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Ohio Republican credits Trump, Democrats for flipping him to a 'yes' vote on pending megabill
Davidson initially voted against the massive funding bill when the House passed it in May, but the legislation has since returned after the Senate made a lot of changes in order to pass it on Tuesday.
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House Oversight launches probe into allegations New York misused federal Medicaid funds
House Oversight Chairman James Comer claimed New York appears to have withheld or clawed back over $1 billion in federal Medicaid funds from localities to help balance the state budget in 2023.
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House Homeland subcommittee schedules hearing on drone warfare for next week
The House Homeland Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 8 at 2 p.m. Eastern in the Cannon House Office Building.
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House Republicans unveil continuing resolution to fund government through March
The resolution includes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which previously passed the House in July. The SAVE act requires voters to prove their citizenship in the United States in order to vote in federal elections.
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House Republicans propose emergency funding bill to help fix VA's $3 billion budget shortfall
The five-page legislation would send nearly $3 billion to the VA, $2.3 of which would go to the Veterans Benefits Administration to pay for pensions and compensation. The other $597 million would be for readjustment benefits.
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Texas Republican warns January will be insane regardless of who wins presidential election
“Let’s say Donald Trump wins — half the country is going to go insane. Let’s say, Kamala Harris wins, half the country is going to go insane,” Gonzales said at the Texas Tribune Festival.
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Grassley presses HHS, DHS for more info on 'failure to protect' over 291,000 unaccompanied migrants
A watchdog report published on August 19 found that DHS hasn't accounted for all UCs sponsors or attempted to locate those who did not attend their scheduled proceedings.
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GOP House panel subpoenas Walz over Minnesota group accused of $41M pandemic relief fraud scheme
"There’s not a single state employee that was implicated in doing anything that was illegal," Walz said in July
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Lindsey Graham warns Amazon that he won't let Alexa political bias error 'go unaddressed'
Amazon admitted Tuesday that an error with Alexa made it provide fundamentally different answers on why a user should vote for Vice President Kamala Harris versus former President Donald Trump. The error has since been fixed.
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House GOP leaders promise accountability as anti-Israel demonstrations return to Columbia
At least two protesters were arrested at Columbia on Tuesday, where anti-Israel protesters have already defaced school property.
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House Foreign Affairs subpoenas Blinken over 'refusal' to testify on Afghanistan withdrawal
Blinken has already testified in front of Congress at least 14 times, including in a hearing that was directly related to the Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Chip Roy claims voters care more about election security than a possible government shutdown
"My constituents want [honest elections], they want a secure border, they don't really give two flying s***s about the government funding," Roy told Fox News.
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Cuomo to testify publicly before GOP-led House panel on COVID about NY's 15K nursing home deaths
The New York Attorney General's Office found the Cuomo administration under-reported COVID-related nursing- and retirement -home deaths by 50%.