As tensions flared and violence erupted along the Israel-Gaza border over the weekend, two prominent U.S. lawmakers, Congressman Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), found themselves in Israel for separate reasons. Both congressmen have since left the country as the conflict escalated. Congressman Goldman’s trip to Israel was …
Read More »Sen. Cory Booker Calls On Sen. Menendez To Step Down
Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Cory Booker called on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign Tuesday, days after New Jersey’s senior senator was indicted on corruption charges for the second time. Booker had been the most high-profile Democrat in the state not to comment on Menendez’s indictment or call on …
Read More »Frustrated Democrats Call For GOP Help On Federal Gun Laws After Mass School Shooting
by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix May 25, 2022 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday implored Senate Republicans to work with Democrats to pass bipartisan gun control legislation, following a mass school shooting that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers in Texas. Tuesday’s massacre was the …
Read More »Senate to Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley With Congressional Gold Medal
The United States Senate has passed a bill to posthumously award Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley the Congressional Gold Medal. Till was tortured and murdered by two white men, K.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant, after Bryant’s wife, Carolyn, claimed he whistled to her at a grocery store …
Read More »Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker Test Positive For COVID-19
A tweet posted on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s official Twitter account confirmed that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, has been vaccinated and received a booster shot. She says she is experiencing mild symptoms. Warren was on the Senate floor last week before the chamber went on …
Read More »Senate Democrats Introduce Plan to Decriminalize Marijuana Federally
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Cory Booker, and Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation on Wednesday to remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances and decriminalize marijuana in the United States. “It’s our legislative proposal to end the federal prohibition on marijuana and repair damage done by the War on …
Read More »Congressional Dems Introduce Bill to Curb Money Bail
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) joined Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) to announce the reintroduction of the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act. The Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act incentivizes states to move away from a money bail system. Instead, the bill …
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