All posts tagged "Ayanna Pressley"

WASHINGTON — As the government shutdown neared its end on Wednesday, one prominent Democratic member of Congress had choice words for Republican leaders, whom she called "godless" and "gutless."

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), a leading U.S. House progressive, told Raw Story in an exclusive interview that she was shocked by her Republican colleagues and what they had put Americans through in the more than 40 days since the government closed.

"I'm just disappointed because we're in this position at all,” Pressley said. “Our Republican colleagues, I think they have proven that they are godless, they are gutless, and they are complicit in wholesale harm. ...

WASHINGTON — “The Squad” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) tight knit band of progressive rabble-rousers — is still making headlines.

But lately, it’s for all the wrong reasons.

After a string of scandals, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) are both facing AIPAC-backed primary challengers this year. Bowman’s troubles include pleading guilty to pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol, over which House Republicans censured him. Bush, meanwhile, is under investigation by the FBI for paying her husband for security services....