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Small respite for Facebook as left and right slam ruling on Trump ban
[jwp-video n=”1″] Predictably, Republicans were outraged by the decision. They called it censorship by Big Tech. Washington Rep.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Houston official: Federal disaster aid widens racial inequities
The administration says it would create 1 million rental units to make them resilient to climate change and energy efficient, as part of a plan to build and rehabilitate more than 2 million affordable
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Democrats’ constituents would bear the brunt of Biden’s taxes
[jwp-video n=”1″] The pain would be concentrated in Democratic strongholds.
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Democratic unity makes Biden’s ambition possible
Bill after bill On the party’s highest-priority bills — the elections, campaign finance and ethics measure known as HR 1 and a background check bill for gun purchases — Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Earmark requests headed for scrutiny as deadline approaches
The new process caps earmarked funds at 1 percent of discretionary spending, limits the accounts eligible for earmarks and requires members to post their requests online.
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Census results start wave of litigation over new maps
[jwp-video n=”1″] On Monday, the Census Bureau released results from its once-a-decade national headcount.
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Leahy tees up return of earmarks in Senate spending bills
They include capping earmarks to 1 percent of all discretionary spending, banning earmarks to for-profit entities, requiring senators to post their requests online and having the Government Accountability
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Lawmakers spar in Supreme Court case on nonprofit donor disclosure
[jwp-video n=”1″] “If it is good enough for politicians who are far more visible and vulnerable, it should be good enough for the extraordinarily wealthy dark-money influencers dominating our
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Census: California, Northeast, Midwest lose House seats
population division chief at the Census Bureau, said during Monday’s news conference that the count for Texas and Florida, in particular, fell short of their population estimates for 2020, but still within 1
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DC statehood bill passes House, but Senate hopes are dim
[jwp-video n=”1″] When the bill passed, a single cheer could be heard from the gallery.
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Senate passes AAPI bill with wide bipartisan support
The Senate then voted 94-1 to pass the amended bill.
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Bronaugh looks set to advance as USDA’s second-in-command
Warnock asked Bronaugh if she would commit to implementing provisions in the March COVID-19 relief law for debt forgiveness for farmers of color and the $1 billion in expanding the network of organizations
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House set to vote on DC statehood, but all eyes are on the Senate
[jwp-video n=”1″] Filibuster woes The Senate was again top of mind when House Democrats gathered for a Wednesday news conference.
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Though never adopted, the ‘Green New Deal’ left its mark
[jwp-video n=”1″] Climate summit The resolution’s reintroduction comes before Biden is scheduled to host a two-day international climate summit, with heads of state appearing and speaking virtually
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House passes temporary extension for regulating fentanyl as Schedule 1 drug
Currently, fentanyl is listed as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it has a high potential to be abused and does not have a medical use.
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Top bipartisan group relaunches $110 billion technology bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Unlike political rancor that accompanies most domestic spending legislation, bills targeting spending on U.S. technology, research and development appear to have broad bipartisan
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FDA finds more problems with Johnson & Johnson contractor
The company was originally scheduled to produce 62 million vaccines by May, according to the delivery schedule spelled out in Johnson & Johnson’s $1 billion contact with the Biomedical Advanced Research
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Modernization Committee eyes accountability and new proposals
[jwp-video n=”1″] Hoyer called for an exploration of cutting the long-standing linkage between lawmaker pay and staff salaries, which caps staff pay from being more than members.
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Senators squabble over voting rights, underscoring deep division on state efforts
state’s first Black senator in a January special election runoff, testified before the committee Tuesday and called for the Senate to act urgently on Leahy’s bill and a broader House-passed measure, HR 1.
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For Congressional Black Caucus, relief and resolve after Chauvin verdict
[jwp-video n=”1″] Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who was pepper-sprayed at a protest following Floyd’s murder last May, said that the guilty verdicts do not eliminate the need for