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Congressman Hank Johnson - In his 8th term in the House, he is a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and lead sponsor of the 2021 Judiciary Act. A group of House Democrats called for legislation that would add 4 seats to the Supreme Court. He joins Tavis to discuss the bill and what he hopes it accomplishes should the bill pass.
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Restoring Artistic Protection Act introduced in Congress. A bill proposed by Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), the so-called RAP Act would restrict when federal prosecutors can cite lyrics as evidence during a criminal case. The issue reemerged in recent high-profile indictments of rappers Young Thug and Gunna that quoted heavily from their lyrics. It's an issue of free speech. Life doesn't always imitate art.
Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would enable a simple majority in Congress to override Supreme Court decisions like those that overturned the right to an abortion and gutted the government's ability to regulate carbon emissions.
WASHINGTON — More than 100 congressional Democrats are urging the White House to extend the pause on student loan repayment beyond the Aug. 31 deadline.
In a Thursday letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, U.S. Senate and House Democrats argue that due to inflation and an ongoing coronavirus pandemic, student loan borrowers should get an extension on pausing their loan payments.
A new bill has been introduced in Congress that will limit the use of song lyrics as court evidence if passed.
The United States Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would provide funding to support cybersecurity job training at historically black colleges and universities, tribal institutions, minority-serving institutions and other colleges and universities that serve a high proportion of Pell Grant recipients.
The Cybersecurity Opportunity Act was sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
Georgia Republican Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga-04) introduced the partnering legislation in the United States House of Representatives.
Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Hank Johnson on Wednesday introduced the Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act to stop the use of lyrics and artistic expression as evidence in criminal cases.
"Freedom of speech is the constitutional foundation the framers thought necessary to enable a new and free society to craft not only its own destiny through commerce and innovations, but through culture, expression, and art," states Rep. Johnson.
That RAP Act needs to be passed expeditiously!!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WFXG) - On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to boost cybersecurity job training programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson is the lead sponsor of a bill to establish term limits for Supreme Court justices "while preserving constitutional protections for judicial independence in decision making."
Johnson, D-Stonecrest, on Monday, July 25, introduced the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization (TERM) Act to allow a new justice to take the bench every two years and spend 18 years in active service.