Other former DHS chiefs who added their signatures Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano, and Jeh Johnson. DOWN, TO GO Armed with Supreme Court, Trump Administration is seeking injunctive relief to clear the last impediment to imposing ban on military service on most, and not all, transgender troops....…

are we answering Governor's call on this issue, and we are prepared to provide the majority of the votes required to pass this out of House and on to Senate. So I call on my Democratic colleagues to join us and Governor Pritzker in supporting the independent drawing of legislative maps..…

The move on financial aid for undocumented immigrants comes during in which Legislature and Governor Cuomo continued to make headway on list of liberal measures that had long been blocked while Republicans controlled State Senate for most of the last decade.. Dream Act's passage reflected..…

However you want to apportion the blame for the fracas on National Mall featuring Native American activists, provocateurs from group called Black Hebrew Israelites, and some boys from Covington Catholic High School, no honest person can deny that the schoolboys were treated by the press and stone-throwers on..…

More people would prefer to have the option to enroll in government-run plan rather. ..…

That much now seems definite, following exchange of hugely passive-aggressive letters between Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday -- battle of words that ended with Pelosi informing Trump that she would not be introducing a concurrent resolution allowing him to address session of Congress on..…

The District Court decision sends message to Iowa women that their constitutional rights are important and their health care decisions should be made by them, not politicians, said Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen, of Des Moines... ..…

The vote, made possible by Democratic in Senate, came 46 years to the day after U.S. ... Earlier in the day, she sat in the front row of Assembly Parlor as Democratic leaders announced they would pass the measures that make up Reproductive Health Act... ..…

Democrats have been trying to pass DREAM Act for much of the past decade only to be stymied by closely divided Senate. Things changed November, giving Legislature Democrat-controlled Senate to go along with Democrat-dominated Assembly.. ..…

January 23, 2019 Senators Schumer and Portman on Government Shutdown 2019-01-23T14 18 22-05 00 https images.c-span org Files ec8 20190123141915002 hd.jpg Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer spoke about the pair of votes Senate was preparing for to reopen the government. ... ..…

In December, the Republican legislature voted to limit Governor-elect Tony Evers’ appointments, to restrict early voting, and to restrict the power of Josh Kaul, the Democrat elected as attorney general, and outgoing Governor Scott Walker signed the bills. In both the Wisconsin Senate..…

While House on Wednesday was ready to approve more funding bills from Democrats to fund the government, most eyes were still on Senate, and second plan from Democrats. The White House has already threatened to veto that Democratic plan officials on Wednesday morning issued in. ..…

And two top union leaders who represent federal workers, Tony Reardon of Treasury Employees and Paul Shearon of Professional and Technical Employees support it.. ..…

Jim Doyle served with Republican in Assembly and Democratic in Senate.. ..…

In November, Democrats gained control of the Senate, and the measure is now expected to pass with the window included. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll include the act in the state budget, due in April, if a separate measure doesn't pass before then. . ..…

Beto O'Rourke, 46, entered the 2020 presidential race March 14, ending months of speculation that began after Democrat lost Senate seat in reliably red Texas.. The announcement makes O'Rourke Texan to enter the race for Democratic nomination. ..…

Reproductive rights activists’ efforts have repeatedly stalled in Albany due to a previously Republican-controlled State Senate, most recently last year.In the newly Democratic-controlled Senate, though, lawmakers and activists hope they can extend abortion protections without..…

By his demand for wall along the TEHRAN - US President Donald Trump stated that he will stand Southern border and will not cave in to pressure from Democrats to reopen the government that has been shut down for over month.. ..…

This clearly reflects the image that Harris seeks to build of herself as a “progressive centrist” candidate, meaning one who cultivates a public persona of progressivism while also supporting many of the hallmark policies of establishment “centrist” Democrats and courting the mega-donors of the..…

Things changed November, giving Legislature Democrat-controlled Senate to go along with Democrat-dominated Assembly.. ... Peralta was Queens Democrat who carried the in Senate for years.. The examiner found the cause of death was undiagnosed leukemia,..…

woman's right to decide whether to terminate pregnancy is fundamental right under Iowa Constitution, citing Iowa Supreme Court, Des Moines Register reports.. ..…

Elio Lannutti is a member of the Italian Senate for the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S). . . .  ROME—A member of the Italian Senate for the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) has come under fire after posting an article on Twitter citing the ‘’Protocols of Elders of..…

There are still about 3,000 refugees mostly from Honduras Tijuana on the US- Mexico border, awaiting the ability to apply for asylum into the US. ..…

The White House, Democratic House and Republican Senate are about to stage effort to make it look like they doing everything possible to restore the paychecks of 800,000 federal workers.. ... Once the choreography has played out, and each side has killed the other's preferred solution,..…

Senate (2015-present) . 1st Congressional District: Rep. G.K. Butterfield, Democrat: In his ninth term (eighth full) in the U.S. ..…

Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen said the decision sends a strong message to Iowa women that their constitutional rights are important and their health care decisions should be made by them, not politicians. . ..…

It's in crazy that we have to be doing this, added Democratic Representative Tom Malinowski, secretary at State Department... Last week bipartisan bill was introduced in Senate to prohibit any U.S president from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval.. ..…