According to Reuters, the New York state attorney general said on Friday that Twenty states have filed a motion to block President Donald Trump’s method of funding a border wall by diverting federal funds through a national emergency declaration. New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a Twitter post, “This wall is unnecessary, and an … [Read more...]
House Democrats Pass Universal Background Checks Legislation
Fulfilling a promise made to survivors of gun violence in 2018, the Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives voted at the end of February to pass The Bipartisan Background Checks Act, the first significant gun control legislation to pass either Congressional chamber in decades. The bill in its current form will not pass the … [Read more...]
Witnesses Named For Net Neutrality Hearing
The House Communications Subcommittee has named the witnesses for its March 12 hearing, “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet.” The hearing will be on a bill that the Democrats introduced last week, the Save the Internet Act, which would nullify the FCC's deregulatory Restoring Internet Freedom Order and restore the Open Internet … [Read more...]
Democrats Push for Mandatory Arbitration Ban
On the last day of February 2019, Democrats in Congress introduced House and Senate bills to prohibit companies in the United States from enforcing mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust disputes. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) of 2019 is the most recent effort to undo the … [Read more...]
House Democrats Endorse Stricter Gun Laws for Violence Against Women Act
The March issue of the National Rifle Association’s monthly publication, The American Rifleman, features a photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic Congresswoman from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011, The New York Times reports on February 24. The photo of Pelosi and Giffords, snapped last month … [Read more...]
Mueller Report Expected Soon on Russian Election Interference
Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report, according to people familiar with the plans. The preparations are the clearest indication yet that Mueller is nearly … [Read more...]
“State of Emergency” Declaration from White House Draws More Legal Fire
The President's Friday announcement that he was declaring a state of emergency along the country's southern border – with an eye toward allocating funds for the construction of his cherished border wall – was met with predictable outcry from both Democrats and legal experts across the country. While Republicans mostly rallied around the … [Read more...]
New York State Eyes Legal Challenge to Trump’s Emergency Declaration
New York’s state attorney general on Friday threatened legal action against U.S. President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions in funds to build a wall along the country’s border with Mexico, according to Reuters. New York’s Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement, “We will not stand for this … [Read more...]
What You Need To Know About The 2019 State Of The Union
The State of the Union will be held on Tuesday at 9pm Eastern Standard Time. President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear before a joint session of the 116th Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives. Trump's first State of the Union address was the third-longest ever delivered, clocking in at 1 hour and 20 minutes. The … [Read more...]
Senate Intel Panel Subpoenas Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer
The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in mid-February, according to Reuters. The subpoena comes a day after Cohen said he planned to postpone an appearance next week before Congress, saying Trump and lawyer Giuliani had threatened his family. News of … [Read more...]
