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Lawmakers prepping supplemental appropriations for Capitol security
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Congress · 117th Congress
Fudge, having sought USDA job, to make case for HUD secretary
Democrats may try to push through large expansions of HUD’s public housing programs, which she would need to help sell in Congress and implement if enacted.
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Democrats planning swift moves on budget resolution next week
Senate leaders are aiming to wrap up the budget resolution debate before the chamber’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins Feb. 9.
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Capitol Police chief, sergeant-at-arms acknowledge failure to protect against Jan. 6 riot
Pittman on Tuesday apologized to Congress and acknowledged her department’s failure to adequately act on intelligence before a violent mob of pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Democrats called for witnesses in first Trump impeachment trial, but not this time
Several Democrats have also said they don’t expect the impeachment trial to be long, given that lawmakers were all witnesses to the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol that the House has charged Trump
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Impeachment trial could knock Biden virus aid plan off course
articles in the earlier Trump and Clinton cases.
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Trump pardons former congressman whose actions helped prompt earmark ban
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave a full pardon to Cunningham and two other former Republican members of Congress as one of his final acts in office, extending a streak of giving a break
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Inauguration like no other: What health and security concerns have changed
As Rules and Administration chairman, Blunt has oversight of the Capitol Police, the Senate sergeant-at-arms and the Office of the Attending Physician, all key planners for the inauguration.
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President Biden arrives with negotiator-in-chief credentials
House and Senate Democrats in control of Congress are eager to pass Biden’s plan, and they don’t plan to let Republicans stand in their way.
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Senators will judge Trump as victims of mob’s attack
The same senators who fled for their lives during a violent mob attack on their workplace will now decide whether President Donald Trump should be held responsible for inciting that insurrection.
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House GOP moves to shore up some at-risk members with Appropriations seats
David Valadao, R-Calif., is the most moderate of the new cohort, having voted Wednesday to impeach Trump for his role in the deadly attack on the U.S.
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As House votes to impeach Trump, Democrats weigh options for Senate trial
Many, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have said it is “urgent” that Congress impeach Trump to hold him accountable for last week’s attack on the Capitol.
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34 House Democrats call for investigation into Jan. 5 tours by fellow members ahead of attack
Mikie Sherrill and 33 other House members want an investigation into access given by fellow House lawmakers to visitors to the Capitol on Jan. 5 before the violent attacks on Congress the next day.
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When it comes to security clearances, rules for others don’t apply to Congress
Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and who fought with the Marine Corps in Iraq, said in a statement to CQ Roll Call.
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Capitol Police leadership vacuum comes at vulnerable time
The Capitol Police department is facing a perilous time with an unsettled leadership, which is leading lawmakers and staffers to fill in the gaps amid the fallout of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress
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House members now screened for weapons when entering chamber
A 1967 regulation exempts members of Congress from a federal law banning firearms on the Capitol grounds. The weapons are still prohibited on the floor.
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House Democrats to vote to impeach Trump Wednesday, but begin with 25th Amendment push
Democrats have already been preparing to impeach Trump again — the House first impeached him in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but the Senate acquitted the president
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Rules of the last 50-50 Senate might not bind this one
narrow advantage on setting the agenda on contentious issues.
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Past budget fights hold lessons for Democrats
A model for swift action on that measure came in early 2017, when Republicans and the Trump administration used the procedure for their “repeal and replace” effort for the 2010 health care law.
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Democrats plan a spending blowout, but hurdles remain
to do something that the drafters [of the 1974 budget law] did not contemplate Congress would do in the fast-track reconciliation process.”