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☆ Video: Tim Ryan reacts to Jim Clyburn comments on inflation
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ TransUnion, Equifax, Experian may have violated credit reporting rules, Rep. Jim Clyburn says
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
A key Democrat wants credit reporting agencies Equifax , Experian and TransUnion investigated for allegedly failing to respond to consumer complaints during the pandemic. Clyburn asked the chief executive officers of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion in May for the companies' responses to consumer complaints in the early days of the pandemic. The subcommittee partly credited the pause on student loan payments and an increase in pandemic-related identity theft to credit reporting errors. The bureau also cited the credit reporting companies for accepting these findings without an independent investigation. "Errors in credit reports can reduce consumers' credit scores, potentially blocking access to loans, housing, and employment, among other serious consequences."
☆ U.S. lawmakers made urgent pleas for help during Jan. 6 riot, video shows
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Moira Warburton Doina Chiacu | Moira Warburton | Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Video showed Pelosi and Schumer, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, and Republican Senator John Thune calling the Department of Defense asking for military backup to help clear the Capitol complex. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPelosi and Schumer also called acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen. The footage also showed Pelosi and top House Democrats being told that members of the House were pulling on gas masks. In the video, she said she planned to call Larry Hogan, governor of Maryland, about sending the National Guard from his state. Many of those present - including reporters and congressional staff - were in the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.
☆ Young Black activists are done waiting their turn for political office. They're taking on the 'John Lewis generation' of elder lawmakers who they say are out of touch.
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Elvina Nawaguna | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +30 min
Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus are twice as old as the median Black person living in the US. The Congressional Black Caucus, a powerful voice for Black Americans, is significantly older than those it speaks for. Clay had replaced his father, William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil-rights icon and founding Congressional Black Caucus member who had represented the area since 1969. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesThe Congressional Black Caucus is reckoning with a leftward shift it's struggled to embrace. A spokesperson for the Congressional Black Caucus did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
☆ Pennsylvania Democrat says having all-octogenarian House leadership has put him at ease about the president running in 2024: 'To me, Joe Biden is young'
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle said he's fine with having an 80-plus year old Biden running in 2024. To me, Joe Biden is young," Boyle said, referring to aging House leaders. House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Jim Clyburn are all in their early 80s. To me, Joe Biden is young," the 45-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat told CNN, gesturing towards the House chamber run by 82-year-old Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83-year-old House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and 82-year-old Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. —US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) November 1, 2020
☆ There's overwhelming support for an age limit on the president and Congress. Here's why that won't happen anytime soon.
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +21 min
Some have proposed age limits for elected officials amid concerns about America's gerontocracy. The history of the contemporary movement for term limits largely dates back to the early 1990s, when dozens of states enacted term limits not just for their own legislatures but for their federal representatives in Washington. "Put it this way: I'm a little more interested in term limits than age limits," Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland told Insider. "There's a logic to term limits, because the principle of democracy is taking turns," Raskin, 59, said. "If there were to be term limits, the legislature certainly should have more terms than the executive," he offered.
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