Congress

US Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘Aid Traps’

August 1, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Congress, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Starvation

A group of 92 Democratic US House members has called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to launch a formal investigation into the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), citing serious concerns about its funding, operational conduct, and role in civilian massacres at aid distribution sites in Gaza. Led by Representative Sean Casten, the lawmakers pointed out GHF's lack of prior humanitarian experience and questioned its suitability to serve as a primary aid delivery mechanism. They urged greater oversight to ensure aid reaches Palestinian civilians safely and in compliance with international standards.

A Model Anti-Doxing Law?

July 13, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. Resist! Congress, Doxxing, Free Speech, Press Freedom

A coalition of free speech and press freedom organizations warns that model legislation intended to fight “doxing” could have “devastating consequences" for newsgathering and dissent. “Journalists already face escalating threats for doing their jobs. A vague anti-doxing law could be used to criminalize the truth,” declared Society of Professional Journalists Executive Director Caroline Hendrie. The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), established in 1892, is comprised of “more than 300 lawyers, judges, and law professors, appointed by the states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands,” according to the ULC. The group disseminates “uniform state laws” where such “uniformity is desirable and practical.”

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System

July 13, 2025 Freddy Brewster and Lucy Dean Stockton, The Lever. Educate! climate crisis, Congress, Floods, Public safety

Despite the rising threat of climate disasters like last week’s deadly flash flood in Texas, the vast majority of America’s waterways are still not being monitored by water level gauges that help identify impending disasters. Lawmakers have long declined to fully fund the federal government’s program supporting a nationwide flood warning system, according to government documents reviewed by The Lever. While demanding billions of dollars of new tax cuts in the months before the Texas disaster, President Donald Trump’s administration proposed to nearly halve the budget of the federal agency overseeing a federal flood warning network — and proposed a 22 percent cut to the specific budget line funding that system.

The Threat Of Privatization-By-Stealth Looms Over The US Postal Service

July 7, 2025 U.S. Mail Not For Sale. Resist! Congress, Postal Service, Privatization, USPS

The USPS is one of the most popular federal agencies, due to its mission to “bind the nation together”, providing universal mail and delivery services to all. However, its unrivaled delivery network and huge real estate portfolio have also made it a long-standing target for corporate greed. U.S. Mail Not For Sale has already documented Wall Street’s moves to engineer a corporate takeover of the Postal Service. We sounded the alarm when reporters were briefed that the Trump Administration planned a takeover of the USPS, as a precursor to privatization. In recent weeks, we have seen signs that a longer and perhaps more dangerous game is at play – a gradual corporate takeover of the people’s Post Office that degrades the service and hurts its popularity.

Faith Leaders Are Standing Up To The Largest Pro-Israel Christian Lobby

July 5, 2025 Jaisal Noor, Waging Nonviolence. Resist! Christian Zionists, Congress, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

At lunchtime on July 1, as the Senate prepared to vote on Trump’s deeply unpopular “Big Beautiful Bill,” the cafeteria line at the Rayburn House Office Building ground to a halt. Where lobbyists and staffers usually rushed through the midday crush, over 100 clergy and faith leaders had gathered in solemn resistance. They linked arms and broke into song with the message: “Congress doesn’t eat ‘til Gaza eats.” At the other end of Capitol Hill, the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria filled with chants and prayerful silence. Within minutes, Capitol Police arrested over 65 people.

Radical New Budget Steals From The Poor, Cuts Taxes For The Rich

July 4, 2025 Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute. Educate! Austerity, Congress, Federal budget, Tax Cuts

July 1 - Yesterday, the Senate passed a budget bill that will create a weaker and more unequal U.S. economy. It is even more radical than the House version, with deeper Medicaid cuts that will destroy rural hospitals and strain state budgets, while adding nearly $4 trillion to the federal deficit. The House should reject this legislation and start from scratch. The stakes couldn’t be higher—the bill being rushed to passage will do grave damage to the economy and the well-being of U.S. families for years to come. The bill is designed to cause a shocking upward redistribution of income. It includes draconian spending cuts—mostly to health care and food assistance for children and families—in order to give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest households.

Sunrise Movement Disrupts Senate To Stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

July 3, 2025 Akičita Šuŋka-Wakaŋ Ska, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Big Beautiful Bill, Congress, Direct Action, Senate, Sunrise Movement, Washington DC

Through a mass mobilization effort by the Sunrise Movement, activists gathered in the U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2025, to execute a series of Senate disruptions. Multiple groups stormed the halls of the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, with actions focusing on senators who support President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” including Senator Thom Tillis. Multiple arrests were made. The day started with several speakers who came from as far away as Alaska, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Speakers opposed the bill due to several controversial changes. The general premise many voiced was that millions of people would be unable to afford basic meals if food assistance programs were cut. Some also spoke of the potential harms to the environment.

Interfaith Action For Palestine Shuts Down Congressional Cafeterias

July 2, 2025 Interfaith Action For Palestine, Popular Resistance. Resist! Congress, Direct Action, Genocide, Hate Groups, Palestine, Starvation, Zionism

Washington, DC - More than one hundred Buddhists, Christians, and Jews shut down Dirksen and Rayburn Congressional Cafeterias in prayer and song to expose far-right hate group, Christians United for Israel 100+ faith leaders and activists shut down Dirksen and Raburn Cafeterias in protest to the far-right hate group "Christians United for Israel’ and its role in promoting the forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. The multifaith, multiracial, queer and trans-aﬃrming coalition joined in prayer for an end to the genocide in Gaza and demanded that Congress send “Food, Not Bombs.”

