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A BIPARTISAN GROUP of senators unveiled legislation on Wednesday designed to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
The resolution — introduced by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; and Mike Lee, R-Utah — attempts to use the War Powers Act of 1973, a Vietnam War-era law that limits the president's power to wage war without congressional authorization, to disentangle the U.S. from a campaign that has claimed thousands of civilian lives and led to mass starvation.
Cars are heavily regulated, why aren't weapons of war at least up to this standard? Congressman Ro Khanna joins us to answer this and more. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asRtNSieq0Y
Lawmakers are concerned that advances in video manipulation technology could set off a new era of fake news. Now legislators say they want to start working on fixes to the problem before it's too late.
Technology experts have begun to sound the alarm on the new software, which lets users take existing videos and make high-quality altered video and audio that appears real. The emergence of the technology opens up a new world of hoaxes driven by doctored audio or video, and threatens to shake faith in the media even further.
The mining of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which have been in the spotlight recently due to their fluctuating valuations and investors, should be taxed for their considerable energy consumption, according to a Democratic congressman.
We're on Capitol Hill, as Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) discuss congressional action in the wake of yesterday's deadly school shooting, and the continuing battle over immigration reform. Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/10156913571523812/
California Representative Ro Khanna and other Democratic lawmakers, in a letter today, urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar to pave the way for cheaper generic drugs to treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV), helping patients who can't afford brand-name medicines from Gilead and AbbVie. Patent holders such as Gilead and AbbVie can choose whether to sell their drugs and for how much. But under 28 U.S.C. § 1498, the federal government can take patents if it provides reasonable compensation to the patent holder.
Do you think that Members of Congress get too many lifetime perks? Apparently some in Congress do.
Congressmen Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) have introduced the Stop Congressional Retirees' Accessing Perks (SCRAP) Act (H.R. 4981) in an effort to pare back on some of the perks.
It would end many of the benefits awarded to lawmakers after they leave office, including:
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman of Rock Hill and another legislator are looking to end lifetime health care and other benefits for themselves and hundreds of other members of Congress.
Norman and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the Stop Congressional Retirees' Accessing Perks — or SCRAP — Act. The bill would end some lifetime benefits to members of Congress, from health care to legislative access.
Norman is a South Carolina Republican, represending the 5th Congressonal District. Khanna is a California Democrat. Both were elected to their respective first terms since last summer.
CONGRESS APPROVES BUDGET DEAL: The House approved this morning a two-year budget deal that would increase federal spending by $300 billion and provide $90 billion in disaster aid — but not address immigration or the fate of DREAMers brought to the United States as children. The vote wasn't without some drama: the federal government entered the second shutdown of the Trump presidency for several hours early this morning after Congress failed to pass a spending bill by a midnight deadline. The Senate approved the measure just before 2 a.m. with a 73-26 vote.
Despite a rivalry between New York City and California in the world of technology, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) have joined forces to share best practices for expanding high-tech sectors.
Last October, Google launched Grow with Google, a $1 billion nonprofit partnership program that aims to bring about professional opportunities for Americans in the digital economy.