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The General Assembly's Democratic leaders on Tuesday vowed to bring electronic highway tolls to a vote while laying out a progressive agenda that includes increasing the minimum wage, mandating paid family leave and creating tuition free community colleges. "I am proud to stand here as we unveil our Democratic Values Agenda," said Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven.
White House chief of staff John Kelly suggested Tuesday that some undocumented immigrants were "too afraid" or "too lazy" to sign up for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. "There are 690,000 official DACA registrants and the President sent over what amounts to be two and a half times that number, to 1.8 million," he said on Capitol Hill after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to audio posted by The Washington Post .
In an interview this week, former San Antonio Mayor Julin Castro gave the strongest indication yet that he's interested in running for president in 2020. Castro, a Democrat who led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, told NBC News that he has "every interest in running."
In this Jan. 26, 2017, file photo, containers of Roundup, a weed killer made by Monsanto, is seen on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles. Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization's cancer research program over its finding that the glyphosate herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans.
It's important for people to get involved and participate in the lawmaking process by lobbying for changes they want to see, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday in Atlanta.
Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R- Mississippi met with Biloxi Chief of Police John Miller and Assistant Chief of Police Michael Wills to discuss the local impacts of a program implemented here in MS called Regional Information Sharing System . Today, I met with @CityofBiloxi Chief of Police John Miller to discuss how regional information sharing systems help our law enforcement officers fight crime in Mississippi.
"We are not advocating for the shutdown," Press Sec. Sanders tells @CeciliaVega . "That's the fault of the Democrats not being willing to do their jobs."
As I was descending Mt. Everest, I passed Sir Edmund Hillary on his way up. Guy paid me $500,000 to keep my mouth shut about him not getting there first.
Pennsylvania already figured prominently in Democrats' attempt to win back control of the U.S. House. Now a decision in a long-running redistricting case is set to give those efforts a boost.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2018. ( Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2018.
Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, left, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Monday, Jan. 22. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, left, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Monday, Jan. 22. WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., is encouraging Senate colleagues to join him in a pledge: To "return civility" to politics by pledging not to campaign against each other.
West Virginia's Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday proposed a five-point strategy to rein in opioids abuse in his hard-hit corner of Appalachia, from an "enforcement surge" of 150 state troopers to limiting certain fills of pain pills to just three days. The legislative package would shield prescribers who decline to prescribe opioids - so doctors don't put economic incentives over safe care - tighten up prescribing practices under the state Medicaid program and force doctors to crosscheck a prescribing database every time they write a script for opioids, instead of just once a year.
It's time for a revolution in the way women are treated in our societies, from the youngest of girls to the budding professionals to experienced business leaders being considered or passed over for corporate boards and executive posts. That was the message former first lady Michelle Obama brought to Montreal for one of the few appearances she has made since she and former U.S. president Barack Obama left the White House just over a year ago.
According to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the declassified Devin Nunes memo - alleging FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation - is "not an indictment of the FBI, of the Department of Justice." According to President Donald Trump, the memo shows how leaders at the FBI "politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats" and "totally vindicates 'Trump' in probe."
Former Judge Alex Kozinski won't be investigated because of his retirement late last year from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to an order by the judicial body that was asked to evaluate sexual misconduct allegations against him. The Judicial Council of the 2nd Circuit said it has no authority to investigate Kozinski under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act because it applies to sitting judges.
The Trump administration says "there will be no gaps in service" in the nation's $260 million family planning program, even as it acknowledges missing a Nov. 1 deadline for providing grant information to local agencies. Health and Human Services officials said in a statement Tuesday that they remain committed to the program, which serves about 4 million women annually.
I was eating boiled crawfish last Friday night with my wife and children in Baton Rouge-Crawfish season! Finally!-when I received a text a message. The digital missive was from a longtime Capitol player, someone who knows the House and the Senate and all of the illuminated and darkened corners in between.
Dawn breaks over the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as House GOP leaders are proposing to keep the government open for another six weeks by adding a year's worth of Pentagon funding to a stopgap spending bill.
Publisher Jeremy Alford was enjoying boiled crawfish with his family last Friday when he received a text message from a longtime Capitol player, who wrote he felt like Louisianans were at a breaking point when it comes to status quo in government and politics. The mood of the electorate would soon make way for change, the messenger said, before asking Alford for his thoughts.