensors in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific region; and . – Fielding a Space-based Kill Assessment capability. . Congress provided funding in FY17 and FY18 to procure additional Patriot, THAAD, and SM3 interceptors. ..…
There was also brief, rambling answer from Beto O'Rourke about the responsibility to protect doctrine that had very little to do with the doctrine, and surprising rebuke of O'Rourke from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio about the importance of Congress declaring war. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii..…
But in 2012, while running for Congress, Gabbard did an about-turn and apologized for her past comments. . Arguing that her military career in Hawaii’s National Guard had led to an evolution on her views, she apologized for “statements that I have made in the past that have been very..…
Tulsi Gabbard, will become Hindu of Congress 2013 Democrat Hawaii Rep. ..…
Army National Guard veteran who deployed twice to Middle East, she was first elected to House in 2012, decade after she became the youngest person elected to Hawaii State Legislature. She was Hindu and American Samoan elected to Congress.. And just this week, she wrote op-ed accusing..…
In 2012, when running for Congress, Gabbard apologized to LGBT activists in Hawaii for her past comments. . ..…
Gabbard was elected to Congress in 2012 and currently serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She served in a medical unit of the Hawaii National Guard and was deployed in Kuwait and Iraq. . ..…
Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), will become the first Hindu member of Congress in 2013. | (Photo: Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat for Congress, campaign) A Democrat congresswoman considering running for president in 2020 is criticizing members of her own party for their apparent hostility to certain faith..…
Until January, the Republicans run both houses of the Congress and the White House. . Few workers can endure this financially, and this is no different here in Hawaii where the gentrification plaguing most cities on the U.S. mainland takes on a different dimension. ..…
Congress to study request made this weekend by National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, that Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska be exempted from the law known as Jones Act.. ..…
Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran who has represented Hawaii in Congress since first being elected in 2012, previously served as a member of the Honolulu City Council and the Hawaii House of Representatives, but she did not really achieve national prominence until the..…
Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said the campaign to remove President Assad is illegal because Congress has not declared war. ..…
Appearing on CNN on Friday, Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said the campaign to remove Syrian President Bashar al- Assad is illegal because Congress has not declared war. ..…
'I don't want to pre-commit to any particular program, but I understand that Congress has substantial power with respect to declaring, recognizing tribes.' ... Though Alaska and Hawaii are separated by thousands of miles, the indigenous communities in both states have long been bound by..…
Six states are represented completely by Democrats in Congress: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. ..…
Murphy said fellow senators may be “uncomfortable” with the idea of voting on the ban, but the time has come for Congress to tackle the issue. . ... Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Tom Udall of New Mexico also joined as sponsors. . ..…
Sinema of Arizona is the member of Congress who identifies as religiously unaffiliated. ... Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is Hindu. Nine members refused to specify their affiliation, one fewer than in Congress... ..…
In 1996, when a court case in Hawaii appeared to be paving the way for legal same-sex marriage in that state, Congress had passed DOMA and President Clinton signed it into law, in what some critics considered a cynical election-year move to appeal to conservative voters. ..…
Narvaez said that MoveOn org is asking Donnelly, D-2nd, and other members of Congress to support House Joint Resolution 64. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, makes clear that the authorization of force against Iraq in no way gives President Bush any authority to attack Iran, according to..…
. , Democratic member of Congress from Hawaii: 'Erdogan has been helping ISIS/AQ for years. ..…
The bill, approved earlier this month by Republican-led Congress, was passed out of fears that court case under way Hawaii could make that state the in the country to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.. ..…
Hawaii Faces Crucial Round In Same-sex Marriage Debate . . August 25, 1996 | By Richard Halloran Special To The Sentinel . ... Several members of Congress, including Rep. Patsi Mink, D-Hawaii, have argued that the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on the rights of states..…
If the high court's ruling stands and Congress does not act, many think the U.S. Constitution would require all states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in Hawaii. ..…
Heftel of Hawaii, a Democratic member of Congress in the 1970s and 1980s. . ..…