Progressives dish on 'chilling effect' on Israel criticism after uproar over Pramila Jayapal's comments: 'We never do anything constructive on this issue'

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, flanked by members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on May 24, 2023.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, flanked by members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on May 24, 2023.

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These 9 House Democrats voted against a resolution declaring Israel is 'not a racist or apartheid state'

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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was among the lawmakers who voted against the resolution.
Rep. Ilhan Omar said the purpose of the resolution was to "target and shame" Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

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Hakeem Jeffries is enjoying an early honeymoon leading House Democrats. But one day, he'll have to make 'hard commitments.'

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is a Democrat from New York.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is a Democrat from New York.

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3 Democratic lawmakers want to give parents $393 a month per kid for 18 years

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021.

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126 Democratic lawmakers reaffirm to Biden that they think his student-loan forgiveness plan is legal — and they 'expect the legal challenges to the plan will fail'

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a protest in support of student debt cancellation as the Supreme Court begins oral arguments outside of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday February 28, 2023.

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Over 500 students are at the Supreme Court to plug Biden's student-loan forgiveness because the 'economic mobility of over 40 million Americans is dependent on the survival of this program'

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Students and advocates outside of the Supreme Court ahead of student-debt relief arguments.
Students and advocates pictured outside of the Supreme Court on February 27 ahead of student-debt relief arguments.

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Kevin McCarthy is working tirelessly and spending a lot of his political capital to win fights that don't actually matter

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California.

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Ex-Twitter employee tells AOC the platform changed its content moderation policy to accommodate Trump's racist 'go back' tweets

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

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2 House Republicans caught saying Ilhan Omar removal was the 'stupidest vote in world' before begging reporters to not tell GOP leadership what they said

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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota gives a thumbs-down during a vote to adjourn in the House chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the US Capitol Building on January 5, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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AOC to GOP: Don't tell me you're condemning anti-Semitism when a Republican 'who has talked about Jewish space lasers' gets a plum committee assignment

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MTG has challenged AOC to a debate on pay-per-view TV over the Green New Deal.

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