Representing #TX35 from East Austin to West San Antonio. Chair of @USProgressives. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.
With every discharge petition, we send a message: the Speaker may hold the gavel, but in the United States of America working people are still in charge.
Americans marched and bled and died for the right to form a union.
This week the House passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act — one step towards making that right real for all workers.
NEW: DoorDash has patented a system that lets companies offer promotional deals based on how stressed you are.
States are passing bans against surveillance pricing, and Big Tech is spending big to crush them.
We uncovered the $13K wine-and-dine that defanged Maryland’s ban.
The day after threatening to cut Social Security and Medicare, Republicans are sending billions to Trump’s mass deportation machine – which still has $100 billion sitting in the bank.
In the final months of their House majority, House Republicans are doubling down on their failed approach: blank checks for ICE and not one cent to make things cheaper for working families.
BREAKING: House passes $70 billion in funding for ICE and CBP, making both subagencies immune from shutdowns and future funding battles for three years.
(Unless Congress passes rescissions.)
The vote was as close as it could be: 214-212.
New data shows billionaires have tripled their net worth in the past 15 years.
From $4.5 trillion to $14.2 trillion.
Is your life 3 times better than it was 15 years ago?
I just introduced a bill to make overtime pay more for the first time in nearly 90 years.
If you work more than 40 hours a week, you should get paid double for the extra time.
I’m working with @RepJayapal and @RepHorsford to get it done.
Absolutely not.
AI spends millions to help Republicans in elections.
In return, Republicans stop states from protecting you from AI.
It’s corruption – and it’s dangerous.
$2 trillion+ for billionaire tax cuts.
A $70 billion blank check for ICE and CBP.
$1.8 billion for J6 rioters.
Now they say we need to cut Medicare and Social Security.
What if the end of the season meant saying goodbye to your team forever?
When billionaire owners move teams to make a buck, that’s what fans face.
That’s why @SenSanders and I introduced the Home Team Act.