You Searched For "pramila jayapal" and got 20 results
Sort By:
2 mins read
Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Biden's age is not 'ideal' but that the coverage has been 'very unfair' to him
The top progressive indicated that the Gaza war was a bigger issue: "If we lose this election... it…
Bryan Metzger
5 mins read
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
2 mins read
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
2 mins read
Biden is planning to announce another student-loan payment-pause extension through August 31, reports say
Reports confirmed that Biden would announce his fourth extension of student-loan pandemic relief th…
Ayelet Sheffey
2 mins read
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
2 mins read
Thousands of defrauded student-loan borrowers have waited 'three presidential administrations' for debt forgiveness, 16 lawmakers say
Elizabeth Warren was among Democrats urging Biden to "make good on its promise to defrauded borrowe…
Ayelet Sheffey
1 min read
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
3 mins read
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
3 mins read
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…
2 mins read
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
5 mins read
Nancy Pelosi pulls the plug on a House vote for Biden's infrastructure bill for the second time as progressives threatened to sink it
Pelosi wanted to pass the infrastructure bill to give Biden a major policy win but ended up yanking…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
2 mins read
Biden is reportedly cutting free community college from Democrats' social-spending bill
Education Sec. Miguel Cardona expressed concerns free community college would be cut as Democrats n…
Ayelet Sheffey
1 min read
Rep. Pramila Jayapal says former President Donald Trump has fostered an increasingly violent political climate: 'The highest office in the land, used, and unleashed, and mobilized, all of that violence'
Her remarks come more than a week after a 48-year-old man was arrested and accused of threatening J…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
1 min read
An armed man accused of shouting 'I'm going to kill you' outside of Rep. Pramila Jayapal's home had plans to pitch a tent on her property, police say
"Go back to India, I'm going to kill you," police said the 48-year-old man shouted while driving ar…
Sarah Al-Arshani
1 min read
House progressive leader Pramila Jayapal calls herself a Biden 'convert,' says he should run for reelection
"I never thought I would say this, but I believe he should run for another term," Jayapal, who head…
Nicole Gaudiano
7 mins read
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
1 min read
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
2 mins read
Some student-loan borrowers who fall behind on payments risk losing their Social Security benefits. 33 Democratic lawmakers want that 'devastating practice' to end.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined some of her colleagues in pushing to end Social Security garnishment f…
Ayelet Sheffey
2 mins read
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
3 mins read
Pelosi fumed that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal were competing for 'queen bee' of the left, a new book says
Pelosi told a colleague that "their reward might be serving in the House minority after the next el…