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House expected to vote on bill that would restrict lawmakers' stock trading
The House bill, called the Stop Insider Trading Act, prohibits members of Congress and their families from buying new individual stocks, but it doesn't prevent them from owning them.
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Comer asks Government Accountability Office to probe Army Corps rental rates for marina operators
Comer emphasized that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) rental calculations are imposing excessive costs on marina operators and asked acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown to investigate USACE’s rental rate methodology.
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Senate Intelligence panel advance Clayton's nomination for Director of National Intelligence
President Donald Trump nominated Clayton, who was serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York at the time, for the role last month. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is currently serving as acting DNI in the interim.
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Republican fiscal hawks remind Johnson that Trump's budget must not add to US deficit
Congressional Republicans in both chambers are attempting to make cuts to federal spending while also boosting defense spending, and funding for deportations.
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Sen. Ron Johnson proposes Trump's 'one big beautiful bill' be broken up into three parts
Johnson said while he appreciated all of Trump's work in his first 100 days in office, he just disagreed with how the president wanted to pass a comprehensive legislative package in one large bill.
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Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduces bill to fully repeal the Patriot Act
The Patriot Act was passed in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, and signed into law by then-President George W. Bush.
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Rep. Steube says FBI agents who helped cover up cause of GOP baseball shooting should be fired
Steube said if there were FBI agents who helped cover up the cause of the 2017 GOP baseball practice, they should be investigated to see if they obstructed justice.
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House moderates, conservatives' dispute over Medicaid slows passage of Trump spending bill
“We’re coming up with options — we’re discussing them, hashing through them, debating them,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said.
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Massie opposes Hill efforts on antisemitism, cites free speech, 'not illegal to be antisemitic'
“Congress should just stay out of these fights to crack down on free speech,” Rep. Thomas Massie said.
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Sen Durbin urges DOJ, FBI to investigate anonymous pizza deliveries to federal judges
"Many of these judges who have received pizzas are presiding over legal challenges to Trump administration actions," Sen. Dick Durbin said.
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Three sanctuary state governors to testify in front of House Oversight next month
The hearing will feature testimony from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, all Democrats, on June 12.
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Comer celebrates increased FDA oversight of foreign manufacturing facilities
The FDA on Tuesday announced it would conduct more unannounced inspections on foreign manufacturing facilities internationally that produce food and medicine that are intended for Americans than it has in previous years.
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You Vote: Do you think Congress will pass Trump's spending bill, or will this end with a CR?
The Louisiana Republican said he pushed back his timeline for chamber committees to "markup," or complete work on their respective parts of the bill, after meeting Thursday with Trump, according to the news outlet Politico.