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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) says that his office is a "bodyslam free zone" for the media following an alleged physical confrontation between GOP House candidate Greg Gianforte and a reporter in Montana.
"Dear Press: We have created a safe zone in our office," he tweeted with the hashtag #ThursdayThoughts. "Reporters will (1) get the truth and (2) not get body slammed."
President Trump pledged on the campaign trail to create a trillion-dollar infrastructure program once elected, something that at first seemed like it might attract Democratic support.
Since President Trump took office, military posturing and bellicosity between the United States and North Korea has escalated. In recent weeks, it has grown to include reciprocal threats of the use of nuclear weapons.
Arms for health care, anyone? With the help of his son-in-law, President Donald Trump just inked a $110 billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office announced Wednesday that the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) will cut the deficit by $119 billion.
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of the Westside is giving his people what they want with his recently introduced SWAMP (Stop Waste And Misuse by the President) Act. If approved, it would require Trump and any cohorts under U.S. Secret Service protection (such as his wife, Melania) to pay for their own travel to properties where the president has a commercial interest.
Let's step back and talk about what's what — the actual facts of how it works — when it comes to impeachment.
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Jared Kushner played a leading role in orchestrating a $100 billion arms deal with the Saudi government, according to the New York Times.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus will lay out its own infrastructure proposal this week, staking out a position ahead of a legislative debate over transportation that is expected to heat up later this year.
The effort, spearheaded by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), attempts to paint a clear contrast with President Trump's infrastructure vision by calling for direct public investment in roads, bridges and other public works, as opposed to providing "corporate giveaways" to spur private sector investment.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) says in a new interview that Congress should look at whether President Trump obstructed justice with the "shocking" firing of former FBI Director James Comey.