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      US South Korea military exercise

      War Industry 'Celebrating Christmas Early' as House Passes $858 Billion NDAA

      "There is no justification to throw... $858 billion at the Pentagon when we're told we can't afford child tax credit expansion, universal paid leave, or other basic human necessities," said the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. "End of story."

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 08, 2022

      Peace advocates on Thursday slammed the House of Representatives' passage of a mammoth $858 billion military spending bill as an early holiday gift for the Pentagon and the weapons corporations who benefit from the United States' ongoing--but largely forgotten--War on Terror.

      "While working families are being crushed by inflation, we shouldn't be spending $45 billion MORE than the president requested in the NDAA."

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      House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signs the Respect For Marriage Act in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2022.

      'Historic Victory': House Passes Bill to Protect Same-Sex and Interracial Marriage

      President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the Respect for Marriage Act, which Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jerry Nadler described as "an essential step to guard against the increasingly extremist, right-wing Supreme Court."

      Kenny Stancil
      Dec 08, 2022

      Civil rights proponents cheered Thursday after all 219 House Democrats and 39 Republicans voted to pass legislation enshrining recognition of same-sex and interracial partnerships, just over a week after the Senate did the same.

      The Respect for Marriage Act, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law as soon as this week, jettisons the definition of marriage as "between a man and a woman" and requires all states to recognize the validity of legally obtained marriage licenses regardless of gender or race. However, the bill stops short of codifying the right of same-sex and interracial couples to marry nationwide.

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      Democrats Push to Lift Ban on Student Loan Bankruptcy Relief

      "Modernizing and clarifying the consumer bankruptcy system is long overdue," said a leader at Public Citizen, one of many groups backing the bill.

      Jessica Corbett
      Oct 06, 2022

      On the heels of U.S. President Joe Biden's long-awaited student debt relief announcement, four congressional Democrats are pushing to overhaul the section of the bankruptcy code regarding private and federal educational loans.

      "This legislation updates the federal bankruptcy code to ensure student loan debt is treated like almost every other form of consumer debt."

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