tuesday forum: august 6, 2019
She has now demanded an opportunity to testify before the Senate. But Congress has wasted enough time on this petty theater. ..…
'do something!': republican-led states grapple with responses to mass
House of Representatives passed February to require checks for more gun purchases, and Republican controlled Senate has not taken up the measure.. ..…
xinhua headlines: gun violence epidemic, racial tensions turn america
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Republicans who hold the majority of the Senate for 'continued inaction' on passing gun control legislation. . ..…
why reviving the federal death penalty should be on a case-by-case
It will certainly be vetoed, if it got past the Senate, by Trump. And frankly, I’m not sure the votes are there in the House of Representatives, even as currently constituted. ..…
politicizing murder with lies
House has passed common sense gun safety legislation. It is long past time to pass it in the Senate. ..…
puerto ricans await court decision on potential new governor
The lawsuit seeks injunction ordering Pedro Pierluisi to cease his functions immediately and also asks that the court declare unconstitutional law that states secretary of state does not have to be approved by both House and Senate if he has to step in as governor... ... Puerto Rico's..…
california has no business requiring trump tax returns for 2020 ballot
People can be disqualified from the presidency if they have been elected twice before to the office; if they have been impeached by the House, convicted by the Senate, and banned from holding further federal office by the Senate; or if they have rebelled against the United States. . ..…
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Democrat-led House has passed gun control bill that includes fixes to the background check system, and it has languished in GOP-controlled Senate.. ... Democrat in Senate, Chuck Schumer, urged Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call session to put House-passed bill on..…
after inf treaty's demise, u.s. seeks funds for missile tests
Unlike in Senate, House declined to fund the administration's request of about $96 million for the development of the in its version of fiscal-year 2020 budget and policy bill... ... Pentagon hopes the funding will be restored when House and Senate confer to resolve..…
propaganda that keeps nuclear weapons in existence
For anyone who thought they’d been shouting into a vacuum, here was the House of Representatives spelling out a long list of our demands. But those demands have to face the Senate, the President, and the campaign funders. ..…
the incredible shrinking gop
Two of House's Republican women, have also already said that they would not run again in 2020. Last fall, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Republican members hired outside woman lawyer to question Christine Blasey Ford, apparently cognizant of the bad optics of eleven Republican..…
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