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After Republicans forced the party-line vote on Waters this week, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) circulated a letter renewing his effort to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress and urging more fellow Democrats to sign onto his resolution. And moments before this week’s vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned that Republicans… Read more »

A California Democrat is renewing his push to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her reported support for a so-called "America First Caucus." Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) told Forbes that he is seeking support for a resolution to expel Greene following news that she and other far-right lawmakers considered launching the… Read more »

Meanwhile, Forbes’ Andrew Solender is reporting that Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) is once again talking about pushing his resolution to expel Greene. Leadership talked him down from forcing the vote a while back, but after Republicans went after Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) this week, Gomez is apparently feeling emboldened to try again. Full Article Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) is reigniting his effort to garner more support for a resolution that would expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress after Republicans tried to censure a Democrat for inciting violence but stayed silent on a member of their own party. In a Dear Colleague letter to all congressional offices Wednesday, Gomez said that Greene continues to represent… Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) on Tuesday told Forbes he plans to make a new push to get lawmakers behind his long-shot resolution to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress by drawing on outrage over her ill-fated attempt to establish a congressional group dubbed the America First Caucus. Full Article Read more »

Greene’s effort to remove Waters comes just one day after she scrapped plans to launch a right-wing America First Caucus in the House, and amid a long-shot effort by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) to expel Greene from Congress. Greene has mainly focused on publicity stunts since her removal from committees, proposing a bill to reduce Dr. Anthony Fauci’s salary to $0,… Read more »

"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. Congressman Jimmy Gomez, who's also… Read more »

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.  Full Article Read more »

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 »