"We recognize it's a really important site and in no way want to scale back vaccination infrastructure. We are fairly confident we are going to be getting an increase of supplies of vaccines and so want to be well prepared to deliver it swiftly," he says.
The FEMA-run sites get their doses directly from the federal government.
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The American Rescue Plan that the White House is touting across the nation in their “Help is Here” tour includes a provision to make any federal student loan forgiveness tax-free through 2025.
This legislation was spearheaded by Los Angeles Democrat Representative Jimmy Gomez and New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell and would ensure any potential federal loan forgiveness issued by Congress, or… Read more »
In Chinatown Saturday evening, a crowd gathered seeking light out of darkness just days after a mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six Asian women. In Los Angeles, grief is evolving.
“The fear is still there but now that I know there are allies and there are bystanders I feel encouraged,” said Becki Pang of Alhambra.
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A new bill introduced today by California Congressman Jimmy Gomez and Washington Senator Patty Murray, the Jeannette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021, would help address many of these barriers. Named after a former congressional staffer who passed away after a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis in 2017, the bill would expand access to preventive and life-saving… Read more »
NPR first reported Sanders’ tax plans. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., co-sponsored the estate-tax plan. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., will introduce a version of the bill in the House, while Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., will put forward the corporate tax plan.
Sanders proposed the bills on the day he led a… Read more »
On Friday, Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez introduced a resolution to expel Greene from Congress, suggesting that she "advocated violence against our peers, the Speaker and our government."
In a statement last week to CNN, Greene commented on the resolution, saying "House Democrats have declared war on House Republican Women," adding that "Democrats are trying overturn the will of the… Read more »
The expulsion resolution was introduced Friday by Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles, who — among other things — cited reports of her previous support of social media posts that called for “political violence” against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama and other members of Congress as a reason she should be removed from Congress, according to a news… Read more »
California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez on Friday introduced a privileged resolution to remove Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the chamber for past social media behavior in which she expressed support for assassinating Speaker Nancy Pelosi and aligned herself with baseless conspiracy theories. This comes the same week House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,… Read more »
The resolution to expel Greene was introduced on Friday morning by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from California. He said he authored the resolution because Greene “had previously supported social media posts calling for political violence against the Speaker of the House, members of Congress, and former President Barack Obama.”
Greene was stripped of her committee assignments in early… Read more »
Democrats see a grimmer side to the tactics, particularly after the Capitol riot, with some arguing that the behavior of their Republican colleagues has fomented a dangerous political environment. On Friday, Representative Jimmy Gomez, Democrat of California, introduced a resolution to expel Ms. Greene from Congress, arguing that her past social media posts, including advocating… Read more »
