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Congress zeroing in on $6B to $8B coronavirus aid package
Appropriators are discussing a coronavirus package with the aim of getting it on the House floor as early as the middle of next week.
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Menthol ban causes discrimination concerns
A vote on a bill banning menthol in smoking products could be close over concerns from some over unintended consequences in black communities.
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DeVos, Democrats spar over block grants, charter schools
​​​House Democrats warned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that the Trump administration's proposed education budget likely won't become law.
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Vaccine prices a flashpoint in coronavirus funding talks
Democratic leaders’ push to ensure the availability of low-cost vaccines could complicate negotiations on an emergency funding bill to combat coronavirus.
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Oversight hearing room named for Elijah Cummings
A House hearing room was named in honor of the late Elijah Cummings, the first room in the Capitol complex to be named for an African American lawmaker.
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Will Congress save the Sea Unicorns, Rumble Ponies from MLB ax?
Congress is taking aim at Major League Baseball over the league’s plan to shutter 42 minor league teams in 22 states, citing the impact to local businesses.
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Republicans push FISA overhaul to CPAC faithful
Conservative lawmakers pledged to their base they would seek to avoid another clean extension of expiring FISA government surveillance powers.
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A name on an agency building for a civil rights warrior
William T. Coleman Jr. will be honored with his name on Transportation building, but his work as a civil rights lawyer may be his most prominent legacy.
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LGBTQ children books honored on House floor
Reps. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Jackie Speier, D-Calif., honored two children's books aloud on the House floor Thursday.`
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Capitol Hill offices instructed to update pandemic plans, Office of the Attending Physician sets record straight on coronavirus
The Office of the Attending Physician on Capitol Hill has sent out guidance about the coronavirus to the Capitol Hill community.
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Double-booked: Busy budget season highlights scheduling woes
A CQ Roll Call analysis shows at least 10 House appropriators are expected to be at two simultaneous hearings on Thursday.
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Interior official: Border wall helps environment, sacred sites
Border wall construction has triggered a raft of environmental lawsuits, including over the destruction of Native American sacred ancestral sites.
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Bern notice: House Democratic leaders calm rank and file as Clyburn boosts Biden
Democrats tamped down concerns members have been privately raising about the down-ballot effect of a potential Bernie Sanders presidential nomination.
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House wants anti-lynching bill on Trump’s desk this week
Congress will send Trump bill to make lynching a federal crime for first time, long overdue recognition of country’s history of hateful acts, sponsors say.
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House Democrats announce annual retreat for April in Philadelphia
House Democrats will decamp to Philadelphia on April 1-3 for their annual "Issues Conference" retreat, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries announced Wednesday.
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Will America get a Space National Guard?
The United States has a new military service, the Space Force, but it has never been clear whether or not America will also have a Space Guard and Reserve.
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The waste problem continues to weigh down nuclear power
The Trump administration may have put final nail in the coffin of a long-studied effort to build a permanent repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
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DHS expands programs that fast-track asylum process
The Department of Homeland Security has broadly expanded two pilot programs that fast-track the deportations of asylum-seeking migrants at the U.S. border.
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A trillion trees not enough to fix climate crisis, critics say
Democrats and scientists told Republicans embracing the proposal the trees won't put a dent in the climate crisis, but reducing carbon emissions will
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How the military could tip the census scales, explained
Gaining or losing representation depends upon who is counted where in the census. Troops abroad could tip the scales in favor of one state over another.