On The Hill: House poised to take up bills supporting HK protesters
Congress will vote on measures related to Hong Kong’s trade status, crowd-control device exports, and Chinese interference
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HOUSE POISED TO TAKE UP BILLS SUPPORTING HK PROTESTS: Congress is set to consider three bills aimed at supporting pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong as the police crackdown in the city intensifies, according to Bloomberg and a floor schedule published last Friday. The House could vote on bipartisan measures related to Hong Kong’s special trade status, crowd-control device exports, and Chinese interference in the region as soon as this week. Read more.
ACTIVISTS SLAM NAKAMOTO GROUP OVER HILL TESTIMONY: A slew of Japanese American organizations, including Nikkei Progressives and Tsuru for Solidarity, are blasting embattled Nakamoto Group president Jennifer Nakamoto for “invoking” WWII incarceration during her defense of the ICE contractor at a House Homeland Security subcommittee last month, Rafu Shimpo reports. Read more.
ICYMI — SENATE PUSH TO SPEED UP GREEN CARD BACKLOG STALLS: A bipartisan Senate proposal aimed at speeding up employment-based green cards for Indian and Chinese immigrants caught up in a years-long backlog has failed to pass, the Wall Street Journal reports. Read more.
- Note: Due to the two-week Congressional recess, there is no “Representation Roundup” in this issue.
