“They’re treating this like a game. Leaders don’t abandon people in their time of greatest need,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. With mass layoffs persisting at an unprecedented clip, coronavirus deaths surging, and hunger on the rise nationwide, a group of House Republicans on Thursday attempted to pass a motion to adjourn the chamber in what Democratic lawmakers denounced as an […]
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump warned this week that he might use a never-before-invoked power under the U.S. Constitution to adjourn the Congress unless it took steps to confirm a number of his appointments. But lawmakers and legal scholars say the move is unlikely and not actually permissible in the way the president is trying to use it. “It’s a huge unprecedented power grab for the […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors, At 117 days, the Second Regular Session of the 30th Legislature adjourned Sine Die after passing a marathon number of bills, including many bills that were rolled into other bills. While we didn’t get everything we wanted – such as a durable fiscal plan that includes a broad-based revenue measure, appropriate funding […]
Sunday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to hear three bills that would preserve the Permanent Fund Dividend and protect public safety. Instead, these bills were effectively killed by the Senate Majority. On Friday, Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) and two other committee members sent a letter to Senate President Pete Kelly (R-Fairbanks) asking that the […]