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The Senate approved the House-passed resolution to repeal a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance factors (ESG) …
View in Congressional Chronicle898 viewsThe Senate approved the House-passed resolution to repeal a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance factors (ESG) …
View in Congressional Chronicle898 viewsThe Senate confirmed Asmeret Asefaw Berthe’s nomination to serve as Department of Energy science director. Members also approved Lisa Cook to serve as the first Black woman to serve on the F…
View in Congressional Chronicle385 viewsSenator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepted the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Additional Democratic speakers included: gun violence su…
10,605 viewsThirteen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates attended the Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa. At the annual dinner, they spoke to attendees about their platforms,…
20,703 viewsSeventeen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates spoke at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa. Each candidate took the stage for about 10 minutes to make their ca…
4,130 viewsSenators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), Andrew Yang, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and former Vice President Joe B…
501 viewsDemocratic presidential candidates participated in the AFSCME 2020 Public Service Forum in Las Vegas. The candidates each made their case to be the next president.
3,328 viewsTen 2020 presidential candidates, including Republican candidate Bill Weld, spoke at the NAACP Annual Convention in Detroit.
2,137 viewsTen of the more than 20 Democratic 2020 presidential candidates talked about education issues at a forum hosted by the National Education Association (NEA). The candidates were interviewed s…
1,418 viewsHouse Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) held his “world famous” fish fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Representative Clyburn’s first fish fry in 1992 was held to thank campaign volunteers who…
2,751 viewsPlanned Parenthood Action Fund hosted a 2020 presidential candidate forum focusing on access to abortion and women’s reproductive health care. This portion of the event featured Senators Kir…
1,346 viewsThe Iowa Democratic Party held its Hall of Fame event with remarks from 19 Democratic presidential candidates.
23,676 viewsThis portion of She the People’s presidential forum included remarks from 2020 Democratic presidential candidates former Representative Bet O’Rourke (D-TX) and Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA),…
1,271 viewsOn day 26 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the Senate blocked a resolution lifting of sanctions on three Russian companies. The Treasury Department the previous month lift…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,039 viewsNational Action Network (NA) founder Reverend Al Sharpton and his organization hosted the NAN’s annual legislative and policy conference. The event focused on the results of the 2018 midter…
913 viewsNetroots Nation held its annual conference in New Orleans. Among the speakers were Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA). They were joined by Democratic candidates runnin…
2,007 viewsNew York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announced he was running for president on March 16, 1968. Several members of Congress and two of his descendants marked the 50th anniversary of that announcem…
1,976 viewsThe Senate confirmed the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be Homeland Security secretary.
View in Congressional Chronicle593 viewsSenator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and other supporters of single-payer health care announced the introduction of the Medicare for All Act of 2017. Senator Sanders said the bill had the backing o…
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