Democrats

Bowman Pleads Guilty To Fire Alarm Charge, Fined $1K

The Hill reports: Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor for falsely pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building last month ahead of a key House vote. Bowman appeared in D.C. Superior Court Thursday morning for his arraignment, one day after he was charged. Under an agreement with prosecutors, he will to pay a $1,000 …

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman Charged For Pulling Fire Alarm

NBC News reports: Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has been criminally charged with a misdemeanor in connection with pulling a fire alarm in a congressional building on Capitol Hill last month. The charge — one misdemeanor count of falsely pulling a fire alarm — carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. Bowman has been ordered to appear in D.C. …

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Fetterman Rips GOP Move Against Free School Lunches

The Hill reports: Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) took issue with a new school lunch resolution offered by fellow Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) Tuesday. The resolution, initially introduced in July by a series of senators and placed on the calendar last week, disagrees with recent guidance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in relation to sex discrimination. “I can’t even …

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WSJ: Dem Rep To Launch Biden Challenge On Friday

The Wall Street Journal reports: Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota is preparing to formally announce a long- shot Democratic primary challenge to President Biden, offering himself as a next-generation alternative to the 80-year-old president, according to people familiar with his plans. The 54-year-old Phillips, after months of encouraging fellow Democrats to challenge Biden, has told people in his home state …

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Menendez Pleads Not Guilty To Foreign Agent Charge

CNN reports: Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to a charge alleging he conspired to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. The New Jersey Democrat personally entered his plea before district Judge Sidney H. Stein. Menendez, his wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez, and three other co-defendants were indicted last month on corruption-related offenses and are accused …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Speaks On Aid To Israel And Ukraine

PBS NewsHour reports: President Joe Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address Thursday night as he makes his case for providing billions of dollars in military assistance to Israel and Ukraine, deepening American involvement in two very different, unpredictable and bloody foreign conflicts. The speech will be an opportunity for Biden to argue that the United States has an …

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Sen. Laphonza Butler Won’t Run To Hold Seat In 2024

The New York Times reports: Laphonza Butler, who was appointed 18 days ago to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein’s death, said on Thursday that she would not run for the office next year, clearing the way for a truly open race in California that features three Democratic congressional members and a former Major League Baseball star. …

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Dem Rep. Dean Phillips Ramps Up Possible WH Bid

The Messenger reports: Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips is trying to hire top Democratic operatives with presidential campaign experience for his longshot primary challenge against President Joe Biden, according to multiple sources familiar with conversations. The outreach is the latest sign that Phillips is not only serious about running for president but has begun to put the pieces together to mount …

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Biden Announces Humanitarian Aid Deal For Gaza

NBC News reports: President Biden announced an agreement Wednesday to allow humanitarian aid to move from Egypt to Gaza and confirmed $100 million in U.S. funding for assistance to civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. Biden, speaking in Tel Aviv as part of a trip to Israel in the wake of terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas, said he …

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Menendez’s Wife Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges

The Associated Press reports: Four defendants in the criminal bribery case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York City to a revised indictment alleging that the senator, his wife and a third defendant conspired to use him as an agent of the Egyptian government. The senator, who gave up his position as chair of the …

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Dems Warm To Empowering Temporary Speaker

Politico reports: The idea of empowering acting Speaker Patrick McHenry to temporarily move legislation is gaining traction in the Democratic Caucus. Maine Rep. Jared Golden is now openly calling to increase McHenry’s powers, at least to avoid a government shutdown. In an interview with us, the centrist Democrat said he supports allowing McHenry to move bills on a temporary basis, …

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NC Gov Sues After Republicans Seize Elections Board

Courthouse News reports: Governor Roy Cooper sued the State of North Carolina, the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate and the Speaker of the North Carolina House, claiming that the North Carolina General Assembly limited his constitutional duties as governor and violated the constitutional separation of powers. Session Law 2023-139, previously Senate Bill 749, removed Cooper’s ability to …

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Biden Attends Israeli War Cabinet Meeting [VIDEO]

Axios reports: President Biden landed in Tel Aviv today to show solidarity with Israel in its war against Hamas, and to try to prevent the war from spreading. But the Middle East is already bubbling over with rage — and the war’s shockwaves are increasingly tough to contain. A deadly missile blast Tuesday at a hospital in Gaza killed hundreds …

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Butler To Fill Feinstein’s Senate Judiciary Panel Seat

Courthouse News reports: Laphonza Butler, California’s newly-minted Democrat senator, will fill a vacancy on the Senate Judiciary Committee left by the late Dianne Feinstein, party leadership announced Tuesday. Butler, who until recently was president of Democratic political action committee EMILY’s List, is one of several lawmakers slated to assume Feinstein’s committee assignments, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a …

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Dems Craft Plan To Punish GOP If Jordan Is Speaker

NBC News reports: Democrats are already crafting a strategy to use Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as a political weapon against Republicans in the next election if he becomes the next House speaker. In a memo to House Democrats, first shared with NBC News, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee urged party members and candidates to portray the entire GOP as beholden …

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Biden “Sickened” By IL Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Killing

Via press release from the White House: Jill and I were shocked and sickened to learn of the brutal murder of a six-year-old child and the attempted murder of the child’s mother in their home yesterday in Illinois. The child’s Palestinian Muslim family came to America seeking what we all seek—a refuge to live, learn, and pray in peace. This …

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Biden Team Rakes In More Than “Entire MAGA Field”

Via press release from the Biden-Harris campaign: Today, Team Biden-Harris announced that it raised more than $71 million in the third quarter of 2023 — on par with the Q2 haul — demonstrating continued strong support and enthusiasm for the President and Vice President’s reelection campaign. The team is also reporting today that it has a historic nearly $91 million …

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Dems Trash GOP Speaker Pick Jordan As Insurrectionist

NBC News reports: Democrats are standing firm in their refusal to bail out the House Republican majority as it struggles to elect a new speaker 10 days after after booting Rep. Kevin McCarthy. They’re also dialing up the rhetoric against the GOP’s new nominee for speaker, prominent Trump ally Jim Jordan of Ohio, blasting him as an insurrectionist, election denier …

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Four Dems Pitch Short-Term Deal With Acting Speaker

Politico reports: Four top centrist Democrats on Friday sent a pitch to Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry: Let’s get the House working again. In a letter to McHenry, Democrats told him they support giving him “temporary, expanded authorities” that would allow the House to take up the most urgent bills — namely, government funding plans. Specifically, the Democrats are proposing to …

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Jeffries Urges GOP To Break From “MAGA Extremists”

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to “get their act together” and elect the next speaker while slamming the “extremists” within their party. Jeffries joined PBS News Hour inside the Capitol Thursday night after Speaker-designate Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew his name from consideration for the role. “I know there are traditional Republicans who …

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