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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed by a voice vote an amendment presented by Representatives Ted Lieu, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Deb Haaland, and Emanuel Cleaver that would directly impact the federal government's ongoing interference in Portland and other U.S. cities. The amendment to H.R.
QUEENS, NY - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released the following statement, opposing the use of federal relief funds for the construction of an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport from Willis Point.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce the ‘Law Enforcement Identification Transparency Act of 2020,' requiring all federal law enforcement officers to identify their name, agency and badge number on their uniform at all times while on duty or serving the public.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib released a statement urging House Leadership to significantly reduce the budget for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in the upcoming Appropriations bills. This call follows a recentreport from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that the additional funds appropriated by Congress to CBP in 2019, which the four Congresswomen voted against, were misused.
Advocates working to deconstruct police brutality and anti-Black racism have long called to defund the police, and in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee and many other Black people by police, the concept has become a rallying cry among protestors. Activists and community organizations define defunding the police as moving public funds away from policing and incarceration, and investing instead in community resources.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has brokered a deal with a key block of Democrats that threatened to derail passage of her sweeping bill overhauling drug prices.
Pelosi met late Tuesday with Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Mark Pocan, D-Wis., co-leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The caucus said the legislation didn’t go far enough and was threatening to oppose it on the House floor when it is voted on later this week.
It isn’t often that you hear someone rave about a great congressional hearing they’ve seen online. Heck, outside of big national events, I’m going to bet you have never willingly watched C-Span.
But less than one year since she entered Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has represented New York’s 14th congressional district since January, has changed that.
'So you won't take down lies?': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenges Facebook CEO – video
Mark Zuckerberg faced a grueling examination from the Democratic lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday, with questions over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Facebook’s reluctance to police political advertising.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York on April 5, 2019. (AP / Seth Wenig)
In a new bill unveiled today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offers a clear answer to the affordable housing crisis: Protect tenants, not big landlords.