Study: Climate Is a Top Priority for Many Elderly Swing State Voters
On the front line of the drive for US political action on climate, the youth movement has had a largely unsung partner—one with more experience, greater resources and often, ample time to devote to the cause.Voters aged 65 and older are second only to those between the ages of 18 and 34 in naming climate…
U.S. House Democrats and advocates push for additional federal child care funding
U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to advocates outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, about $16 billion in child care funding requested by the Biden administration. Samantha Dietel/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democratic leaders on Wednesday called on Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s $16 billion supplemental child care…
Divided over immigration, U.S. Senate blocks advancing aid for Ukraine, Israel
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington, D.C. McConnell said Dec. 6 that Republicans would block a supplemental spending package that would have provided aid to Israel and Ukraine because it “fails…
Full Georgia House vote set for Thursday on congressional map ahead of federal court review
House Redistricting Chairman Rob Leverett, left, speaks with House Minority Leader James Beverly before the start of a committee hearing. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A state House committee approved Georgia’s GOP-drawn congressional maps on a party line vote Wednesday, teeing up the map for a full vote Thursday. That could be the final vote of a…
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to exit Congress, along with a flock of other lawmakers
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with members of the media in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. McCarthy, who was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, announced his retirement on Dec. 6. Nathan Howard/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Wednesday joined the growing list of…
Georgia GOP lawmakers steam ahead with new political maps, Dems predict collision with court review
Sen. Jason Esteves, an Atlanta Democrat, is among the Democrats arguing the new GOP-drawn congressional map contradicts the judge’s order. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgia Republican senators voted Tuesday in favor of a controversial congressional map after deflecting criticism that the redrawn districts unfairly target a Democratic congresswomen while also conflicting with a federal judge’s order…