Congress

Andrew Janz mounts vigorous campaign against Trump lapdog Devin Nunes

October 10, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Nunes voted against the DREAM Act, for Trump’s wall, to dismantle Medicare and privatize Social Security, and to slash taxes for corporations and the rich.

Under Kavanaugh cover, Republicans pass $3 trillion tax cuts for wealthy

October 5, 2018 By Frank Clemente

While Americans watched the Senate, House Republicans passed another giant tax cut for the rich and corporations.

Four GOP Virginia congressional reps could go down to defeat

September 18, 2018 By Emile Schepers

There may be as many as four of Virginia’s Republican-held federal House of Representatives seats in play in this November’s midterm congressional elections.

This week in history: Dr. Joycelyn Elders testifies to Congress

July 23, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Twenty-five years ago, on July 23, 1993, President Bill Clinton’s nominee as 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Joycelyn Elders, testified at a Congressional confirmation hearing and openly affirmed her belief in factual sex education...

Paul Ryan quit fearing Democratic wave in November, say Wisconsinites

April 12, 2018 By Dominique Paul Noth

Ryan will continue to influence the GOP via money: He has some $14 million on-hand and already raised another $40 million for the RNC.