As a candidate, Elaine Luria backed a regionalized minimum wage hike, arguing that a uniform federal approach "could cause risk" to small businesses. As a congresswoman, however, the Virginia Democrat cosponsored legislation raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour nationwide.
Two new Democratic proposals could force gun buyers to wait up to three times longer to receive their weapon and could ban the private sale of used guns.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report released on Thursday.
House Democrats passed a bill legalizing marijuana federally and voted down a Republican amendment that would have protected businesses seeking to test employees or applicants for the drug.
In a post-election phone call, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D., Ill.) and other House Democrats were irate that a forecasted blue wave "never materialized."
A new ad from Rep. Andy Barr (R., Ky.) criticizes his Democratic challenger, trial lawyer Josh Hicks, for undermining efforts to defeat the coronavirus by tying them up in litigation.
Democratic congressman Harley Rouda (Calif.) addressed President Donald Trump's criticism of mainstream news media by comparing the president to Adolf Hitler.