Progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will serve on the House Oversight Committee, which plans to aggressively launch investigations into the Trump administration.
A group of freshman Democrats in the House are countering President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the partial government shutdown, despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (Calif.) opposition to any compromise that includes border wall funding.
Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.) is bucking his party’s leadership and calling for Democrats to approve funding for a wall on the southern border.
Senate Republicans released a version of President Donald Trump’s shutdown-ending proposal Monday, which, if passed, would fully fund the government and invest nearly $6 billion in building a southwestern border wall.
