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The congressman from Silicon Valley is pressure-testing a message that he thinks could save the Democratic party in the industrial Midwest.
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Dressed in gray suit slacks, black work boots and a blue hard hat, the congressman from Silicon Valley one recent morning in a steel factory here stood and looked at a big, roaring furnace so hot it was glowing orange.
Insurgent presidential campaigns don't start in Washington. They begin at barbeques with the New Hampshire Young Democrats, in meetings with frustrated local officials in Indiana factory towns and at UW-Whitewater's Rock County campus in Janesville.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) was feeling good.
The progressive congressman saw President Biden's signing of the CHIPS and Science Act Tuesday as just one of several legislative victories in the Democrats' arsenal heading into the midterm elections.
He's a frequent guest on networks like CNN and MSNBC, but he also pops up on the conservative-leaning network.
WHY THE LEFT IS QUIET — Normally, just as Senate Dems begin to untie the final knots presented by the parliamentarian and any caucus holdouts, progressives in the House would start making noises about why they can't support the bill. But so far, those voices have been muted. On Wednesday, we talked to Rep.
CUPERTINO, Calif. - U.S. Representative Ro Khanna met with leaders from the African American community in Silicon Valley today. He says he was disturbed by a recent report highlighting disparities affecting Black people throughout the South Bay.
Democratic leaders are racing to finalize a revised proposal to tackle climate change and jump-start the nation's transition to clean energy, part of a larger sprint to strike a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on their stalled spending bill this month.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/BCN) – A bill being pushed this week by congressional Democrats would send as much as $240 a year to most American taxpayers for as long as oil prices stay high.
That's the annual amount of cash the sponsors of the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax hope to generate if the bill is passed and signed into law.