Gabriella Muñoz

James Clyburn likens Trump-era politics to Nazi Germany

House Majority Whip James Clyburn urged Congress Tuesday evening to do more to counter President Trump but stayed away from calling from impeachment.

March 20, 2019

Green New Deal backers lack cost estimates for plan

The Green New Deal would come at a hefty cost -- but figuring out how much is proving to be an impossible task for the bean-counters.

March 19, 2019

Nancy Pelosi says Green New Deal will be reviewed by multiple committees

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will send the Green New Deal, liberal activists high-priority plan to overhaul the U.S. economy, through the committee process.

March 14, 2019

Nancy Pelosi leaves door open to impeachment, warns it could be a distraction

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that trying to impeach President Trump would be a distraction from Democrats' real agenda -- though she didn't rule it out entirely.

March 14, 2019

House votes to make Mueller report public

The House voted Thursday to urge the Justice Department to make special counsel Robert Mueller's final report available to Congress and to the public, and now it heads to a fight in the Senate.

March 14, 2019

House Republican-led motion to oppose illegal voting falters

House Republicans thought they had another winner last week when they forced a vote on a symbolic measure to oppose allowing immigrants who live illegally in the U.S. the chance to vote in local elections.

March 13, 2019

Dems’ bill pushes to add LGBTQ protections to Civil Rights Act

House Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to add protections for LGBTQ persons into the 1964 Civil Rights Act, checking off another promise party leaders made during the 2018 campaign.

March 13, 2019

House Judiciary Committee votes to extend Violence Against Women Act

The House Judiciary Committee approved an update to the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday, overcoming objections from Republicans who said the legislation is straying too far from what the law is supposed to be.

March 13, 2019

‘Pay Our Interns’ advocates call rules from House Democrats ‘too late’

House Democrats issued guidance to lawmakers Tuesday allowing them to use up to $20,000 a year from a new fund to pay interns and to reimburse them for expenses they incur.

March 12, 2019

Green New Deal is still ‘in formation,’ progressive leaders say

The Green New Deal is still a work in progress, top progressive Democrats said Tuesday, after a leading labor union ripped the iconic proposal as unrealistic.

March 12, 2019

Targeting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar fires up progressive base: Mark Pocan

Attacks on firebrand progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar are serving to strengthen Democrats' liberal base, Rep. Mark Pocan said Tuesday.

March 12, 2019

Democrats scale back on impeachment after Nancy Pelosi says ‘not worth it’

House Democrats have pumped the brakes on impeachment talk Tuesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out against the move, but some still say they want to keep it as an option.

March 12, 2019

Democrats introduce revamped Violence Against Women Act

Democrats allowed the Violence Against Women Act to expire last month, saying they wanted to come back with something new and better.

March 10, 2019

Pelosi waffles on Green New Deal: ‘Some of the elements’ will be part of a discussion

Speaker Nancy Pelosi avoided embracing the Green New Deal on Friday, suggesting that only parts of the progressive project will be discussed.

March 8, 2019

Pelosi: Ilhan Omar ‘has a different experience in the use of words’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday defended Rep. Ilhan Omar, arguing the freshman Democrat was unaware of the anti-Semitic meaning behind her words.

March 8, 2019

Nancy Pelosi slams wall funding: ‘We’re talking about funding a campaign applause line’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump's wall on Friday as the wrong path to securing the border.

March 8, 2019

House passes Democrats’ historic election bill

The House on Friday approved the most sweeping reforms to campaign and elections law in generations, with Democrats powering the bill through over GOP objections and making quick work of their top legislative agenda for the year.

March 8, 2019

Ilhan Omar anti-Semitic comments condemned in House resolution

The House voted Thursday to condemn anti-Semitic comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a broader resolution decrying bigotry in all its forms, including Islamophobia and white nationalism.

March 7, 2019

Democrats’ resolution dings Omar’s claims, but doesn’t mention her

Democrats' new resolution condemning anti-Semitism doesn't mention Rep. Ilhan Omar by name, but it does specifically condemn the dual allegiance sentiments she expressed toward supporters of Israel.

March 7, 2019

ADL calls out James Clyburn’s Holocaust comments in defending Ilhan Omar

As Democratic leaders rush to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar from accusations of anti-Semitism, the Anti-Defamation League said Majority Whip James Clyburn went too far.

March 7, 2019