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Watch: Democrats propose policing overhaul bills
Democrats proposed a policing overhaul bill Monday amid continuing protests against police brutality nationwide.
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Senate considers wildlife bill, NDAA gets markup, and police overhaul unveiled: Road ahead
</p> The Senate began consideration Monday of an unrelated House bill expected to be amended to provide permanent funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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Democrats promise ‘bold change,’ but delivering is harder
</p> Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries has a bill to ban chokeholds like the one used by Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck, and like Pantaleo used
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Protesters flood Capitol Hill and across Washington, lawmakers among them
</p> Protesters passed around sunscreen as people sought shade to slather themselves before a long march, where shade from anything but signs held high were hard to come by.</p> D.C.
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DC statehood bill to get a House vote as Trump, Bowser escalate battle over protests
</p> House Majority Leader Steny H.
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GOP renews ‘go slow’ approach on virus aid after jobs report
That bill calls for another round of tax rebate checks, an extension of expanded unemployment benefits, more than $900 billion in state and local funding, food assistance and much more.
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With no GOP input, stakeholders fear House highway bill may stall
</p> The bill, to be formally be introduced Thursday during the House’s pro forma session, is a behemoth: It would almost double the $287 billion highway bill (S 2302) approved unanimously by the Senate
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CBO: Extending higher jobless benefits would increase unemployment
</p> The analysis said that in the second half of this year, economic output would probably be greater than it would be without an extension of extra unemployment benefits enacted in March.
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Minority groups hit hard by crisis seek more congressional aid
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected the House bill but says he’s open to additional aid legislation, but a GOP alternative hasn’t yet emerged.
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Democrats to unveil plan Monday to end police racial profiling, use of force
</p> “We will not relent until that justice is secured,” Pelosi said.</p> The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the topic.
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What’s in a House quorum? GOP wants the courts to rule on that
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Democrats offer $494 billion transport bill targeting economy, climate
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> By changing the matching formulas, the bill mirrors elements of one passed by the House on May 15.
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In pandemic, GOP sees opportunity for critical minerals bill
</p> Bishop said the latest bill is an urgently needed step toward overhauling a policy that has hampered domestic mineral extraction.
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Senators want Dred Scott author’s bust replaced with Thurgood Marshall
</p> The bill calls for replacing Roger Brooke Taney, author of the infamous Dred Scott decision, with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v.
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Sources: House Democrats plan Wednesday rollout of highway bill
</p> Because the next pro forma House session is not until Thursday, the bill won’t be formally introduced until then.
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Lee, Johnson slow bill tweaking SBA COVID-19 loan program
</p> [McConnell says Senate to take up House’s PPP flexibility bill]</p> Johnson didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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Lawmakers eye NDAA to limit military gear transfers to police
</p> Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Monday he hopes to have a provision ending the practice included in the fiscal 2021 annual defense policy bill.
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Congress plotting action against police brutality, racial injustices in response to Floyd death
It has 34 co-sponsors, all Democrats, five of whom signed onto the bill after Floyd’s death.
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House panel wants Pentagon leaders to testify on protests
</p> If a hearing takes place next week, it could roughly coincide with the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization bill (HR 6395), or NDAA, which starts next