Media
Latest News
A bipartisan group on Monday introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to help those with crippling student loan debt avoid default.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in the House to help those with student loans avoid defaulting on their debt.
Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chair of the Education & Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, applauded the House passage of the Raise the Wage Act.
The Raise the Wage Act gradually raises the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2025, indexes future minimum wage increases to median wage growth, and phases out the subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth, and workers with disabilities. The federal minimum wage has not been raised in more than a decade.
A grand opening event to celebrate the completion of a 16-unit affordable housing project in St. Helens will take place at the complex this Friday.
The recently completed 18th Street Development, which sits adjacent to the Community Action Team building on 17th Street, features more than a dozen 400-square-foot apartments to rent for those who are low-income, or at risk of homelessness.
House Democrats passed a bill this week to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, but Americans who work for low wages shouldn't count on extra cash in their paychecks anytime soon.
The largely symbolic vote was meant to highlight the yawning gap between the two parties and draw battle lines ahead of what's shaping up to be one of the most bitterly contested presidential elections in history. Nearly all Republicans opposed the increase.
As President Donald Trump has been openly feuding with House Democrats pursuing investigations into him, his administration and his finances, some lawmakers are calling to start an impeachment inquiry, the first step in a lengthy and likely divisive process.
Bucking House Democratic leaders, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) forced a floor vote Wednesday on whether the chamber go forward with an effort to impeach President Trump, a highly charged topic that has stoked divisions within the caucus.
Two months after a congressional committee held an emotional, sometimes-combative hearing on Chemawa Indian School, the Oregon representatives leading improvement efforts see few signs of progress.
"The wheels of justice move slowly, but I am committed to staying the course and doing what is right for these Native American students," said U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, in a statement Tuesday.