After a long voting process, the U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday, July 3, the budget reconciliation bill. The bill, dubbed by the GOP the “Big, Beautiful Bill” but referred to by Democrats as the “Big, Ugly Bill,” passed the Senate on July 1 by a narrow margin, 51[Read More…]
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Kelly condemns Trump Administration for enabling use of rapid-fire devices
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) condemned the Trump Administration for permitting the sale of forced reset triggers, which enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. Kelly represents Homewood and Flossmoor in Congress. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) settled a lawsuit with the National Association for Gun Rights, which[Read More…]
Letter: LWV condemns Trump Administration’s weaponization of government against Americans
On Thursday, Feb. 13, the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Celina Stewart issued the following statement in response to actions taken by the new administration and the impact on voters. “In the first 17 days of the Trump administration, we’ve witnessed nothing short of the weaponization[Read More…]


