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Tensions in the Democratic Party are boiling over this week after a group of mostly moderate Democratic senators joined Republicans to advance a bill to reopen the government.
The Democrats’ support for the spending bill all but ensures that the history-making shutdown will soon end, but it came without Republicans giving any ground on the Democrats’ central demand for an extension of ObamaCare subsidies.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman toured the Van Ness PHFE WIC center in her district last week, one of two WIC agencies serving thousands of pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women as well as children under 5 years of age in the area.
U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30) visited My Friend’s Place, a nonprofit in Hollywood that provides comprehensive services to young adults, where she met with staff and those supported by the organization. My Friend’s Place offers access to critical resources like meals, showers, housing navigation, job-readiness programming, and mental health support.
Millions of people across the United States who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food on the table are facing uncertainty as President Donald Trump has said he is withholding emergency funding until the government shutdown ends. Although two federal judges ruled that freezing SNAP payments is unlawful, Trump said he would withhold all SNAP payments until the shutdown concluded, in turn violating the court orders. However, the White House contradicted the president on Nov.
As California vote counts go, this year should have been a snoozer. The statewide ballot had only one question, on whether to authorize the legislature to redraw the state’s congressional districts, and polls had been forecasting an easy passage for months.
In a move to counter the Republican narrative on the current government shutdown, California Representative Laura Friedman took to Fox News over the weekend to vehemently defend Democratic efforts to maintain crucial services like SNAP and accessible healthcare amid the impasse.
California’s Democratic representatives are warning that the ongoing federal government shutdown is worsening a health care emergency for millions of residents, with community clinics, hospitals, and patients bracing for funding cuts and coverage losses.
Rep. Mike Haridopolos has been averaging 15,000 steps a day during the shutdown, and his years of being a history teacher have come in handy.
With staff-led tours of the Capitol on pause until the government reopens, the Florida Republican has led more than 20 tours of his own this month.
“As a former history teacher, I love doing them, actually,” he said. “I love telling people the story of the building of the Capitol, some of the famous figures.”
The reaction from his constituents? The House floor seems bigger on TV.
With a nearly $6-million federal grant in hand, construction is set to begin next year for an expansion of Glendale Central Park, reports the Glendale News-Press.