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  Latter Part of 2017
Early 2018


  • Dec. 13, 2017 - House-Senate tax reform conference committee meets. 

  • Dec. 13, 2017 - Immigrant Youth Open "Dream Act Central" on the National Mall.
  • Dec. 8-9, 2017 - Final meeting of Democratic National Committee's Unity Reform Commission.

  • Dec. 7, 2017 - We Belong Together's "Dream for the Holidays" Campaign.

  • Dec. 6, 2017 - Rally to Defend Our Immigrant Families.

  • Dec. 6, 2017 - Republican congressmen call for an investigation into the FBI's Clinton email investigation.

  • Nov. 15, 2017 - A large protest against the Republican tax plan.

  • Nov. 15, 2017 - Senate Finance Committee mark up of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

  • Nov. 15, 2017 - A handful of House Democrats announce articles of impeachment against President Trump.
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Two major themes as 2017 drew to a close were...


 Republicans' success in ramming through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act                  
                                      

                                        

and immigrant activists' well organized push for a clean DREAM Act. by year's end.
                                                   
                        

                        
 
                      
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