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Rep. Soto’s $14 Billion Medicaid Parity Bill for Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories Passes Committee, One Step Closer Towards Becoming Law

July 18, 2019
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WASHINGTON (FNN NEWS) – On Wednesday, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved Congressman Darren Soto’s bipartisan legislation to provide equal access of federal resources for Medicaid to all American citizens living in the five U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands. The Territories Health Care…

July 16, 2019
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry as the nation confronted a long history of police brutality.…

July 13, 2019
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An all-out racially charged fight within the House Democratic Caucus escalated Saturday when an African American freshman lawmaker said the party doesn’t need “any more black voices that don’t want to be a black voice.” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) made those comments during a speech at the liberal Netroots Nation conference where she, Rep. Ilhan…

July 13, 2019
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Saturday that his chief financial officer and secretary of state will step down following their participation in a private chat that used profanities to describe an ex-New York City official and a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances. The U.S. territory’s CFO…

July 13, 2019
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ORLANDO, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05), Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), and Rep. Val Demings (FL-10) introduced the HUD Inspection Act of 2019. This bill forces the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to take greater action when federal assisted housing properties fail to come into compliance with federal housing…

July 12, 2019
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he is resigning following renewed scrutiny of his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein , who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. President Donald Trump, with Acosta at his side, made the announcement as he left the…

July 11, 2019
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ORLANDO, FL – Rep. Val Demings served as honorary host of the inaugural Media Diversity Innovation Summit, held on Capitol Hill yesterday. The Summit, entitled “Taking Control of the Media Diversity Crisis,” organized by the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association (MMCA), is a seminal event challenging the status quo on media diversity in the United States. Innovation Summit…

July 10, 2019
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storm swamped New Orleans streets and paralyzed traffic Wednesday as concerns grew that even worse weather was on the way: a possible hurricane that could strike the Gulf Coast and raise the Mississippi River to the brim of the city’s protective levees. The storm was associated with an atmospheric disturbance…

July 9, 2019
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Today, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. announced that Lara Trump will launch Women for Trump, a coalition dedicated to recruiting and activating women in support of President Trump on Tuesday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m. EDT at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. “From public safety to economic opportunity, women…

July 9, 2019
Written by: Raquel Paredes
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FILE - Marchers participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019. New York is throwing a massive LGBTQ Pride march as other cities including San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle also host parades commemorating the 50th anniversary of the clash between police and gay bar patrons that sparked the modern gay rights movement. The organizers of the smaller Queer Liberation March say the larger Pride event has become too commercialized and too heavily policed. (AP File Photo/Seth Wenig)

The debate for LGBTQ+ rights rages on, and whether or not they should be able to adopt children remains a sticking point. According to isidewith.com, 80% of Americans believe LGBTQ+ parents should be allowed to adopt as long as they pass the same background checks as straight couples. Conversely, 20% believe that a mother-and-father family…