Democratic members of the U.S. House have introduced a resolution condemning remarks made last week by Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale.
Long before 11 a.m., when the Washington Convention Center opened its doors to local uninsured people, families and individuals filed into the halls and waited outside. By the end of the day, hundreds would pass through to receive medical evaluations and medical care, for free.
Today, the National Association of More…
The “America’s Future Now!” conference, organized by the progressive Campaign for America’s Future, kicked off in Washington today, and TWI’s crack video team — Abbey Brandon, Sarah Zibanejadrad, Lucas Thomas and Jaime Bellemare — was on hand. Here are some highlights from the afternoon panel on money in politics, at More…
Hoping to nullify the Supreme Court’s recent decision freeing corporations to spend infinitely on federal elections, Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) today introduced a proposed constitutional amendment “permitting Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds by corporations engaging in political speech.”
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Via Robert Farley, Yossi Peled, an Israeli cabinet minister, proposes that Israel stop buying U.S. military equipment if the Obama administration continues to insist on a settlement freeze and negotiations with Iran. The Jerusalem Post reports that Peled wrote his cabinet colleagues an 11-page letter lamenting President Obama’s More…
Some days they make laws, and some days they break them.
Five House Democrats were arrested Monday during a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington. The lawmakers — Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.) — were demonstrating against More…
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