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@RepKarenBass

Representing California's 37th District, which includes Los Angeles, South LA, and Culver City.

Los Angeles & Washington
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Joined January 2011
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    Oct 3

    Last week, House Republicans passed the 2.0, which would give even more tax breaks to the wealthiest 1%. What we should be focusing on is lowering drug prices, raising wages, and fighting corruption. We should be fighting , not against them.

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    This is why building a wall won’t work. We need to address the reasons why people take this perilous journey and embrace foreign aid, not cut it. Democrats are ready to work .

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    MS-13 started in LA and we deported them to Central America without any additional assistance. The violence these families are fleeing are products of the United States and cutting foreign aid would make it even worse.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Today is the last day to register to vote in California. Now is the time. We need your voice.

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  5. Retweeted
    Oct 20

    BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPS! On to the World Series!

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  6. Oct 14

    We shouldn’t allow a drug conviction to stand in the way of young people getting the financial aid they need to succeed as students. Congress should pass legislation to .

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  7. Oct 11

    When working families earn more, our economy works better for everyone. Period. It’s time for Congress to start working again.

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  8. Oct 11

    . fue fundada en el 1986 para crear una sociedad totalmente inclusiva para inmigrantes. Ellos han estado al centro de la lucha para reunir a las familias separadas en la frontera. ¡Gracias por hacer nuestra ciudad un mejor lugar!

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  9. Oct 11

    . was founded in 1986 to achieve a just society fully inclusive of immigrants. They’ve been on the frontlines of the fight to reunify families that were separated at the border. Thank you for making our city a better place!

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  10. Oct 11

    Sylvia Mendez creció en California en el tiempo cuando Latinxs no tenían el derecho de ir a las escuelas designadas para blancos. Más adelante Sra. Mendez sería responsable por terminar la época de la educación segregada.

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  11. Oct 11

    Sylvia Mendez grew up in California at a time when Latinxs weren’t allowed to attend schools designated for “whites only”. Ms. Mendez would eventually bring to an end the era of segregated education.

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  12. Oct 11

    La comunidad Latinx en LA ha enriquecido nuestra ciudad con activismo. En 1948, manifestantes se reunieron al frente del banco ‘Farmers and Merchants’ en la vecindad de Watts protestando el banco por no contratar cajeros afroamericanos o mexicanos-americanos.

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  13. Oct 11

    The Latinx community in Los Angeles has enriched our city with activism. In 1948, protestors gathered at the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Watts, which was picketed for not hiring African American or Mexican American tellers.

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  14. Oct 10

    A historic achievement! Congratulations to LAFC on becoming one of the few teams to make the playoffs in their first year. Keep making history!

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  15. Oct 9

    Can you imagine the grief a parent must feel? Someone who traveled here at great risk to save their children only to have their children taken from them and put up for adoption, never to see their children again? This is a tragic moment in the history of this nation.

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  16. Oct 9

    U.S. courts are putting children that were separated from their families at the border up for adoption without notifying their parents. When I came back from the border, this was one of my greatest fears. And now it’s confirmed.

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  17. Oct 9

    We MUST prioritize our workforce. That means making sure apprenticeships and work-based training programs are a national priority AND providing a new tax credit to employers to train and hire new workers and employ them at a good wage. We have a plan .

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  18. Oct 9

    The only way your vote will not count is if you decide not to vote. Californians have until October 22nd to register to vote, do it today!

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  19. Oct 8

    We will fight to and the progress that has been made. We will not go back.

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  20. Oct 8

    Even today, the civil rights advancements that have been made like the Indian Child Welfare Act, which was passed in response to the destructively high number of children being removed from indigenous communities, is under attack.

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  21. Oct 8

    You can’t “discover” a land where people had been living for thousands of years. Today we observe so that their past is not forgotten but also so that their progress is protected.

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