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Senate leaders reach deal to fund government past the midterm elections
The deal would fund federal agencies through December 11, avoiding a shutdown during the middle of campaign season.
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Bipartisan House bill aims to replace hemp product ban with federal regulatory system
Barr said the proposal is intended to provide certainty for producers while adding consumer safeguards.
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Ohio Democratic congresswoman hospitalized after hit-and-run crash
Kaptur, 80, was one of two people taken to the hospital.
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House Democrat introduces resolution to censure Justice Alito over American flag controversy
According to the resolution, Alito would be censured “for knowingly violating the federal recusal statute and binding ethics standards"
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Tennessee Rep. Burchett slams bipartisan Senate border bill, calling it 'bogus'
The Senate is supposed to vote on the legislation on May 23, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Johnson gives Schumer deadline to join invitation for Netanyahu to address Congress
No timeline for the speech has been laid out so far, but if Netanyahu accepts, it would mark his first speech to Congress since 2015.
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Barrasso recommends using leftover COVID-19 funds to complete border wall in new amendment
The new amendment would create a "Southern Border Wall Construction Fund," which directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use the unspent COVID funds to complete the project.
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House Democrats increase pressure on Alito to recuse himself in Jan 6 Supreme Court cases
The flag controversy has prompted at least 45 Democratic lawmakers to demand he recuse himself from cases related to January 6, and the 2020 presidential election. Some lawmakers have also called for an ethics code of conduct be placed on Supreme Court justices.
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GOP-led House to vote Wednesday on blocking non-citizens from voting in D.C. local elections
Congress has authority over the affairs of Washington, D.C.
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Fani Willis calls Jim Jordan 'clown' while criticizing his investigation of her office: 'Disgusting'
“The sad part, though, for all of them is it doesn’t matter how many times they attack me. I am not going to be broken,” Willis says
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Johnson blasts ICC for seeking arrest warrants for Israel officials, threatens 'sanctions'
'It’s clear the ICC’s decision has been advanced due to the Biden Administration’s pressure campaign against Israel and its outlandish State Department investigations,' Johnson says
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Rubio supports Trump's deportation plans amid border surge: 'Going to have to do something dramatic'
"We cannot absorb 25, 30 million people who entered this country illegally. They’re here illegally, what country on earth could tolerate that?" says Rubio, who in 2013 supporting immigration reform legislation that included a path to citizenship
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Fetterman responds to AOC calling him a bully: 'That's absurd'
Flap between the two Capitol Hill Democrats started when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quarreled publicly last week with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene