[Cannabis Reform]
Lee\Blumenauer: “There’s no question: cannabis prohibition will end soon. We should lead the way by passing H.R.3884…This is a critical issue of racial justice, and the failed war on drugs has devastated communities of color, especially Black and brown communities.”
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Barbara Lee
Congressional Cannabis Caucus: Time to End Marijuana Prohibition
COVID-19: Rep. Pressley Urges Massachusetts Gov to Release Vulnerable Inmates
[COVID-19 & Incarceration]
Rep. Pressley: “The COVID-19 pandemic has manifested unprecedented challenges to the health and wellbeing of communities throughout the Commonwealth, including our neighbors and loved ones behind the wall.”
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CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE PELL GRANT RESTORATION LEGISLATION FOR STUDENT VICTIMS OF PREDATORY FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES
[Education News]
Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Students who get cheated by a predatory, for-profit college should not lose their Pell Grant eligibility. I’m glad to reintroduce this bill with Representatives Hayes, Scanlon, and McBath because our government should not be punishing students for getting scammed.”
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SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS LEADS BI-PARTISAN EFFORT TO DEFUND SAUDI WAR IN YEMEN
[Middle East News]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, on Saudi war in Yemen: “U.S. logistical support, spare-parts transfers and intelligence sharing for the Saudi dictatorship’s airstrikes make us complicit in this nightmare. By passing our bill earlier this year, the House and Senate have spoken: America’s involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war is unconstitutional and must end immediately.”
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