Following a deadly mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., House Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to “take Executive Action to regulate concealable assault-style rifles,” the type of weapon used by the shooter. Four Democratic representatives — Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairs Joe …
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Rep. Ilhan Omar is once again being targeted by Republicans and right-wing media. Once again, the attacks against the Muslim lawmaker are clouded in bad faith. The latest round of outrage comes in light of comments Omar made last month at a Council on American-Islamic Relations event in Los Angeles, …
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Proponents of a new effort to study marijuana on Capitol Hill believe their bill has the greatest chance of becoming law because it seeks to do something both relatively uncontroversial and completely novel: Remove politics from the debate over marijuana altogether, while putting the nation’s scientists in the driver’s seat. …
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The stunning upset victory of Democrat Doug Jones over Roy Moore in Alabama’s special election on Tuesday is being parsed by pundits and politicians alike, but the results don’t seem to have changed much for Republicans at the hyper-partisan U.S. Capitol. On Wednesday, GOP lawmakers carried on with business as …
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