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MLive - GrandRapids/Muskegon/Kalamazoo on MSNMichigan Democrats move to censure lawmaker over alleged racist House floor speechThe Republican representative was punished last session after he shared a post on social media endorsing a racist conspiracy theory.
More than 100 House Democrats urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spare a crisis service for LGBTQ youth from federal funding cuts, calling the plan, part of a leaked budget
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LGBTQ Nation on MSNDemocratic House members urge Robert Kennedy Jr. to save LGBTQ+ suicide lineThe letter notes that LGBTQ+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers, and that the 988 hotline for LGBTQ+ youth has recently received an average of 2,100 contacts per day and, since 2022, it has received over 1.3 million calls, text, and chats.
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The vote is the first step towards breaking a years-long stalemate over election law in Pennsylvania, as House Democrats want to negotiate on a top GOP priority in exchange for election reforms.
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Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) introduced a Tuesday resolution seeking to remove several Democrats from their committee posts regarding an incident at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The lawmakers are racing for a July 4 deadline to have the whole package sent to Trump’s desk in time to also avoid a dangerous debt default. The Treasury Secretary has said federal tax revenues are running short and Congress needs to raise the spending limit to keep paying the bills.
Last week marked a legislative "crossover" deadline, where bills that haven't passed either the House or Senate are considered dead. More than 700 of those bills were filed by Democrats — and they listed all of them on a chart during a news conference.
Lawmakers bickered, protesters shouted and senators came to take in the moment as a House committee weighed a critical portion of a bill to enact President Trump’s domestic agenda.
As the line to speak on the bill in the House grew to eight, House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham urged lawmakers to take the debate outside of the chamber, to "take it to social media, take it outside, take it to where you need to take it."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Democrats will be looking into President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Librarian