In the congressional district represented by Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez, for example, which stretches from Koreatown through much of the Eastside of Los Angeles, roughly 74,000 children who currently don’t get the full credit would benefit, according to a district-by-district analysis by Sophie Collyer, research director at Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy. In… Read more »
GOP’S QANON DRAMA FAR FROM OVER: Rep. JIMMY GOMEZ (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday he still plans to force a vote to evict Rep. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-Ga.) from the House — a step too far for Democratic leaders wary of the precedent it would set. “I’m waiting, now, waiting for the right time but I’m committed to bringing it up, and I said that to… Read more »
This is not something that I take lightly. But I believe that what Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has done warrants her being expelled from Congress.
If you look at her behavior and comments — in the context of what had been going on in the country before Nov. 3, then after the elections, and finally during and after the insurrection that occurred on Jan. 6 — removing her from the… Read more »
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of her House committee assignments, but Rep. Jimmy Gomez doesn’t think that’s enough. “She was part of inciting that insurrection, and she’s never backed down from the lies or hate speech,” Gomez says. “We are fearful for her to be in the House with other members.”
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“It’s a great first step. We still have a lot to do,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), whose district will host one of the new federally run vaccination centers. “But in my conversations with the White House, they know it’s absolutely necessary to focus on equity and how vaccines get out there and how we get vaccines into the arms.”
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Greene's conduct prompted California Democrat Jimmy Gomez to introduce a resolution to expel Greene from the House, while other Democrats have pressured Republican leaders to hold her accountable for her actions.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with Greene on Tuesday, after which Republicans convened a last-minute meeting of the Steering Committee, which controls its… Read more »
But Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California, who has introduced a resolution to expel Greene, told reporters he still believes she should be removed from Congress even after watching her floor remarks. The congressman said of his resolution, "I'm committed to bringing it up, and I said that to leadership that there needs to be a vote sooner rather or later on this."
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"This never should have happened. It infuriates me because this administration did not care about the repercussions and the trauma that would be caused to these children," said Rep. Jimmy Gomez.
Horowitz did say that, based on the accounts of those in meetings with Sessions, "it was certainly the understanding of Sessions" that children would be separated from their parents.
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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., plans to introduce a resolution to expel Greene from the chamber, but it requires a two-thirds majority, which Greene critics are unlikely to muster. His office is in talks with leadership to figure out the most appropriate legislative avenue and timing for introduction, an aide said. It has 69 Democratic co-sponsors.
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The Greene saga might not yet be over: Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), who has introduced a resolution to expel Greene from the House, said he still intended to force a vote on that question, but he said he was in talks with Democratic leaders about the timing of the move. The House is expected to take a two-week recess after it completes its business this week.
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