frustrating and sometimes even infuriating. then the hard work of hours and days and months from people who refuse to give up pays off. history is made. lives are changed. when everything was looking down for president biden, are things finally looking up? i m here with my panel. let me start with you congresswoman eleanor holmes norman. biden had a pretty good week. you want me to say an excellent week? got the chips bill done. still the gdp suffered losses, possibly we re in recession. economic pain is very real. what do you hear from your constituents. the washingtonians you represent? i must tell you, we were looking down and then all of a sudden we re looking up. when you talk about the affordable care act, prescription build back better, at least some version of it, and prescription
On Tuesday, May 3, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement on the draft majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that eliminates the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday reintroduced her Federal Gift Shop Tax Act, which would allow state and local governments to impose a sales tax on purchases at gift shops on federal property.
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