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A heavyweight right-wing financier has thrown in with a left-right coalition to end the U.S. military's involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, one of the world's most devastating humanitarian catastrophes, The Daily Beast has learned.
The Charles Koch Institute, bearing the brand of one of the most influential sources of conservative political money, is backing an effort spearheaded by progressive California Democrat Ro Khanna to demand either an end to non-counterterrorism aid to the Yemen war or a direct congressional vote authorizing it.
Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
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A group of House Democrats penned a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday asking him to condemn far-right Brazilian presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro.
The lawmakers, led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), cited concerns for "rising threats to democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Brazil" in making their request.
"Given the regional repercussions of this sort of development, this is not a threat that our country can take lightly," they wrote.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna introduced legislation to strengthen the Federal Reserve's mandate to pursue robust job and wage growth, on the 40th anniversary of the signing of the law that enshrined the Fed's "maximum employment" goal.
Named after the renowned leader in the civil rights and full employment movement, the Coretta Scott King Full Employment Federal Reserve Act directs the Federal Reserve to target wages that keep pace worker productivity growth and to shrink discrepancies in unemployment due to race, gender, or geography.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ro Khanna, joined by more than a dozen progressive colleagues in the House, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to make it clear to the government of Brazil that the United States of America finds the positions and statements of leading Brazilian presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, unacceptable.
The Federal Reserve has two jobs. Unfortunately, over the past few decades, it's been doing one of them quite poorly: Ensuring unemployment remains low and wage growth high.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) thinks this is an issue Democrats should take on. And this afternoon he's releasing a bill to get the ball rolling.
The "Coretta Scott King Full Employment Federal Reserve Act of 2018" — named after the African-American activist who made full employment a hallmark of her civil rights efforts — would amend the Federal Reserve's obligations in several ways.
More than a dozen House Democrats are urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to condemn Brazil's far-right presidential candidate for encouraging political violence, showing a lack of commitment to democracy and attacking minority communities.
The lawmakers, led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and including Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and James McGovern (D-Mass.), in their letter dated Friday call Jair Bolsonaro a "far-right extremist" who has said he will not accept the election results if he loses.
Members of Congress are raising the alarm about the potential for a violent crackdown in Brazil, as the country hurtles toward the second round presidential vote on October 28. Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who has recently threatened to jail political opponents and unleash a wave of extrajudicial executions of alleged criminals, appears all but assured to win the vote and take the presidency.
Santa Clara – Today, following Tim Cook's remarks at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners, Rep. Ro Khanna issued the following statement:
"These are a well-crafted set of principles necessary for federal privacy law reform in the United States. I applaud Tim Cook for articulating clear and simply stated principles and leading on these issues."
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