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While Republican leaders dither on a new Speaker of the House, at least one Democratic congressmember is building bipartisan support to reform our politics.
In Santa Clara this past Saturday, Congressmember Ro Khanna held a town hall meeting at Mission College to discuss local, national, and International issues.
Khanna talked about locally funded infrastructure projects and his Congressional priorities.
But there was a lot of interest in Congressional politics and the Middle East.
For most congressional aides, coming to work on the Hill is a lesson in trade-offs. Sure, the job is prestigious, but the pay is subpar; there’s access to powerful politicians and exposure to their terrible tempers; you might love the work but hate everything else in your life.
After autonomous vehicle interests spent at least a quarter of a million dollars on lobbying and treated two senior gubernatorial aides to a bougie dinner, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill Friday night that would have banned self-driving trucks from
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is set to unveil a plan intended to reform Congress and the federal government that includes a number of proposals that have garnered bipartisan support in recent months, such as the implementation of term limits and a ban on stock trading for lawmakers.
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna on Wednesday ripped a senior Johnson & Johnson attorney after she repeatedly dodged questions regarding the legal justification for the pharmaceutical giant's lawsuit alleging government efforts to negotiate lower drug prices are "unjust taking."
When Congress returns in a few days after its August recess, it will have just a few weeks to hammer out a spending bill to avoid a possible government shutdown.
It was just one of the many issues South Bay Congressman Ro Khanna addressed during a town hall Sunday evening in San Jose.
This fall, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce legislation calling for a large public investment to create a high-quality universal childcare system where individual families, many of whom now pay as much or more for childcare as their rent or mortgage, would pay no more than $10 a day.
Democrats continue to raise the alarm about the battle being fought in the House of Representatives as Republicans make their mark on bills relating to LGBTQ+ people as part of the 2024 budget process.
The US chief justice should testify before Congress about ethics scandals besetting his supreme court “for the good of democracy”, a leading Californian progressive said.