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House to consider Russia sanctions bill next week that passed Senate with bipartisan support
If passed and signed by Trump, the bill, which was championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, would impose harsher sanctions on Russia and buyers of Russian oil and gas than those the U.S. previously imposed.
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Nearly 60 Democrats signed onto a letter condemning lynchings, but most cases ruled suicides
Of the cases cited, most were suicides. One of the cases being investigated as a homicide, and the person of interest in the case is black. Another case remains under investigation, but none of the cases have identified a non-Black suspect.
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Mike Johnson says 2026 marks a 'pivotal moment' in American history
Johnson said the United States is being "attacked from within," and that Americans should be more wary of the Democrats who claim they are for common sense only to vote with socialists when elected.
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McCarthy to push Congress to probe Biden admin's U.S. troop withdrawal plan in Afghanistan, report
The top House Republican reportedly wants to see intelligence assessment that led to Biden bringing home U.S. troops./
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Shades of 2010? Passing partisan $3.5T budget plan could put Democrats' slim House edge at risk
After taking a tough vote on Obamacare, which garnered zero votes from Republicans, Democrats lost the House majority in the 2010 midterm elections.
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House Democrats demand Biden lift all sanctions against Venezuela's socialist regime
Democrats who signed the letter include Reps. Grijalva, Garcia, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Jayapal
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GOP senators issue second demand for NIH materials on gain-of-function research
Letter slams NIH chief Francis Collins for "unacceptable" earlier response.
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Pelosi extends proxy voting for Congress until October 1
The practice was initially installed at the height of the pandemic in May 2020
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Progressives threaten to tank Senate infrastructure bill without $3.5 trillion spending bill passage
"The people who want the bipartisan bill passed are going to have to vote for the $3.5 trillion and the people that want the $3.5 trillion to pass are going to have to vote for the bipartisan package and that's the way it's going to have to be," the leader of the House Progressive Caucus says
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Pelosi revolt: Moderate Dems to block $3.5 trillion spending plan until infrastructure vote
A group of nine House members are pushing back on the plan to stall the bipartisan infrastructure bill
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Ed Markey, Green New Deal cosponsors vote to ban own plan to overhaul U.S. energy sector, economy
Democrats decry Republican amendment to "prohibit enactment of the Green New Deal" as "sham," look to pass "largest investment in climate action in history" in $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
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Congressman Andy Biggs moves to impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas over border crisis
The Arizona Republican introduced two articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of 'reckless abandonment' of border security
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Congressmen tell Merrick Garland: States, not DOJ, have control over U.S. election process
Garland is "complicit in a broader effort by elected Democrats to politicize federal voting rights laws," representatives claim.