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Senate attempt to require a 'kill switch' for AI shot down by Rand Paul
“I’m not standing here today suggesting to you I have all the answers,” Kennedy said on the Senate floor. “What I am suggesting to you is there are risks to artificial intelligence.”
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House passes bill to protect consumers from energy price hikes caused by data centers
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the vote was 417-3. The bill is known as the Ratepayers Protection Act.
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House passes bill sanctioning countries that purchase Russian energy, headed to President’s desk
The bill is headed to Trump’s desk for his signature after more than a year and a half of negotiating. The bill was championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who had worked across the aisle to get this passed.
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Rep. Pence: Do 'whatever it takes' on coronavirus funding
VP's brother calls for cooperation, not election year posturing, to curb spread
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Manchin: ‘We shouldn’t be worried about’ how much to spend on Coronavirus response
Manchin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, didn't call for additional restrictions on travel from China
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Durbin calls for spending $3 billion on coronavirus funding as 'opening bid'
The Trump administration has requested $2.5 billion, which would include diverting about $535 million from Ebola preparedness funding.
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GOP senators seek Hunter Biden travel records in conflict-of-interest probe
Powerful committee chairmen Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sent a letter to the Secret Service requesting travel dates, locations, and modes of transport used by the former VP’s son
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State Department project with Hunter Biden’s Ukrainian firm blocked over corruption concerns
State officials were so concerned about corruption allegations surrounding Burisma Holdings that they blocked a planned partnership with the Ukrainian gas firm even though Vice President Joe Biden's son served on the board.
