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U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg was not among the 10 Republicans who sided with Democrats when the US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors relating to his role in last week s attack on the Capitol.
Rep. Walberg, R-Tipton, represents Michigan s 7th Congressional District, which includes the City of Saline, and the townships of Lodi, York and Saline. Democrat Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, voted for impeachment. Dingell represents Michigan s 12th Congressional District, which includes Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township.
Walberg, in a Facebook post, said the violence at the Capitol was sickening and must be condemned, but said a rushed impeachment would deepen the nation s turmoil.
Fran Hutchins, who helped lead the fight for marriage equality in Maine as the regional field director for Mainers United for Marriage, took on a new role as the executive director of the Equality Federation at the beginning of the year.
Hutchins, a 44-year-old queer woman, has been with the Equality Federation since 2012 and is its third executive director. She is the first mixed-race Asian American to lead the organization.
When she spoke to the Bay Area Reporter January 6, Hutchins was settling into her new role. She spoke with the paper just a few moments before the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol building by pro-Trump rioters.
In First Act of New Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Reparations Bill
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Published January 14, 2021
Sheila Jackson Lee, candidate for US Rep 18 (D).
With the start of the 117th Congress this week, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Budget, and Homeland Security, has reaffirmed her quest for legislation that could eventually provide reparations for slavery victims.
On Monday, January 4, 2021, Jackson Lee re-introduced H.R. 40, a bill that would fund a committee to explore whether Black Americans should receive reparations for slavery.
While it does not directly introduce payments, the Commission would study racial inequities and policy solutions.
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