legislation
New California laws: Family leave, COVID protections, tax credits for undocumented
September 21, 2020“Undocumented front line workers leave their families every day to keep our economy running, but many are still struggling to make ends meet."
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New Poor People’s Campaign to McConnell: Pass the Heroes Act
August 4, 2020WASHINGTON - Taking their protests right to the key source of the problem, the New Poor People’s Campaign flooded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office with calls on August 3, demanding he let lawmakers pass the...
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Colorado takes a giant step toward police reform
August 3, 2020The measure is part of a broad police accountability and reform legislation restricting the use of force by officers and banning chokeholds, signed into law by Governor Jared Polis (D) on June 19.
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Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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House OKs anti-redlining bill, 230-178
June 30, 2020GOP President Donald Trump’s regime wants to let banks redline communities of color. The Democratic-run U.S. House doesn’t.
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