Harris Touts Plan to Protect ‘Dreamers’ if Elected President
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a plan Wednesday to expedite young immigrants’ path to citizenship – if she’s elected president in 2020.
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Warren Wows Dem Convention in California
Warren earned the biggest applause of any of the Democratic presidential candidates who spoke to a raucous crowd gathered at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco.
Read moreKamala Harris Bill Addresses Racial Bias in Maternal Care
Senator Kamala Harris is offering a new bill to address racial disparities in maternal health care, one of several plans by 2020 Democratic presidential candidates on the issue.
Read moreHarris Pushes Equal-Pay Mandate for Corporations
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California issued an ultimatum for corporate America on Monday: close the gender pay gap or give up profits to the federal government.
Read moreKamala Harris Seeks $250 Million to Help Public Defenders
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California is introducing legislation, including a $250 million grant program, to ease the burden on public defenders around the country.
Read moreVisiting Michigan Schools, Kamala Harris Pledges Teacher Raises
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris finished a two-day swing through Michigan on Monday with campaign events at two Detroit-area elementary schools in front of crowds of spirited supporters, calling teachers “superheroes” and promising to raise their wages.
Read moreWarren Sticks Out in Democratic Candidate Forum
Elizabeth Warren’s parents were desperate. Her father had suffered a career-derailing heart attack, the family station wagon had been repossessed and Warren, then a middle-school student, felt the foreboding as she eavesdropped on her parents’ late night conversations about their mortgage.
Read moreCalifornia Unions Give Warm Welcome to Kamala Harris
Capping off a homecoming weekend campaign blitz that included speeches to Hollywood stars and civil rights groups, Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday night pivoted to pursuing endorsements from California’s influential labor unions.
Read moreHarris Proposes Big Raises for US Teachers if Elected
Thrusting herself into a labor fight amid a long stream of recent strikes, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris dangled expansive raises for the nation’s teachers Tuesday to be paid for by taxing the rich.
Read morePoll: Kamala Harris Support Grows as Democratic Field Widens
Amid an ever increasing number of Democratic presidential candidates, support for California Sen. Kamala Harris has jumped according to a new poll released Tuesday, but former Vice President Joe Biden still leads the pack of 2020 White House hopefuls.
Read moreHarris Calls for Repeal of Trump Tax Code at Campaign Stop
Sen. Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign visited several rural communities and urban centers in South Carolina Friday and Saturday, bolstering her support base in an effort to gain more traction with progressives, minorities and young voters in a traditionally red state.
Read moreHarris Racks Up Endorsements From California Democrats
When California lawmakers bumped the state primary election from June to March in 2017, they hoped to force presidential hopefuls to finally compete for the state’s over 400 delegates instead of wholeheartedly ignoring the nation’s most populous state because the races were long locked up.
Read moreKamala Harris Draws Huge Crowd at Launch of 2020 Presidential Bid
In a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration’s divisive politics, Senator Kamala Harris of California launched her bid for the U.S. presidency at an Oakland rally Sunday by promising to unite the nation and reclaim its democratic institutions if elected in 2020.
Read moreTapping Into Sorority Network, Kamala Harris Returns to SC
Sen. Kamala Harris returned to South Carolina on Friday, using her first visit to this early-voting state as an official presidential contender to tap into a sorority network that could prove crucial as she develops her campaign.
Read moreKamala Harris Jumps Into Presidential Race
Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to “bring our voices together,” Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African-American if she succeeds.
Read moreCalifornia Democrats Rally Around Fighting Trump Agenda
Thousands of California Democrats gathered in San Diego Saturday for the state party’s annual convention where the unifying message was resisting President Donald Trump’s administration.
Read moreCalifornia Senator Wants Hike in Wildfire-Suppression Funds
With Northern California’s brutal October wildfires nearly contained after burning 245,000 acres, destroying over 8,400 buildings and claiming 42 lives, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California called on her Capitol Hill colleagues on Tuesday to hike funding for wildfire suppression and disaster relief.
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Ex-California AG Ducks Spat Over Hospital Takeover
A federal judge flip-flopped Wednesday and dismissed a case against California’s former attorney general Kamala Harris by a hospital which claimed its acquisition was blocked by Harris because it refused to allow workers to unionize.
Read moreCalifornia Democrats Blast Latest Republican Health Care Bill
California Gov. Jerry Brown joined Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris on Tuesday to speak out against the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the U.S. Senate’s version of a new health care bill.
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Judge Unlikely to Dismiss Hospital’s Claim Against Kamala Harris
A federal judge said he’s unlikely to dismiss a lawsuit against California Senator Kamala Harris for conditions she placed on a hospital acquisition bid while she was the state’s attorney general.
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