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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that House Democratic leaders aren't backing a resolution to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress over past endorsements of political violence. The resolution, which Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) introduced earlier Friday, has 72 co-sponsors. But it would be a heavy lift for Gomez's… Read more »

A California House Democrat plans to introduce legislation Friday to expel GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress over her past controversial social media postings that already prompted her removal from committees. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., said he authored the resolution because Greene, R-Ga., "had previously supported social media posts calling for… Read more »

A resolution to expel conspiracy-espousing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House of Representatives, introduced by Calif. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, has 72 Democratic co-sponsors. Fifteen of them are from California. Gomez, who represents a portion of Los Angeles County, announced his plans to introduce the resolution in January. Of the 42 members of California's Democratic delegation,… Read more »

House Democrats are expected to vote on a motion to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as early as this week. According to CQ Roll Call correspondent Chris Marquette, 72 Democrats have signed on to the motion that will be introduced by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA). Fox News correspondent Chad Pergram reported that the motion could be voted on as early as Friday. Full Article Read more »

"You know the 14-hundred dollars that they’re going be getting from the previous stimulus check payments - that was a big deal. But the backlog that we’ve seen in the 2019 returns was extremely concerning, and that’s because they really depend on that money,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., told the IRS chief. Rettig, first nominated by President Donald Trump in 2018 and currently serving a… Read more »

It was a perfect moment for the president to come before the American people, said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, adding the president reached out to all people, no matter their politics. "How we're all in this together," Gomez said. "How we have to help the less fortunate, the ones that are being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19." The timing of the speech capitalized on the… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., likened the child tax credit included in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, to a form of universal basic income on Thursday as progressive lawmakers called for the passage of additional financial assistance programs. Gomez, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and several other progressive lawmakers have cosponsored the “Rent… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) said the relief money will prevent city leaders from seeking additional pay cuts from their workers. Those reductions would have had a ripple effect across the region, hitting workers who are “the backbone of the middle class,” he said. “Helping prevent those cuts keeps the dollars circulating, keeps them shopping and keeps them actually purchasing… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents California’s 34th District covering Historic Filipinotown and surrounding areas, attended Friday’s festivities, praising LADMC’s service to the community. “The LA Downtown Medical Center is a godsend for this area. This area, as well as the heart of Los Angeles, has been one of the most disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic when it comes… Read more »

Four of America's biggest healthcare companies are close to a $26 billion settlement for their role making and distributing highly addictive opioid medications. But critics in Congress say corporate tax breaks could slash the value of the deal by more than $4 billion. "If they get away with it, that means less money going into the treasury, less money for programs that would help deal… Read more »