Despite some lawmakers’ victories, Congress has been widely criticized for not passing legislation on two major issues: gun reform and police brutality.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are taking a look at some of their biggest accomplishments from 2023.
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“When Democrats are in control of the House and the Senate and the White House, a lot more just gets done,” he said.
Bowman maintained that some bills were “stopped by people like [Sen.] Joe Manchin. If it weren’t for Joe Manchin we would have universal child care, paid leave … investment in affordable housing, etc.”
However, he told theGrio, he believes this is “the last of a generation of leaders like this.”
“The new leaders of our country are going to be people like me, Congresswomen [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Summer Lee, Delia Ramirez … Congressman Jamie Raskin,” said Bowman. “People like that. People of goodwill, people of courage who are really serious about uplifting humanity, saving our democracy, building a better society.”
“It’s going to be us as a people,” he concluded, “to really take America where it needs to go.”
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