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Congress faces crammed lame-duck session with little bipartisan appetite
“Now is not the time for whining, excuses, or cowardice,” Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., posted Friday on social media. “Republicans only have 20 legislative days left this Congress to lock in America First wins and take away leverage points from the Democrats. Leave nothing on the table.”
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Democrats can’t end Trump's tariffs without Republicans
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who is in line to chair the Senate Finance Committee, said he would use the panel to "reassert congressional authority over our country's trade policy to bring down costs, end Trump's disastrous and corrupt tariffs, reestablish critical trade partnerships, and hold trade cheats accountable."
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Healthcare, economy top Democrat priorities after midterms
Across the country, Democrats won sweeping victories in what is considered a rebuke of high gas and other prices amid the U.S. military conflict in Iran and President Donald Trump’s sinking approval rating
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for new Jan. 6 Committee to investigate Dem panel
The original Jan. 6 panel earned derision from Republicans, who labeled the body and its investigation a partisan farce.
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House Republicans launch probe into sexual harassment and discrimination allegations at FDIC
The Republicans said in a letter to the FDIC head that "the allegations of a culture of tolerating harassment at the FDIC weakens the credibility of your agency."
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Manchin attacks Biden, vows to 'mobilize the radical middle'
Manchin said that Biden is "not the person we thought was gonna bring the country together."
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Hakeem Jeffries breaks with ‘Squad,’ rips socialist group over racist image used in protest fliers
Although considered a member of "The Squad", a pro-Hamas, far-left group of House members, Jeffries called on the pubic to “support Israel’s unequivocal right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, always and forever" after the Democratic Socialists of America distributed a racially-charged flyer. Several prominent left-wing House Democrats remain members of the DSA, including Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Cori Bush of Missouri and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
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Sen. Mike Lee calls for an investigation of Jan. 6 panel following release of the footage
Lee alleged on the social media platform X that the committee selectively ignored evidence.
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Mike Johnson to post more than 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage online
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had previously made some of the footage available to media outlets and personalities such as former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
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Jim Jordan subpoenas Bank of America over sharing customer data with FBI
House GOP investigators in May launched a probe into the bank's voluntarily providing private consumer data to the FBI after reports made the move public.
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Squad members criticize AIPAC for reportedly committing to spend $100 million to defeat them
The extreme left-wing, anti-Israel handful of Representatives called "The Squad" is not happy that they may face serious election challenges. In response to the AIPAC political spending news, Omar asked her followers on social media to help the so-called Squad "build a grassroots effort to defeat" Republican aligned SuperPACs.
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IRS takes aim at Americans' earnings from Venmo and PayPal, dispatches 30 million new tax forms
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith's office raises alarm that tax agency "has no plan on what to do with the new information" it will collect with the new forms.