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'We Must Deliver on This Issue': Jayapal Vows to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage

Rep. Pramila Jayapa (D-Wash.) is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during a vote on the Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, on Friday, February 26, 2021.

Sanders Praises Passage of Covid Relief Bill to Address 'The Myriad Crises That We Face'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Following a lengthy overnight session, the U.S. Senate passed the rescue bill 50-49 with no Republican support.

Covid Relief Bill Nears Vote After Manchin Works to Further Limit Aid

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) departs after the day's proceedings in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on February 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

"To be clear, Senator Manchin is choosing to vote against his constituents, but...

'Shameful': Millionaire Senators Vote Against Popular Minimum Wage Raise That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), worth more than $10 million, was one of eight Democrats to vote against including a federal minimum wage increase in the Senate's coronavirus relief package. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/AFP via Getty Images)

"It is despicable and unacceptable that there is not unanimous support among...

'It Has to Go': The Demand to End Filibuster Intensifies in US Senate

Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders' $15 Minimum Wage Amendment

House Progressives Urged to 'Wield Their Power' to Fight Senate Sabotage of Covid-19 Relief Bill

'They Should Be Ashamed': With Jobless Benefits to Expire in 9 Days, Republicans Pull Out All Stops to Obstruct Relief Bill

Bernie Sanders Slams Ron Johnson After Republican Forces Reading of 628-Page Coronavirus Relief Bill on Senate Floor

GOP Senators Opposed to Becerra for HHS Have Taken Nearly $10 Million From Big Pharma: Analysis

'Stop Nickel and Diming the American People': Anger Grows as Dems Move to Deny Relief Checks to 17 Million

As House Passes For the People Act Without One GOP Vote, Progressives Warn Bill Is 'Dead' If Filibuster Remains

After Airstrikes in Syria, Senators Introduce Resolution to Repeal Some Presidential War Powers

Indivisible Launches For The People Project to 'Unrig Our Democracy and Make it Work for All'

AOC Warns Biden That Giving Relief Checks to Fewer People Than Trump Would Be Nonsensical 'Own-Goal'

'Madness': In Cave to Right-Wing Dems, Biden Agrees to Further Limit Eligibility for Direct Payments

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I Know You're Not Thinking, You Never Do: Alleged President to Female Journalists Doing Their Job

Another day, another act of egregious misogyny by a boorish douchebag drunk on power: At a presser for his "new" not-NAFTA deal much like the old one he trashed, President-I-Just-Keep-Becoming-A-Worse-Asshole bullied and belittled two women journalists asking about Kavanaugh - ie doing their tough job - after which he defended the "drinking problem" Boofer Brett never admitted to. As he insulted the women - the soundtrack of our lives - his army of enabling, entitled goons dutifully chuckled.