Senate Advances Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, Includes $150 Billion For Military

July 2, 2025 Dave DeCamp, AntiWar.com. Educate! Big Beautiful Bill, Congress, Pentagon Budget, Trump Administration, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The Senate on Tuesday advanced a massive spending package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes $150 billion in extra military spending. The bill passed in a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, as three Republicans — Senators Rand Paul (KY), Susan Collins (ME), and Thom Tillis (NC) — joined Democrats in voting against the sprawling piece of legislation. House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote for the bill on Wednesday and are hoping to get it to President Trump’s desk by this Friday, though uncertainty remains about how fast it will get through the chamber.

America For Sale! Everything Must Go!

July 2, 2025 Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. Educate! Big Beautiful Bill, Class Struggle, Congress, Donald Trump, Failed State, Finance and the Economy, Privatization, Republican Party

The U.S. government has fallen into the hands of people who lack proper metaphors; all they know is business. The nation should be “run like a business” according to these unimaginative suits among the GOP, who haven’t read or studied enough to consider how the government might be run like anything else. The problem with this thinking is it will, by inevitably following the profit motive, lead to a terminal phase. With the House passage of President Donald Trump’s budget legislation “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the United States has reached the private equity looting stage of the metaphor. The logic of this scheme will collapse, but it might bring us all down with it.

Health-Care Workers Mobilize Against Massive Medicaid Cuts

July 1, 2025 Steve Wishnia, Work-Bites. Resist! Congress, Health Care, Healthcare workers, Medicaid, New York (NY)

“Medicaid! “Saves Lives!” health-care workers chanted in call-and- response outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights June 23. The overhead passageway between two buildings provided a bit of shade but no protection from the 93-degree heat. “Keep the hospitals open,” called out a woman with “Healthcare Hero” on the back of her shirt, despite the oppressive temps. The rally, a rotating cast of dozens of people in purple 1199SEIU T-shirts, maroon scrubs, and navy-blue mechanics’ gear, and environmental-services workers in sky-blue hair coverings, was one of 11 street actions the union organized in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley to protest congressional plans to cut close to $1 trillion from Medicaid in next year’s federal budget.

Congress Is Pushing For A Medicaid Work Requirement

June 26, 2025 Margaret Coker, ProPublica. Educate! Congress, Georgia, Health Care, Medicaid

Congressional Republicans, looking for ways to offset their proposed tax cuts, are seeking to mandate that millions of Americans work in order to receive federally subsidized health insurance. The GOP tax and budget bill passed the House in May, and Senate Republicans are working feverishly to advance their draft of federal spending cuts in the coming days. Georgia, the only state with a Medicaid work mandate, started experimenting with the requirement on July 1, 2023. As the Medicaid program’s two-year anniversary approaches, Georgia has enrolled just a fraction of those eligible, a result health policy researchers largely attribute to bureaucratic hurdles in the state’s work verification system. As of May 2025, approximately 7,500 of the nearly 250,000 eligible Georgians were enrolled, even though state statistics show 64% of that group is working.

Tell Congress, No War On Iran!

June 20, 2025 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Congress, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Is there a member of the United States congress who is unequivocally opposed to a military attack on Iran? Since Israel began its missile attack on June 13, 2025, most of the public comments from members of the House and the Senate have been decidedly pro-Israel. “Let Israel finish the job,” and even “Pray for Israel ,” have been typical statements from the officials who are charged with representing the people of their country, most of whom oppose a U.S. war in that region. In typical fashion, the Donald Trump administration first claimed that Israel’s attack was “unilateral ” and that the U.S. had no involvement. The lie was so obvious as to be amusing, but Trump, in typical fashion, later said , “I always knew the date.

Bipartisan Lawmakers Push To Limit Trump’s War Powers On Iran

June 18, 2025 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. Educate! Congress, Democrats, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Republicans, US Imperialism, War Powers Act, Wars and Militarism

In response to Donald Trump’s recent declaration that the U.S. could become involved in Israel’s attacks on Iran, U.S. lawmakers are pushing efforts to curb the President’s war powers. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY.) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are introducing a bipartisan bill that would force Trump to obtain congressional approval to enter the war. “This is not our war,” tweeted Massie. “But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.”

Public Transit Is In Crisis; Congress Can Fix It

June 4, 2025 Leeann Hall, Inequality.org. Create! Congress, Public Transit, Public transportation, Transportation

Transit is essential. It’s how we get to health care appointments, parks, school, and work. Essential workers, small businesses, and under-served communities throughout the country depend on transit. Transit is a key component of economic opportunity, jobs, and a more environmentally sustainable society — and it’s a road to equity for disconnected communities. But from coast to coast — in big cities and in rural areas, in red and blue states — transit agencies are facing massive budget shortfalls and reducing service. And recent actions by the Trump administration — from Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the federal government to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy threatening to withhold key federal funding — will worsen a bad situation.

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