Congress · 116th Congress
DC statehood bill set for June 26 House vote
[jwp-video n=”1″] Norton’s measure would give the District two senators and one member of the House.
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the week ending June 12, 2020
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Policy · 116th Congress
Unrest over race dismays US allies, delights enemies
[jwp-video n=”1″] Particularly damaging, say historians and former diplomats, to the reputation of the United States as the Western world’s foremost defender of freedom of speech and rule of
Congress · 116th Congress
Smith unsatisfied with Pentagon answers on protest response
Esper and Milley were specifically asked about the military’s involvement in the clearing of largely peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square on the evening of June 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate panel would bar military force against peaceful protesters
Perhaps the most striking incident came on June 1 in Lafayette Square park across from the White House.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate chairman vows fight over Confederacy issue
[jwp-video n=”1″] Collision course The GOP-majority Senate panel’s decision on Wednesday to require changing of base names such as Fort Bragg and Fort Benning was seen as a rebuke of President
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump campaign asks supporters to waive COVID-19 liability to attend Tulsa rally
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White House · 116th Congress
Trump rejects renaming bases that honor Confederate generals
[jwp-video n=”1″] Among those most critical of Trump was his first Defense secretary, Jim Mattis, a retired four-star Marine general.
Policy · 116th Congress
White House ‘definitely’ wants more COVID-19 aid, Mnuchin says
Beyond the rocky rollout, over $1 billion went to publicly traded companies that still fell under the 500 employee cap.
Congress · 116th Congress
Scott rebukes critics who say he’s being used by GOP on police legislation
[jwp-video n=”1″] “There are only two black Democratic Senators, stop pretending there’s some huge racial diversity gap in the Senate.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names
[jwp-video n=”1″] The amendment would require the Defense Department to set up a commission to develop a plan to implement the renaming, according to the source familiar with the text.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
‘A really electric feeling’: Congressional staffers join protests against police brutality
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Congress · 116th Congress
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.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump is the Democrats’ ace in the hole for November
[jwp-video n=”1″] 2016 again? With less than five months to go until Election Day, Trump is still behaving as if this were January 2017.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Common Defense: Too many emergencies
[jwp-video n=”1″] Similarly, in April 2019, a bipartisan majority in both chambers of Congress passed a joint resolution that would have ended U.S. military involvement with the Saudi-led coalition
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the week ending June 5, 2020
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Congress · 116th Congress
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
Congress · 116th Congress
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
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
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
As protests continue, lawmakers don’t want to be caught on the sidelines
[jwp-video n=”1″] With no legislative response imminent to address the calls for racial justice ringing loudly around the nation, lawmakers are trying to carve out other roles for themselves