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May 11, 2021 – Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand and Representatives Ilhan Omar and Gwen Moore yesterday introduced the Universal School Meals Program Act, legislation to provide universal meals for all children enrolled in school. This bill would provide free breakfast and lunch to students regardless of their family’s income level, negating the need to apply or verify eligibility for school food programs and making it easier for programs to continue to feed children throughout the year.
The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health, issued the following statement in support of the bill:
Bernie Sanders, Progressives Raise Alarms About Israeli Extremists Amid Violence Against Palestinians
On 5/8/21 at 5:09 PM EDT
Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and prominent progressive, raised alarms, as did other progressive lawmakers, as Israeli security forces cracked down on Muslim Palestinians performing Ramadan prayers in East Jerusalem amid tensions surrounding Israeli settlers working to evict Palestinians from their homes.
Israeli police said that more than 200 Palestinians and 17 police officers were injured in clashes on Friday, after authorities cracked down while Palestinians worshippers gathered for prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem during Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for Muslims, Israeli newspaper
Progressives Introduce Huge Climate Bill That Rivals Biden Infrastructure Plan
Derrick Davis, a member of West Virginia New Jobs Coalition, hangs up signage during a community gathering and job fair as West Virginians take action for an infrastructure package and call on Congress to pass the THRIVE Act on April 8, 2021, in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Progressives on Thursday introduced a $10 trillion climate and jobs bill that would reduce emissions, rebuild infrastructure and address environmental justice over the next decade. The bill rivals President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, which calls for a much smaller investment.
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A bipartisan group of more than 300 lawmakers is pouring cold water on a campaign by progressive lawmakers to restrict U.S. military aid to Israel, as the country faces continued threats from Iran and Hezbollah.
“Congress is committed to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge and its ability to defend itself, by itself, against persistent threats,” write the members of Congress to the top lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee in a letter spearheaded by Representatives Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ted Deutch, who chairs a subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and terrorism. It goes on to call U.S. aid to Israel “a vital and cost-effective expenditure” that is in America’s national security interests. “For decades, Presidents of both parties have understood the strategic importance of providing Israel with security assistance,” they write.
President Joe Biden will uphold former President Donald Trumpâs historically low ârefugee capâ despite earlier promises to raise it drastically, he announced Friday.
Bidenâs decision prolongs what Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) have decried as âthe Trump Administrationâs full-scale assault on refugee resettlement in the United States.â The progressive lawmakers had previously sent a letter to Biden criticizing this âunacceptably draconian and discriminatoryâ refugee policy and urging him to formally increase the maximum number of refugees that may be admitted to the U.S. each year.
Though Biden pledged to raise the limit to 125,000 a year and overturn some of Trumpâs restrictive policies, Biden delayed signing a presidential determination to formally raise the limit for weeks. Now, with this new decision, the U.S. will continue turning away tens of thousands of refugees, many of whom hav