House of Representatives
The House has passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing act to reform law enforcement. The new law will ban neck restraints, no-knock warrants during federal drug cases, and will bring reform to qualified immunity that prevents many offending officers from being personally sued for civil rights infractions.
New Class Of Lawmakers Sworn Into The House Of Representatives Today is a special day, not just any day — it’s not our anniversary but rather the momentous occasion when the House of Representatives will welcome six phenomenal women for the first time… Vanity Fair marked the occasion with a special photo shoot and featured […]
We lost another good one y’all.
With the holiday break approaching The House is trying to slip in a bill in the “back door” that will end all of the conversation about “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (See what we did there?).
U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters is not going out without a fight. The Democratic Los Angeles representative plans to go to trial over accusations that she violated ethics regulations.
In a 5-4 decision on June 28th the Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s ban on handguns. Chicago mayor Richard Daley was left shaking his head. The previous week had been an exceptionally bloody one with 54 people shot over a single weekend. His distaste could be felt by many across the country. DC’s delegate to […]