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Newsom is being encouraged to replace Feinstein with an indigenous woman

Senator Diane Feinstein‘s elitist attitudes towards indigenous communities in California has many Tribes hoping that Governor Gavin Newsom will appoint an indigenous woman to succeed her — should her seat become vacant before her term […]

Pelosi backs Rules Committee hearing to seat a Cherokee Nation delegate in the House

The outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is backing the Cherokee Nation‘s longstanding efforts to enforce a Treaty right entitling the Tribe to a delegate in the United States Congress. Cherokee Nation officials hope […]

Swalwell’s bill on rare earth metals could be attached to the debt ceiling during the lame duck

Sources tell The Inquirer that Democrat leaders in the House of Representatives are open to attaching major policy items to a required vote on the debt ceiling, which must be extended by December 16th. Chief among the […]

Lofgren introduces the ‘Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act’

SAN JOSE, CA – U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, introduced H.R. 8716, the Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act, to help 50 senior American pilots and their […]

DOJ sued for communications between Durham and Garland

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records of communication between Special Counsel John Durham and Attorney General Merrick Garland (Judicial Watch, […]

Padilla Introduces Legislation to Grant Student Loan Forgiveness to Frontline Health Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in introducing the Student Debt Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act. This bill would forgive the student and professional training loan debt of frontline […]

Feinstein, Padilla support EPA loan to build Sites Reservoir

Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) today released the following statements after the Environmental Protection Agency invited sponsors of the proposed Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley to apply for a $2.2 billion […]

President Biden signs historic proclamation to restore and expand the Bears Ears National Monument

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez was at the White House in Washington D.C. on Friday, along with tribal, state, and federal leaders, as U.S. President Joe Biden signed a proclamation that restores the Bears Ears […]

Feinstein: “Ban drilling along west coast”

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on the oil spill off the coast of Orange County: “The oil spill off the coast of Orange County reiterates the perils of offshore drilling. A […]