Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks at the National League of Cities Congressional Conference in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

EL GOBERNADOR DEMÓCRATA DE MARYLAND RECHAZA EL PROYECTO DE LEY SOBRE REPARACIONES Y ENFATIZA LA NECESIDAD DE SOLUCIONES INMEDIATAS

El gobernador demócrata de Maryland, Wes Moore, anunció su veto a un proyecto de ley aprobado por el estado para crear una comisión que estudie y recomiende reparaciones basadas en la discriminación racial y los años pasados de esclavitud.

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(L) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, Associate General Secretary of the National Council of Churches USA, looks on as U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during livestreamed sit-in against the GOP funding plan on the steps of the House of Representatives on April 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The 8-hour livestreamed discussion was intended to bring attention to the Republican budget bill and according to statements will “…gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what's at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations." (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images) / (R) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a sit-in protest against a Republican budget plan on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2025. The members of Congress were joined by several hundred supporters as they live-streamed their protest against a GOP budget plan which seeks to progress President Donald Trump's policies, including possible cuts to Medicaid. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Sen. Booker And House Minority Leader Jeffries Shout From Capitol Steps To Denounce GOP Budget Reconciliation Bill

On Sunday, House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker, also a Democrat, staged a livestreamed anti-Trump sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps — protesting Republicans’ push to pass a budget reconciliation bill that would cut nearly $1.5 trillion in federal overspending.

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) walks toward reporters after delivering a record setting floor speech for the U.S. Senate at the U.S. Capitol on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Booker spoke for over 25 hours, protesting President Trump’s agenda on the Senate floor, breaking a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour, 18 minute filibuster against the Civil Rights Act in 1957. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

El senador Cory Booker calificó el filibusterismo político como un “abuso de poder” años antes de establecer un récord de discurso en el Senado

El senador demócrata por Nueva Jersey, Cory Booker, calificó las maniobras obstruccionistas del Senado conocidas como filibusterismo, como un “abuso de poder”, antes de iniciar el martes su maratónico discurso de 25 horas de duración, el más largo en la historia del Senado estadounidense.

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