San Jose lawmaker pushes housing bills in Congress

It’s been a busy nine months for Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo — Silicon Valley’s newest lawmaker in the House of Representatives. The former San Jose mayor turned Congressional District 16 representative has introduced nine bills since taking office in the 119th Congress this year. They range from proposals to protect Medicaid from sweeping federal spending cuts, barring national lawmakers from promoting cryptocurrency that benefits them and restricting President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployments. He’s also co-sponsored 33 other bills from his colleagues. But his freshman year hasn’t been without difficulty. Republicans have an edge over Democrats in the House — though it…