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A group of House progressives are urging the Biden administration in a new letter to overrule the Senate parliamentarian and keep a $15 minimum wage in the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.
The effort to ramp up pressure on President Joe Biden is made up of 23 progressive lawmakers led by Rep. Ro Khanna of California. It comes after Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck down the $15 minimum wage on Thursday evening, determining the measure violated the guidelines of the budget reconciliation process.
Liberal House Democrats are pleading with Vice President Kamala Harris to ignore the ruling of the Senate's parliamentarian and decide that the $15 federal minimum wage can stay in the Covid relief package during Senate floor debate this week.
When President Joe Biden announced the US will end support for Saudi Arabia's offensive operations in Yemen, Rep. Ro Khanna felt the decision was a vindication of a fight he's been engaged in for years.
Wealthy individuals and large companies would face a major increase in the risk of getting audited by the IRS in two bills unveiled by Democratic lawmakers Thursday.
The U.S. government could take in $1.2 trillion in additional tax revenue over a decade without raising marginal rates by aggressively auditing wealthy individuals and corporations, according to a new bill from Representative Ro Khanna of California.
Rep. Ro Khanna, Silicon Valley's lawmaker in Congress, on Thursday proposed a bill aimed at bulking up the Internal Revenue Service's enforcement tools and ability to crack down on tax evasion.
The legislation, if passed, would infuse the IRS with $70 billion between fiscal 2022 and 2031 to help the agency hire additional staff to audit individuals making more than $1 million in total income. Corporations with more than $20 billion in assets would also be prioritized for audits under the plan.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a vocal opponent of the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen's civil war, called on President Biden to withdraw further support from the campaign and cut off all arms sales to Riyadh.
Khanna hailed Biden's reversals of Trump administration policies on Yemen, calling them "a huge commitment to end US support for the Saudi war in Yemen." But he added that "our work to support a brighter future for the people of Yemen is just beginning."
Rep. Ro Khanna, who made waves last week for saying the Biden administration would "radically reset" U.S.-Israel ties, is calling for improved relations between the United States, Israel and the Palestinians through innovation and economic development.
California Democrat Ro Khanna is taking the helm of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment, offering both progressive climate ambitions and pragmatic sensibilities to a panel charged with scrutinizing environmental agencies and the energy industry.
The congressman represents the Silicon Valley area and, in just a few years in Congress, his national reputation has grown to "lion size," to borrow a phrase from Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
During a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Ro Khanna asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz if the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy ultimately harmed national security.
"That's certainly what the marshals expressed concern about, precisely that issue," Horowitz replied.
In his first major foreign policy address, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he would end American support for Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led "offensive operations" in Yemen, echoing a promise he made on the campaign trail in 2019.
Speaking at the State Department, Biden told diplomats that he would prioritize diplomatic solutions to the conflict and appointed, as a special envoy, one of the department's top Middle East experts. He also announced support for a cease-fire and an effort to restart long-stalled peace talks.