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- Senator Cortese Introduces Legislation to Raise the Age for Extended Foster Care
- Chairman Aguilar: MAGA extremism is hurting our country
- Frankel, Venkat: House passes bill to bar noncompete agreements in health care employment
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- Senator Laird Introduces Bill to Enhance Safety at Battery Storage Facilities
Clyburn’s decision frustrated some younger members, who had hoped the new Congress would start with a clean slate. On Wednesday, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., 61, announced a surprise bid against Clyburn for assistant leader; that election will take place Thursday. "Today, with immense pride, I stood in front of the House Democratic Caucus as a candidate for Democratic Leader, and I am eternally grateful for the trust my colleagues placed in me with their votes," Jeffries said in a statement. Pelosi tapped Jeffries to serve as an impeachment manager for the Senate trial in January of 2020 — a high profile position for those who would prosecute their case on national television. Crow was on the team and recounted a tense moment during the Senate trial when a protester burst into the chamber during Jeffries' presentation and it was unclear if he had a weapon or would threaten the lawmakers inside. "I have studied history long enough to know that evolutions are much better than revolutions," Clyburn said.
Senator Cortese Introduces Legislation to Raise the Age for Extended Foster Care
Jones later said it was an inequitable application of the rules wielded by the GOP supermajority against a young Black lawmaker. The school district's director of schools, the school principal and the chief of the "appropriate" law enforcement agency must sign off on a staff member's authority to carry a concealed handgun, so school administrators could theoretically block any teacher from going armed on campus. Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, a Democrat, will also become the second woman to serve as mayor of the northeastern Indiana city. She was elected in the second round of voting during a Democratic caucus when she met the requirement of 50% of the votes plus one, The Journal Gazette reported.
Chairman Aguilar: MAGA extremism is hurting our country
A 9-year-old Aguilar studied the San Bernardino Sun every day and was entranced by nightly news coverage of the disaster. Upset, he wrote a letter to Exxon’s chief executive that included a petition telling the company to clean up the spill and take responsibility. “I don’t think Hakeem is going to do this job for 20 years like Pelosi did,” Aguilar said of becoming speaker. Along with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Aguilar is part of a newer, younger vanguard of Democratic leaders who replaced septuagenarian and octogenarian counterparts. Partially because of his demeanor and the decidedly moderate part of the state he represents, Aguilar is far from an ideological warrior duking it out over culture-war issues.
Frankel, Venkat: House passes bill to bar noncompete agreements in health care employment
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In Riverside County, veteran Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Corona) will probably face former federal prosecutor Will Rollins in a competitive race. The redrawing of district lines resulted in the inclusion of a large number of liberal and gay voters in the Palm Springs area. Rollins is gay and regularly campaigns with his husband; Calvert has a history of voting against LGBTQ+ interests and his allies outed a Democratic rival in a 1994 campaign. Calvert, who said his view on gay rights has evolved and he now supports same-sex marriage, beat Rollins by fewer than 5 points last year, a result that may prompt national Democrats to invest in the race.
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The nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which has tracked House and Senate races for decades, rates nine of the state’s 52 congressional districts as competitive, the most of any state in the nation. Pete brought that with him to Congress,” said Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who served as House majority leader under Pelosi. Chastened, he launched his campaign earlier to help with fundraising and provide more time for door-to-door politicking.
Senator Laird Introduces Bill to Enhance Safety at Battery Storage Facilities
Its passage was made possible, however, after the rest of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — save for The Squad — came around and said that they were ready to pass the omnibus spending package as a result of other lawmakers’ commitment to vote for a larger social-spending bill down the line. The document presents a comprehensive domestic policy legislative agenda that includes proactive, top-priority policies that lift up poor and working people. Republicans in favor of the measure have argued trained staff can increase school security, particularly in rural areas where law enforcement may be more sparsely staffed with greater response times to far-flung communities. The General Assembly last year funded school resource officer positions at all Tennessee schools, with the ability for SROs to go armed. Staffing issues have complicated hiring for those positions and nearly 600 schools do not have an SRO in place. Derek Camp, chairman of the Allen County Democratic Party, said Tucker would be sworn in as mayor early next week.
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A young Democratic member who is backing Cicilline expressed frustration Wednesday with Clyburn's decision to run for leadership again. … She was the most effective leader in history, and I’m not sure why he [Clyburn] didn’t have to leave with her,” the Democrat said. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who is 82 and has served in party leadership, said Tuesday night the shift taking place with the current slate of leaders stepping aside to make way for a new generation has been in the works for several years. Newsom joined the California Legislative Women's Caucus and advocates to announce the proposal. Lawmakers called the Arizona law "draconian" and said California had an obligation to get involved.
Casar and Lee were also backed by Justice Democrats, the left-wing group that helped Ocasio-Cortez topple a powerful Democratic incumbent in 2018. But after his election Wednesday, Jeffries spoke emotionally about how he grew up in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, raised by his working-class parents — a caseworker and a social worker — during the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and ’90s. In recent years, other young, ambitious and talented Democrats looking to climb the leadership ladder discovered they had nowhere to go but out. Crow said that episode shows that Jeffries "knows where he's going, but he also knows where he's from. And I think that's important as a person and as important as a leader to never forget your background, never forget who you are." One younger House Democrat, Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., who was elected in 2016, told NPR she was excited about the major shift in who will lead her party in the House.
Chairman Aguilar: House Democrats will never stop fighting to restore Reproductive Freedom
Garden Grove City Councilwoman Kim Nguyen, a Democrat, announced her candidacy to represent the district that is home to many Vietnamese American voters. This election, the Republican is expected to receive stronger financial support and his Democratic rivals lack Porter’s fundraising prowess. The race was further scrambled when the candidate Porter endorsed, state Sen. Dave Min, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Sacramento. Joanna Weiss, an attorney like Porter, is also running for the seat and has the backing of former Rep. Harley Rouda, who planned to run for the seat until he suffered a brain injury. Of the 435 seats in the House, Democrats need to capture five held by Republicans next year to take back control of Congress.
And because they have made small strides in influencing the party’s agenda and several of its members are well-known, I wouldn’t expect them to stop aggressively pushing their vision for the Democratic Party — even when others in the caucus vociferously disagree. Of the current “Big Three” Democrats, only Clyburn, the current majority whip, has opted to stay in leadership in the new Congress. He will run for the job of “assistant leader,” which has been considered the No. 3 post in the minority in the past but will shift to the No. 4 job this Congress.
He said the rule could penalize the fossil fuel industry that’s important to his state. As my colleague Nathaniel Rakich reported, many of these members are some of the most conservative Democrats in the House. And while it could be because they tend to hail from competitive districts or states, they might also just genuinely believe in more of a centrist approach to governing.
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