WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., has introduced legislation (H.R. 51) to "provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union." The bill was introduced on Jan. 4 and has 202 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. John Sarbanes, D-Md., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., Don S. Beyer, D-Va., Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Peter Welch, D-Vt., Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Del. Michael San Nicolas, D-Guam, has introduced legislation (H.R. 157) to "extend the supplemental security income program to Guam." The bill was introduced on Jan. 4 and has 10 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., David Trone, D-Md., James McGovern, D-Mass., Stephanie N. Murphy, D-Fla., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Dels. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., Gregorio Sablan, D-M.P., and Res. Comm. Jenniffer Gon  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 97) to "abolish the death penalty under Federal law." The bill was introduced on Jan. 4 and has 14 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., James McGovern, D-Mass., Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., Julia Brownley, D-Calif.,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has introduced legislation (H.R. 40) to "address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the U.S. and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these force  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (H.R. 9061) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act "to establish a credit to any bid for a lease that includes a commitment to use a project labor agreement." The bill was introduced on Dec. 31. It was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee. For more information, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, 304 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-5931; or in district offices at 8 N.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (H.R. 9060) to amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the U.S. "to clarify that States are persons for purposes of liability under that section." The bill was introduced on Dec. 31 and was co-sponsored by Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. For more information, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, 304 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-5931  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (H.R. 9059) to "require Federal financial supervisory agencies to evaluate a financial institution's record of meeting community environmentally sustainable investment needs as part of examinations." The bill was introduced on Dec. 31. It was referred to the House Financial Services Committee. For more information, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, 304 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515; 202/225-593  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (H.R. 9058) to "require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study addiction to and dependence on social media applications." The bill was introduced on Dec. 31. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. For more information, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, 304 Cannon House Office Building  more