D.C. Memo: Spilling the beans
A quick look at the fundraising in the Fifth Congressional District; Angie Craig passes two bills; and McCollum and Omar push for appropriations for the Twin Cities.
Gabe Schneider
Gabe Schneider is MinnPost’s Washington correspondent. Before joining MinnPost, he served as a reporting fellow for the nonprofit Texas Tribune, and he has written for The Columbia Journalism Review, Vox, Los Angeles Magazine, and more.
Angie Craig recently had two bills pass the House. One is now a law, the other won’t even get a debate in the Senate
The fate of the two bills is typical in a Congress where the Republican-controlled Senate is wary of giving House Democrats legislative wins in an election year.
D.C. Memo: Focus on the Fifth District
The Fifth District primary, Jason Lewis responds to MinnPost’s coverage and Andy Slavitt says something hopeful on COVID-19.
What Antone Melton-Meaux’s primary challenge to Ilhan Omar is all about
Antone Melton-Meaux says he supported Omar when she first ran for the seat in 2018. Now, he says, voters are ready for someone else.
Jason Lewis has called the death of George Floyd ‘tragic.’ He had very different words after the death of Trayvon Martin
Lewis called Martin “guilty” and lauded Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, as a good Samaritan.
D.C. Memo: Slow the Memo down, please
The Justice in Policing Act gets a vote; Klobuchar will not be vice president; and all about proxy voting.
U.S. House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; Senate prospects dim
The bill was supported by Democrats but received little support from Republicans, whose own police-reform effort was blocked in the Senate the day prior.
Why proxy voting was briefly a big deal in Washington, D.C.
In May, the U.S. House started using proxy voting, which allows a member to designate another member to cast their vote for them on the floor of the chamber.
For Minnesota’s DACA recipients, Supreme Court ruling is a reprieve but not a solution
“Every time I get up, I know exactly when my expiration date expires and that is every two years for my DACA status,” said Edwin Torres, the former Latinx outreach director for Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign and a beneficiary of the DACA program.
Caribou Coffee workers join in national campaign for better COVID-19 protections
Workers want hazard pay and better safety measures to be put in place.
D.C. Memo: ‘I made Juneteenth very famous’
This week from Washington, the Supreme Court decides the fate of the DACA’s program, Mayor Melvin Carter testifies in D.C., and Congress prepares to vote on national policing legislation.
What Congress is proposing to do about police reform
Both houses of Congress propose creating a national database to track police misconduct. There was less agreement on other provisions like ending qualified immunity for police officers.
D.C. Memo: George Floyd’s brother asks Congress for change
George Floyd’s brother testifies; a conversation with Rep. Ilhan Omar; and a look at the disaster in D.C. that wasn’t.
Rep. Ilhan Omar on the moment that will ‘reshape our whole system’
The representative from Minnesota’s Fifth District spoke about the killing of George Floyd, the protests that followed and the hope for change going forward.
D.C. Memo: He did not pray
This week from Washington, the president uses police to attack protestors; Republicans endorse Jason Lewis; and Dean Phillips talks about his PPP legislation.
Rep. Omar proposes national police brutality review board
The board is modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board, which was created in 1967 to review civil transportation accidents.
Minnesota GOP endorses Jason Lewis for Senate
Lewis is looking to challenge Sen. Tina Smith in the general election in November.
D.C. Memo: Delegation responds to George Floyd killing
Plus: Rep. Dean Phillips has two pieces of legislation on the House floor; Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at the DFL Convention this weekend; and more.
House votes on Phillips bills to expand Paycheck Protection Program
The bills would tweak the program, rather than introducing sweeping changes.
D.C. Memo: Strong dark horse
Minnesota’s mayors say they need federal money soon; Sen. Amy Klobuchar endorses a few candidates and Rep. Ilhan Omar has a new book.
