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WASHINGTON—Future Forum invited hurricane and storm expert Dr. Greg Postel to brief Members on the increasing cost of climate change and extreme weather events to communities across the United States. Members convened the briefing in response to alarming trends in severe weather events, including an extremely active hurricane season, the recent derecho that tore through Iowa, a brutal heat wave in California, and wildfires blazing through the western coast.
WASHINGTON –The U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure championed by Future Forum to give families more assistance to care for dependent children currently excluded from COVID-19 economic impact payments. In particular, the HEROES Act—sweeping legislation to respond to the coronavirus health and economic emergency—would allow dependents ages 17 to 18, college students under age 24, and permanently disabled children of all ages to be considered as a "qualifying child" for economic impact payment eligibility.
WASHINGTON – Today, Future Forum members sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging changes to the CARES Act to allow dependents ages 17 to 18, college students under age 24, and permanently disabled children of all ages to be considered as a "qualifying child" for economic impact payment eligibility. While the recently-enacted law provided economic impact payments—or recovery rebates—of $1,200 for most individuals under a certain income and $500 for each dependent under 17, the law excludes young people age 17 and older whose parents still claim them as dependents.
WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, members of Future Forum, an influential group of young Democratic Members of Congress who advocate for issues and opportunities important to younger Americans, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urging immediate suspension of student loan collection activities from borrowers already in default or borrowers at risk of default because of economic disruption due to coronavirus.
US Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica, is walking on broken glass in his quest to develop responsible policy for social media.
But it's a quest he must pursue.
Brindisi met with other members of Congress and representatives of social media companies earlier this month to address the "Pandora's box" of graphic content, abuse and harassment on social media. It's a mission he began last year following the brutal slaying of Utica teenager Bianca Devins.
U. S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi met with other members of Congress and representatives of social media companies Wednesday to address the "Pandora's box" of graphic content, abuse and harassment on social media, he told reporters Thursday.
Brindisi became involved with the issue last year when he met with the family of Bianca Devins. On Monday, Brandon Clark pleaded guilty to killing the Utica teen and posting photos of her remains on Instagram. The Devins family have said they later were sent harassing messages, sometimes including these photos.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a provision to increase the number of young Americans entering public service championed by Future Forum, an influential group of young Democratic Members of Congress who advocate for issues and opportunities important to younger Americans.
It's the latest sign of the times in an evolving Congress: stacks of black garment bags, stuffed with blazers, gowns and dresses, deposited in piles at UPS drop-off spots on Capitol Hill.
"This is an example of a law that would be easy to pass if we got money out of politics," Rep. Seth Moulton told Cheddar as his baby daughter tried to climb out of his arms.
Moulton (D-Mass.) is one of several lawmakers attempting to expand the federal Family and Medical Leave Act to, as he says, "mandate providing paid family leave. And this is important to moms, it's important to dads, but really it's important to kids."