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Japanese internment camp Day of Remembrance a time to ‘reckon with imperfections’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRep. Mark Takano’s (D-Calif.) grandfather came to America in 1916, at the age of 18, in the hopes of...
Schatz, Takano offer resolution supporting LGBTQ students
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) unveiled a resolution Friday demanding...
Dem reps seek to cap attorney fees in Camp Lejeune contamination cases
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoEditor’s note: Rep. Mark Takano (D) represents California in the House. The information was...
Could America soon have a 4-day workweek? The latest on federal law in Congress
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnother bill to federally reduce the 40-hour workweek was submitted to Congress by Democratic Rep....
House Panel Approves Expansion of GI Bill Eligibility After Sparring over COVID Vaccine
Military.com via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVeterans who received a general discharge from the military for anything other than some serious...
Roll Call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted the week of Dec. 9-15
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. House votes...
This bill could make the four-day workweek a reality
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe movement for a four-day workweek is gaining ground. Dozens of U.K. companies just wrapped up the biggest pilot program to date, with more than 90...
Democrats revive effort to investigate military policies that discriminated against LGBTQ people
The Hill via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDemocrats marked the 12th anniversary of the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
With Feinstein’s death and McCarthy out as Speaker, California ‘lost a lot of horsepower’
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe California political world has been shaken by two seismic events — last week’s death of Sen....
Hispanic, liberal Democrats bash Biden’s asylum cap
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHouse liberals — particularly those in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — are blasting President Biden’s executive policy limiting asylum seekers at the...