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Alaska Republican Begich outpaces fellow senators with 6 bills passed, signed into law in first term
Not including minor bills that rename buildings and the like, most House lawmakers never introduce a bill that gets signed into law.
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Pelosi, Democrats kept Swalwell on Intel Committee despite FBI warnings
Liaisons dangereuses: Swalwell admitted to an intimate relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, while he still sat on the House Intelligence Committee. The FBI had warned Democratic leadership about the risks years before he was removed from the seat.
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Democrats in Congress plan another war powers resolution after Trump threatens to bomb Oman
The resolutions are largely symbolic, but Democrats have repeatedly filed the measures as a means to protest Trump's actions with the war in Iran.
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Senate GOP leaves town without proposal for coronavirus recovery package
The Senate majority party was unable to agree on terms for the fourth coronavirus recovery plan this week, as enhanced unemployment benefits are set to lapse for many Americans within the next couple of days
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Civil rights leader Congressman Lewis to lie in state in Capitol Rotunda
The public will be allows to pay its respects amid coronavirus health-safety precautions
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Rubio: Congress has 'no choice' but to deficit spend during COVID-19 pandemic
As a 'solution' to the rising debt and deficit, Rubio says 'we're going to have to have the reckoning and the political will in this country to confront the mandatory spending programs.'
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House GOP Leader: Pelosi promoting Chinese Communist Party 'propaganda' with 'Trump virus' comment
'What does the Chinese Communist Party have on the Democrats? Why can't they hold them accountable?,' McCarthy asks
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Schumer: Senate GOP in 'disarray' over another stimulus package that 'will never become law'
"Here we are still waiting for Republicans to put together a partisan bill that will never become law just so they can muster up the courage to negotiate," Schumer says. "We need a specific proposal — a bill."
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White House, GOP Senate negotiators reach framework deal on coronavirus stimulus package
The GOP-led Senate will present its bill, then negotiate with congressional Democrats who have put forth their plan in the House
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McCarthy introduces legislation to sanction foreign hackers trying to steal coronavirus research
The proposal was put forth the same day the DOJ indicted two Chinese hackers for targeting hundreds of businesses and institutions over the span of a decade
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Watch: House Judiciary Committee hold hearing on President’s commutation of Roger Stone
The House Judiciary to consider bills to rein in Trump's pardon power
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House Dems announce vote to remove Confederate statues, fail to mention 9 of 11 honor Democrats
A bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney, a registered Democrat who wrote the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case of 1857, would also be removed.
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Watch: Senate meets to discuss election preparedness
The Senate Rules Committee holds a hearing on 2020 General Election Preparations