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Progressives dish on 'chilling effect' on Israel criticism after uproar over Pramila Jayapal's comments: 'We never do anything constructive on this issue'
"Sometimes the blowback is so intense, you can't even do your job for a number of days," said Democ…
Bryan Metzger
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Frustration grows as the movement to ban stock trading in Congress stalls: 'They're trying to run out the clock'
From the war in Ukraine to mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, other pressing m…
Bryan Metzger
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Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Biden is 'very, very interested' in getting more workers overtime pay
The Congressional Progressive Caucus called for more than doubling the overtime eligibility thresho…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Watch 5 members of Congress share their personal abortion stories. Rep. Barbara Lee said 'it was a back-alley clinic' and 'I thanked God that I survived.'
"The thing that strikes me is how different each of our experiences was," Rep. Pramila Jayapal said…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Progressives urge Biden to go around Congress and cancel student debt, boost workers' wages, and combat the climate emergency
With the midterm elections quickly approaching, progressives urge Biden to use his executive powers…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
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Progressives in Congress are backing a bill for a 4-day work week
Countries around the world have tried out a 4-day work week and found it boosts productivity and ha…
Juliana Kaplan
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Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal says she experienced post-partum depression after her first child and 'contemplated suicide'
"I knew that I was not ready to go through that again," Jayapal said after she got pregnant a secon…
Yelena Dzhanova,Oma Seddiq
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Biden seems 'more open' to canceling student debt broadly 'than ever before,' Chuck Schumer says
During a virtual event, Sen. Schumer said he's "making progress" with Biden on canceling student de…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden needs to 'make clear' to student-loan borrowers his 'intention to cancel a meaningful amount' of debt, nearly 100 Democratic lawmakers say
Biden "has a historic opportunity to repair the damage caused by decades of policy failures" on stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden can 'put money in millions of people's pockets' by canceling student debt on his own, progressive lawmakers say
"We're continuing to push very hard" for Biden to use executive action to cancel a "significant por…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Trump's rhetoric is fueling the rise in threats to Congress members after an armed man showed up to her home and shouted 'go back to India, I'm going to kill you'
Threats to members of Congress have increased by 144% between 2017 and 2022, Capitol Police data re…
Hannah Getahun
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Democrats want to allow 60-year-olds into Medicare as part of Biden's infrastructure package
The step could provide coverage to 23 million Americans, but centrist Sen. Joe Manchin said he oppo…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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59 House Democrats urge Biden to ditch Republicans and go even bigger on $7 trillion of infrastructure spending
The Democrats wrote that "the pursuit of Republican votes cannot come at the expense of limiting th…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats urge Biden to stop using local police to enforce federal immigration law
The lawmakers say the use of local law enforcement has undermined public safety by making immigrant…
Charles Davis
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This 53-year-old Democrat becomes the first South Asian American woman to chair the US House of Representatives
The 53-year-old Democrat from Washington DC, on Tuesday said, "Today, I became the first South A…
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The White House says Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package is the most 'progressive piece of legislation in history.' Top progressives agree.
"We take the win," Rep. Pramila Jayapal told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday. "We believe it's …
Oma Seddiq
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Democrats unveil an ultramillionaire tax on the top 0.05% of American households
The bill would place a 2% annual tax on household net worth between $50 million and $1 billion and …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Top Democrats introduce a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025, raising pay for 32 million Americans
Top Democrats introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 on Tuesday, which would gradually raise the…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal revealed she contracted COVID-19 and says 'Republicans who cruelly and selfishly refused to wear masks' during the Capitol siege are to blame
Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a 75-year-old cancer survivor starting her third term, also …
Sarah Gray
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Indian-American Pramila Jayapal wins Congressional seat for third consecutive term
Jayapal, who has been critical of India's policies on Jammu and Kashmir and the Citizenship …