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  Nov.-Dec. 2018




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  •   Merry Christmas
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  •   Dec. 15, 2018 - Outside the Beltway... Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at The Spirit of Giving winter outreach
  • event at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.

  •   Nov. 30, 2018 - U.S. House freshman class office suite selection lottery and assignment.

  •   Nov. 29, 2018 - Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers major foreign policy speech at American University.

  •   Nov. 14, 2018 - Freshman class photo at the U.S. Capitol.
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  •   Nov. 12, 2018 - State Sen. Richard Ojeda (D-WV) announces he is a candidate for president at the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
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  •   Nov. 6, 2018 - Election Day, Tuesday morning at Precinct Number 25.


  May-June 2018


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     June 27, 2018 - Rally against the Trump administration's family separation policy.

  •  June 24, 2018 - American Promise: Writing a 28th Amendment to save our democracy.

  •  June 23, 2018 - Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous campaigns in Silver Spring, MD.

  •  June 23, 2018 - Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.

  •  June 20, 2018 - Pelosi and House Democrats call for passage of the Keep Families Together Act to end family                                 separations. 

  •  June 20, 2018 - Press conference on World Refugee Day.

  •  June 20, 2018 - On Capitol Hill leaders rally against family separations.


   April-May 2018
  
  •  May 9, 2018 - House Republican members introduce discharge petition to force DACA vote.

  •  May 8, 2018 - DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee begins consideration of 2020 delegate selection rules.

  •  May 7, 2018 - Protesting termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras.

  •  April 25, 2018 - Outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in Hawaii v. Trump (travel ban).
   April-May 2018 - Signs around town.

      •  ....Note: Away in March-April.
  Jan.-Feb. 2018

  • Feb. 22-23 (24), 2018 - 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.

  • Feb. 17-18, 2018 - Secretaries of State gather for the NASS winter meeting.

  • Feb. 15, 2018 - In front of RNC headquarters, progressive candidates reject Trump infrastructure plan.

  • Feb. 15, 2018 - DREAMers reject Trump's four pillars in visits to Senate offices.

  • Feb. 14, 2018 - DREAMers deliver Valentine's Day cards to Senate offices.

  • Feb. 14, 2018 - AFGE rallies in Upper Senate Park.

  • Feb. 14, 2018 - Congressional Task Force on Election Security releases report and recommendations.

  • Feb. 13, 2018 - National Portrait Gallery photo op of Obama portraits.

  • Feb. 12, 2018 - Immigration debate begins in the U.S. Senate.

  • Feb. 12, 2018 - Trump Administration releases FY19 budget proposal.

  • Feb. 12, 2018 - Center for America Progress releases report on election security.

  • Feb. 8, 2018 - Posters promote Oprah Winfrey, "Let's G'O'!"

  • Feb. 7, 2018 - Progressive groups hold "National Day of Action for the Dream Act."

  • Feb. 6, 2018 - Catholic groups stage event at the Capitol in support of DREAMers.

  • Feb. 6, 2018 - Group of Democratic House members seeks to reform family-based immigration.

  • Feb. 6, 2018 - Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime press conference.

  • Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2018 - RNC Winter Meeting.
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  • Jan. 30, 2018 - Demonstrators protest State of the Union Address.

  • Jan. 25, 2018 - The mayors are in town – U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

  • Jan. 21, 2018 - Notice of government shutdown at the Lincoln Memorial.

  • Jan. 20, 2018 - Women's March on Washington 2018.

  • Jan. 19, 2018 - March for Life 2018.

  • Jan. 19, 2018 - Undocumented youth protest in front of RNC headquarters.

  • Jan. 19, 2018 - DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee considers recommendations of Unity Reform Commission.
  • Jan. 18, 2018 - Michael Wolff discusses Fire and Fury at Sixth & I.

       
 
                      
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