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The Equality Act passed the U.S. House on Friday, with eight Republicans breaking rank to vote with Democratic colleagues for legislation supporters say will add needed federal protections in housing, employment and health care to millions of LGBTQ Americans.
However, the legislation is not expected to be brought up for a vote in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has referred to the upper chamber as a graveyard for progressive measures.
No Democrats voted against the measure, though three Democratic presidential candidates — Reps. Eric Swalwell, Tim Ryan and Seth Moulton — did not cast votes for or against the bill.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that impeaching President Trump or using Congress‘ inherent contempt powers against his top aides is still "on the table" as Democrats took stock of where their efforts to investigate the president stand.
Mrs. Pelosi, in several appearances, urged patience, saying it was too early to know which direction to go.
"It takes time," she said at an event at Georgetown University Law Center. "We can't have the instant gratification that people want right now."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday held a marathon reading of the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The reading began at noon EDT (1700 GMT) and was expected to take 12 to 14 hours. For those who could not make it to the Capitol hearing room to listen, it was being broadcast on C-SPAN and lawmakers plan to release a podcast version.Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, one of the top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, started the reading and nearly two dozen of her colleagues were to take part.
"There [are] a lot of average people who have not seen the Mueller report," Representative Sylvia Garcia, another Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said ahead of Scanlon kicking off the reading.
More than 25 House Democrats, including the chairman and vice chairwoman of the House Judiciary Committee, began a nonstop marathon reading of the entire redacted Mueller report Thursday afternoon.
The reading of all 448 pages of the special counsel's report, taking place in the House Rules Committee room in the U.S. Capitol, is expected to last between 12 to 14 hours, concluding in the early hours of Friday morning.
Earlier this week, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) told The Washington Post: "We've been saying for weeks that if you think there was no obstruction and no collusion, you haven't read the Mueller report. So, the ongoing quest has been how do we get that story out there while we are waiting for the witnesses to come in."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced H.R. 2763 to block a proposed US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule that targets mixed-immigrant status families for federal housing eviction, including 55,000 children.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia voted to pass H.R 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, a major piece of legislation that addresses two top concerns of the American people – lowering prescription drug prices and defending vital protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This bill is a critical component of the For The People agenda.
Three members of Congress from Texas are part of a group of 23 U.S. Representatives who oppose a rule proposed by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to deny federal housing assistance to households with mixed immigration status.
Mixed immigration status households are those where one or more members are not U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, refugees or asylum beneficiaries. The rule would affect people living in public housing, as well as those who get assistance for rent or housing vouchers.
The Texas representatives who oppose the new rule are Al Green, Sylvia Garcia and Vicente Gonzalez. All of them are Democrats.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Representative Mike Quigley (I-05L) with Representatives Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Jesus "Chuy" García (IL-04) re-introduced legislation that seeks to remove the ability of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to contract with local law enforcement for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration law.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), member of the Judiciary Committee and the first South American-born member of Congress, along with U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala (FL-27), held a press conference with Gustavo Marcano, minister counselor of the Venezuelan government in the United States, and South Florida elected officials, calling on the Trump Administration to swiftly grant temporary protected status (TPS) to Venezuelans currently residing in the United States as well as place a moratorium on deporting non-criminal Venezuelans.
WASHINGTON – On Friday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), and 20 Committee Democrats sent a letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S.