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Hundreds of thousand of people descended upon downtown Houston on Saturday to celebrate annual Pride Festival and parade — a day to display acceptance of often marginalized groups.
The slogans displayed on posters and rainbow-themed attire reiterated those messages: "Love is love," one hat read. "This Isn't a Phase," read another.
Presidential contender Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development from implementing a rule barring undocumented immigrants from subsidized housing.
Last month, the Trump administration said it intends to recalculate how poverty is determined in America when estimating the size of the nation's population of poor people.
WASHINGTON — The bill that permanently authorizes the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund passed out of the House Judiciary Committee unanimously on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON – Former "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart shamed members of a House panel Tuesday when only five lawmakers were seated in the rostrum to hear survivors of the Sept. 11 terror attacks testify about the need to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
House Democrats are seeking to block the Trump administration from following through on a plan to make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to receive government housing aid.
Rep. Justin Amash broke ranks with fellow Republicans when he said special counsel Robert S.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spent several hours in a congressional hearing answering questions about his department's plan to evict unauthorized immigrants from government-subsidized housing.
At least 225 members of the House of Representatives have publicly backed the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, bas
After a Capitol Hill hearing with more than a few minutes devoted to a back-and-forth about whether a California congresswoman was asking about foreclosed properties or Oreo cookies, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson lobbed a tweet at a Houston congresswoman and claimed undocumented immigrants were keeping Houstonians from public housing.