Amid spending cuts and pending charges, McIver brings Newark home $1M for STEM
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver showed Newark constituents she can still deliver federal funding even amid a pending indictment and spending cuts by the Trump Administration. McIver, a Democrat who represents New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, visited the United Community Corporation’s Newark offices on Tuesday to present a $1 million oversized check representing a federal appropriation she had secured for an afterschool STEM program being launched by the nonprofit. The money helps fund the … Continue Reading
January 19, 2026
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
On the Friday before Mother’s Day, LaMonica McIver, a first-term Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey, spent the morning handing out roses in the maternity ward of a hospital in Newark. Her next stop, a visit to Delaney Hall, a federal immigration jail in her district, promised to be a more sombre affair, but she was “on a high note,” McIver told me. “We thought it would be a smooth day.” McIver arrived at Delaney Hall just before one o’clock. She was joining two other New Jersey … Continue Reading
September 03, 2025
House kills measure to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver after federal indictment
The House on Wednesday voted down a measure to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., and remove her from a committee assignment over her role in a tense confrontation with law enforcement at a New Jersey immigration detention center in May. Five Republican members joined all Democrats to sink the resolution: Nebraska Reps. Don Bacon and Mike Flood, Ohio Reps. David Joyce and Michael Turner, and California Rep. David Valadao. Two other Republicans voted present, providing Democrats enough … Continue Reading
March 03, 2025
Several House Democrats walk out of Trump speech mid-address
Several Democrats stood up and exited the chamber during President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, protesting his administration’s actions after six weeks in office. The first group of Democrats to walk out included Reps. Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Maxwell Frost (Fla.), Melanie Stansbury (New Mexico), LaMonica McIver (N.J.) and Lateefah Simon (Calif.). A few removed their outer business wear to reveal black t-shirts with messages to the president on their … Continue Reading
January 09, 2025
McIver seeks to continue Payne’s legacy on fighting peripheral artery disease
During his time in Washington, the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) was one of Congress’s chief advocates on an issue that rarely breaks into the mainstream political conversation: Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a condition that reduces bloodflow to the arms and legs and that can lead to heart attacks, amputations, and in some cases death. Payne died last year, but his successor, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark), is continuing his fight. McIver has reintroduced one of Payne’s signature … Continue Reading