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Apr 05 2021
News
Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson vetoes bill banning youth gender reassignment surgeries, calling it 'overbroad, extreme'
Labeled the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, the bill, which did not have a provision for youth who are currently transitioning, passed the Arkansas Senate by a vote of 28-7 on March 29 and a House vote of 70-22 on March 10.
“The bill is overbroad, extreme and does not grandfather those who are under hormone treatment," said Hutchinson, adding that he believes the bill
USA TODAY
Dec 28 2021
Analysis
Economists question validity of Manchin's inflation fears on Build Back Better
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia effectively put an end to negotiations over the current version of the Build Back Better Act on Sunday when he announced on Fox News he would vote no on the legislation, in part over concerns some provisions of the massive tax and spending bill might exacerbate inflation.
A day later, on Monday, Manchin expounded on his rationale in a radio
CNN Fact Check
Jan 28 2022
News
National anthem as a mandatory game-starter? Florida free-speech test.
A move by Florida legislators, aimed at making the national anthem a compulsory feature of sporting events, raises some big questions about free speech – especially in the context of wider turbulence over politics and race.
The bellwether state of Florida now is amping up the volume in a nationwide discourse on race as a core facet of political culture wars.
Under Gov. Ron
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 13 2022
News
McCarthy: Biden Voting Rights Agenda ‘About Gaming the System’ in Favor of the Democrats
On Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pushed back against President Joe Biden’s voting legislation.
McCarthy argued on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that the effort to federalize elections “is about gaming the system and putting your thumb on the scale for Democrats to try to keep control of the Congress.”
“Remember what this bill is. This was a massive bill, so
Breitbart News
Aug 06 2021
News
Infrastructure bill will add $256 billion to deficit, government analysts say
The bipartisan infrastructure legislation poised for a vote in the Senate this week would add $256 billion to the deficit over the next decade, congressional budget analysts announced Thursday, dashing hopes that provisions in the bill would fully pay for it.
The news will not come as a surprise to lawmakers skeptical of offsets included in the $1.2 trillion measure, but it immediately
Washington Examiner
Dec 09 2021
Opinion
Wisconsin election takeover threatens our republican form of government
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has repeated the call for his state’s legislature to seize control of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Although a takeover won’t happen with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers holding the veto pen, this proposal increases a dangerous trend of partisan legislative micromanagement of elections. This threat to fair elections needs to be spotlighted and nonpartisan
The Fulcrum
Jul 23 2021
News
St. Louis chief prosecutor Kim Gardner accused of dereliction of duty
Kim Gardner was supposed to be tough on crime.
Gardner, the first black woman to be elected St. Louis's Circuit Attorney, campaigned on progressive changes and vowed to go after criminals and hold them accountable. She did flashy interviews on 60 Minutes and Nightline and grabbed even more headlines when she sued the city, its police union, and five others in 2020 for what she called a
Washington Examiner
Oct 28 2021
News
Biden to sell spending plans to House Dems, deliver speech to Americans
President Biden will plead with House Democrats to pass his economic agenda and make one last sales pitch to the public Thursday before jetting off for an overseas trip.
“Before departing for his foreign trip, he will return to the White House and speak to the American people about the path forward for his economic agenda and the next steps to getting it done,” a White House official
Washington Times
Apr 03 2021
News
Study declares AOC one of the least effective members of Congress
She’s the queen of Twitter — but less successful at lawmaking.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the least effective members of the last Congress according to a new survey from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking — a joint project of Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia.
AOC introduced a total of 21 bills which the center defined as “substantive
New York Post (News)
Mar 27 2020
News
Trump signs $2T coronavirus stimulus bill after House passes historic response
President Trump on Friday signed a more than $2 trillion legislative package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and send economic relief to workers and businesses squeezed by restrictions meant to stop the outbreak’s spread after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the legislation earlier in the day.
"I want to thank Democrats and Republicans for coming together and
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