Congress
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GOP Rep Cammack doubles down on Hill 'culture,' wants background checks, end to sexual misconduct
The Florida congresswoman said she wouldn't want her daughter to work on Capitol Hill, calling it a “culture of creepiness."
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House passes measure requiring Trump to get congressional approval for continuation of war in Iran
The votes are symbolic and meant to signal to President Donald Trump that support for ongoing military action is waning as the war drags on.
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Jim Jordan requests criminal charges against Jack Smith over allegations of perjury
During testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last December, Smith denied that he had looked at the contents of lawmakers' text messages.
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Former New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey dies at 87
Lowey was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee.
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Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly gets rid of his electric Tesla Model X, buys gas-powered Chevy Tahoe truck
The Chevy Tahoe gets about 21 miles per gallon in the city
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Fight against politically motivated debanking builds momentum
Critics say the Biden administration encouraged banks to remove politically controversial customers in the name of reputational risk.
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Senate Democrats who voted to filibuster CR under Trump supported abolishing filibuster under Biden
"Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday," wrote former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on X. "8 who previously voted to eliminate the filibuster (1/19/22) did not filibuster. 1 who previously campaigned against the filibuster did not filibuster."
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Schumer dismisses concerns about his leadership amid backlash over his support of advancing CR
“I think I had the overwhelming support in my caucus, and so many of the members thanked me and said, ‘You did what you thought was courageous, and we respect it,'" Schumer said. "I think my caucus and I are in sync."
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Senate passes bill to prevent $1 billion cut from DC city budget
The Senate approved by voice vote that the city's budget, which has to be approved by Congress, would remain operating at the adopted fiscal 2025 budget.
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Bill introduced to ban student visas to Chinese nationals
The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of Chinese nationals as nonimmigrant students, according to the bill language.
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Senate advances Continuing Resolution to final vote with help of some Democrats
Democrat Senators who voted with Schumer were: Cortez-Matso, Durbin, Fetterman, Gillibrand, Hassan, King, Peters, Schatz, and Shaheen
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Grassley, Johnson, drop records revealing FBI obtained cellphones of Trump, Pence
The revelation was unveiled in legally protected whistleblower disclosures from Grassley and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson, and was part of the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation.
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Man sues Nancy Mace over sexual abuse allegations she made against him on House floor
Brian Musgrave, one of the men Mace named, filed the lawsuit in a federal court in South Carolina, where he denied the allegations and said he was not present for any of the alleged events the lawmaker described.