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#HouseDemocrat is proposing a #constitutionalamendment to reverse #SupremeCourt’s #immunity decision
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-immunity-trump-biden-9ec81d3aa8b2fd784c1b155d82650b3e
A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling. Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York says he is seeking to reverse the court's decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.” It’s the most significant legislative response yet to the decision this week from the court’s conservative majority. Congress can launch the Constitutional amendment process with a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate, which is highly unlikely during the period of divided government. It then needs ratification by three-fourths of the states. There have been 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
House Democrat moves to force vote on censuring Marjorie Taylor Greene
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First-term Democratic Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.) made a move to force a vote on her resolution to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the firebrand Georgia congresswoman’s many controversial comments — and in part as a response to Greene’s move to force a vote to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Balint’s move Thursday on…
Key House Democrat wants Senate rule change over Tuberville military hold
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4195224-house-democrat-adam-smith-tuberville-military-hold/
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Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is calling for the Senate to change its rules amid Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) continued blockade of over 300 military promotions continues. “I wish the Senate would change their rules so that one senator doesn’t have that kind of power, so that we actually would have a democracy where you have…
Resolution to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene brought by House Democrat
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First-term Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) is leading a resolution to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her controversial comments and actions, with the most recent being the Georgia Republican displaying censored sexual images of the president’s son Hunter Biden in a hearing last week. The resolution introduced Tuesday is a laundry list of around 40…
'Give Me a Goddamn Break': House Democrat Slams Food Aid Cuts as Pentagon Budget Soars — "I didn't come to Congress to hurt people," said Rep. Jim McGovern. "And when I listen to my Republican friends, what is clear to me is that we don't share the same values."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dem-food-aid-cuts-pentagon
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