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Right now, millions of American families are left behind by our tax code. Americans are working more than one job as cashiers, waiters, health care workers and teachers, but are still struggling to get a foothold in the middle class. People who work tirelessly to keep our country running every single day deserve to have a tax system that works for them.
If you've been on Twitter any time since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's news conference announcing an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, the president's Twitter feed has provided some interesting reading.
Since Pelosi announced that Trump's request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and the whistleblower's report that came as a result of it, was enough to start an impeachment inquiry, Trump's behavior and the way it manifests itself on Twitter have been more quixotic than usual.
A collaborative of several organizations, grass roots groups and community activists continued the effort to purge drugs and violence from the streets of West Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Community Collaborative of Leaders rallied at 41st Street and Lancaster Avenue with bull horns, leaflets and information tables for residents and passersby.
Four months into 2019, nearly 400 people have been shot in Philadelphia.
Most have survived, thanks in no small part to the frenzied work of the city's trauma surgeons. But just because someone manages to cheat death in an operating room doesn't mean he or she won't face months or years of struggling to recover, to adapt to a new life full of physical and psychological disabilities that create significant needs.
WASHINGTON — Two Philadelphians have been named to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, appointments that could boost the city's power in Congress and the profiles of two ambitious lawmakers.
Reps. Brendan Boyle and Dwight Evans, both Democrats, were named to the committee Wednesday.
In the United States, one in eight people identifies as food insecure. Studies have shown that low-income households especially struggle with access to affordable and nutritious foods. Lack of access and options can lead individuals to seek low-cost, low-maintenance meals from fast food restaurants or convenience stores.
Can you share with our readers, many of whom are cancer patients, advocates, and researchers, your personal connection to cancer?
The Trump administration has pursued a dirty war on clean water. As a member of Congress I've spoken out against their efforts to rollback policies, like the Clean Water Rule because they ignore science and put Americans' health at risk by endangering their drinking water.
When it comes to legalizing marijuana U.S Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) is "one thousand percent on board," he told me by phone on Thursday afternoon.
Evans officially signed on to HR 1227 Wednesday, a bill that would remove cannabis and hemp from federal drug scheduling completely.
"This is what the people want in the state," said Evans.
The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act is sponsored by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a rising Democrat from Hawaii, and Rep. Tom Garrett, a more libertarian-styled Republican from Virginia.