Congress
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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan threatens to use 'power of the purse' to punish wayward judges
Last month, justices on the Supreme Court voted to narrow the scope of lower court injunctions.
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Alcohol limits at odds in upcoming dietary guidelines
In January, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking issued a draft report on its findings analyzing the impact of alcohol intake on overall health.
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Planned Parenthood vows to sue Trump admin over funding cuts in spending bill, warns of closures
The abortion provider slammed the president’s signature legislation and warned of closures due to lost Medicaid funding.
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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.
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You Vote: Will Sen. Chuck Schumer survive as Dems Senate leader after supporting the House's CR?
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday indirectly slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after he indicated he would support advancing the GOP-led bill that funds the government through September.
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GOP-led Congress turns to budget reconciliation with tax reform, spending cuts after stopgap passes
Trump has asked for "one beautiful big bill" but the comparisons between lawmaking and sausage-making still hold true: Lawmakers are pinning hopes that the budget reconciliation bill will extend the expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and create new tax benefits as well as offset some of the cost with spending reductions.