Tag: lawmakers

2 More Texas House Democrats Test Positive for COVID-19 After Fleeing to DC

A further two members of a Texas Democratic Party delegation of lawmakers who flew to Washington in response to a GOP overhaul of election laws have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Sunday. Of the more than 50 lawmakers who fled Texas, five have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese…


California Lawmakers Approve First State-Funded Guaranteed Income Plan in Nation’s History

California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s first state-funded guaranteed income plan that would distribute $35 million in monthly cash payments to eligible pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care. The taxpayer-funded plan was approved unanimously in both chambers—36–0 in the Senate and 64–0 in the Assembly—and now heads to Gov. Gavin…


Minnesota Lawmakers Reach Deal on Policing Measures

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability measures, a day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the death of George Floyd. While some details had yet to be finalized, leaders…


Combing Through the Science of COVID

Does wearing a cloth or paper face mask protect you from a virus? Is the PCR test a reliable method for identifying an infection? Do lockdowns help slow the spread? Are there any safe medicines that have successfully treated or prevented COVID-19? Ask these questions to a random selection of people and you’ll probably get…


Live Q&A: New Whistleblower Site to Expose Military ‘Woke’ Indoctrination; Biden’s $6T Budget Plan

The Biden administration announced a $6 trillion budget plan, as the United States faces looming inflation from recent multi-trillion dollar spending packages and economic downturn from virus lockdowns. And in other news, Republican lawmakers announced a new whistleblower site aimed at exposing “woke” ideological training and programs in the US military. In this live Q&A…


Biden, Lawmakers Pay Tribute to Capitol Police Officer Slain by Motorist

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and lawmakers on Tuesday paid tribute at a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda to the U.S. Capitol Police officer killed when a motorist rammed a car into two police officers and brandished a knife earlier this month. William Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police force and father of two young…


Texas House Leader Signals Opposition to Retroactive Power Price Cuts

The leader of the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday signaled he would not support requiring the state’s grid operator to cut billions of dollars from electricity pricing during a cold snap that upended the state’s power market. On Monday, the state Senate approved a proposal to order the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) to…


House Democrats Introduce Bill to Give $6 Billion to USPS for Electric Delivery Vehicles

WASHINGTON—A group of 17 U.S. House Democrats on Monday are introducing legislation on Monday that would award $6 billion to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to buy tens of thousands of additional electric delivery vehicles. The bill sponsored by Representative Jared Huffman and seen by Reuters would require at least 75 percent of the new…


Texas Lawmakers Kick Off Investigation Into Deadly Power Blackout

Texas state legislators on Thursday begin digging into the causes of deadly power blackouts that left millions shivering in the dark as frigid temperatures caught its grid operator and utilities ill-prepared for skyrocketing power demand. Hearings are expected to highlight that shortcomings by grid planners, electric utility and natural gas transmission operators led to billions…


Democrats Seek to Make Guns Illegal for Lawmakers on Capitol Hill

A pair of House Democrats are pushing a bill that would it make it illegal for lawmakers to carry a gun anywhere on Capitol Hill. Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) introduced the No Congressional Gun Loophole Act on Dec. 28, 2020, and reintroduced it in the new session of Congress last week. “As…