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Senators worry about COVID-19 as busy wildfire season closes in
Park Police role in aggressively breaking up a peaceful demonstration outside the White House on June 1 by shooting chemical gases at protestors. The U.S.
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Transport workers still seek enforceable COVID-19 rules
In a June 1 interview with Politico, she characterized the issue as “labor-management” and argued that industry should take the lead in protecting their workers, arguing that doing so would help restore
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Democrats seek answers on high-tech surveillance of protesters by U.S. agencies
[jwp-video n=”1″] In a statement to CQ Roll Call, Hoan Ton-That, Clearview AI’s chief executive, said he would respond directly to Markey’s letter.
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Democrats push bigger role for courts to curb police misconduct
[jwp-video n=”1″] The provision seeks to undo decades of Supreme Court decisions on an 1871 civil rights law that has given law enforcement officers a strong shield from facing financial damages
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Senate GOP policing plan may hold some compromises for Democrats
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Kentucky Republican said he’s asked Scott, the only black GOP senator, to lead a working group in crafting a proposal for the conference to consider.
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CBO: May deficit down from April, but still huge amid pandemic
The budget office’s deficit estimate for April was within $1 billion of the final Treasury figures, for example.
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Senate considers wildlife bill, NDAA gets markup, and police overhaul unveiled: Road ahead
[jwp-video n=”1″] The 134-page package, dubbed the Justice in Policing Act, includes several bills that would update standards for prosecuting police misconduct, mandate dash and body camera
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Democrats promise ‘bold change,’ but delivering is harder
ANALYSIS — Senators returned from a weeklong Memorial Day recess on June 1 to a Washington transformed.
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A lot riding on conservation bill vote for Gardner, Daines
[jwp-video n=”1″] Texas Republican Ted Cruz is another potential opponent.
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Democrats’ policing overhaul targets prosecution standards, data collection, training
[jwp-video n=”1″] One exception to that is the measure would ban all law enforcement agencies from racial profiling, allowing injured parties to file civil lawsuits in state or federal district
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DC statehood bill to get a House vote as Trump, Bowser escalate battle over protests
[jwp-video n=”1″] On Friday morning, Bowser announced she had sent a letter to Trump requesting the withdrawal of all “extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from our city
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Hill layoffs? Amodei considers it, while other House offices shuffle to meet constituent needs
[jwp-video n=”1″] Not all members House members on both sides of the aisle responded with disbelief when asked by CQ Roll Call if they too were considering layoffs while the coronavirus slowed
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College presidents outline how campuses plan to reopen
Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University in Indiana, said the university purchased more than 1 mile of Plexiglas to use in separating professors and students.
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Murkowski ‘struggling’ over Trump support; other GOP senators not swayed by Mattis
[jwp-video n=”1″] Utah Republican Mitt Romney, a frequent critic of the president, praised Mattis on Thursday.
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McConnell sets vote for Trump media agency pick, who has ties to Steve Bannon
The agency has an annual budget of roughly $1 billion and includes U.S. taxpayer-funded news outlets Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting
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With no GOP input, stakeholders fear House highway bill may stall
DeFazio said he hopes the bill will be on the floor of the House the week of July 1. Del.
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Coronavirus dominates early 2020 franking, with blackout lifted
[jwp-video n=”1″] “At this time, I think that it’s just a really remarkable tool to have, to be able to reach people during an emergency in their lives, when they’re feeling so disoriented and
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Minority groups hit hard by crisis seek more congressional aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] While the pandemic’s economic crisis has not yet endangered household wealth in the same way the Great Recession did a decade ago, it’s already having a larger impact on minority-owned
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What’s in a House quorum? GOP wants the courts to rule on that
[jwp-video n=”1″] A constitutional question Article I, Section 5, of the Constitution says that each House “may determine the rules of its proceedings.”
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Democrats offer $494 billion transport bill targeting economy, climate
[jwp-video n=”1″] By changing the matching formulas, the bill mirrors elements of one passed by the House on May 15.