The bill could cost between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over ten years, according to AFF. The costs are not only unsustainable, AFF argues, but they are expected to increase over time.
Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduced the legislation Tuesday evening as an amendment to House Democrats’ “For The People Act,”which would overhaul federal election laws.
Trump made the announcement after inviting Hayden Williams, 26, who says he was assaulted for his beliefs Feb. 19 at University of California, Berkeley, to come onstage and speak briefly at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Over a hundred Democratic members of Congress, including Vermont’s Peter Welch, have joined in sponsoring a new “Medicare for all” bill even more sweeping that the one proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Middlesex Town Meeting voters joined 15 other towns in approving a climate change referendum, and allocated $250 of town money to support a lobbying group affiliated with climate change organization 350VT.org.
Maine Family Planning and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a Wednesday lawsuit over a rule that will force abortion clinics to separate abortion from other health care services in order to qualify for Title X funding.
The Southern Vermont College trustees have determined there is “no way forward” for the college because of enrollment decline and related debt issues; they plan to close the institution at the conclusion of the spring semester.
The Vermont Legislature will now need to decide whether to amend the town charter to allow anyone 16 or older to serve as a Town Meeting member or as a member of the Brattleboro Town School Board and Brattleboro Union High School #6 Board, and to vote on local issues.
Residents voted 391 to 114 by Australian ballot Tuesday in favor of creating the position, an idea local leaders pitched as a way to help the town grow and improve.
Voters approved a $1.04 million general budget and a $1.02 million road budget Tuesday, along with multiple ballot articles, including one authorizing the Select Board to acquire, maintain and operate two buses donated by the Pownal School District.
A proposed town charter amendment that would pave the way for a future switch to a mayoral format was shot down Tuesday by 306 votes.
Dear Senator Sears, neither the case of Andrew Black, nor suicide data, provide a compelling reason to knowingly endanger those at imminent risk of lethal danger by preventing them from purchasing self-defense firearms at the time of need.