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Oct 04 2018
News
Senate Judiciary Committee receives FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh
Senators will get their first look Thursday at the FBI's background investigation on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with a tense series of votes looming and likely to play out into the weekend.
Fox News DigitalJun 16 2020
News
Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown
At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.
And no one knows how many more there could be.
It’s a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have acknowledged close ties to companies that have received loans from the program — businesses that are either run by their families or employ
PoliticoMay 13 2016
News
'We Will Not Be Blackmailed': Conservatives Slam Obama Admin. After Transgender Bathroom Directive to Public Schools
Conservatives across the country are slamming the Obama administration telling public schools to either let transgender students use the restroom of their preference or risk losing federal funding.
Speaking at the Texas Republican Convention on Friday, Lone Star State Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was one of the latest politicians to weigh in on the controversy.
“This will be the the end
The BlazeApr 13 2021
News
Nancy Pelosi Scolds Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And The Squad In New Book
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) dissed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and fellow members of the progressive “Squad” in a new biography.
Axios received excerpts of Susan Page’s “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi And The Lessons of Power,” and wrote on Monday:
“Pelosi unloads on the Squad, at one point adopting a child-like voice when discussing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and
HuffPostDec 30 2020
Analysis
Will the Hyde Amendment Survive the Biden Presidency?
Saving America’s most important pro-life policy could depend on the outcome of the Georgia Senate runoff elections and the 2022 midterms.
For over four decades, the Hyde amendment — an annual budget measure that prohibits the Medicaid program from providing federal funding of abortions, except in rare and limited circumstances — has been America’s most important pro-life public policy.
National Review (News)Feb 06 2020
Opinion
Acquittal is not exoneration
(CNN) - Despite the Trump White House's insistence that the President has been vindicated and exonerated by the Senate vote to not remove him from office, acquittal does not mean exoneration in an impeachment trial.
Trump's acquittal in the Senate was always a foregone conclusion. No American president has been removed from office as a result of a Senate trial. In their wisdom, the
CNN DigitalMay 18 2021
News
House GOP leader McCarthy opposes new probe into Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The top House Republican said Tuesday he won’t support creating a commission to investigate a pro-Trump mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in January, blaming Democrats for dithering and politicking and saying he doesn’t want to hurt ongoing criminal cases.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opposition undercuts some in his own party, including Rep. John Katko, the top Republican on the Homeland
Washington TimesOct 17 2019
News
Elijah Cummings, Democratic Leader at Forefront of Trump Investigations, Dies at 68
Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland died early Tuesday due to complications stemming from longtime health issues, the Democratic leader’s office announced. He was 68. Cummings, who has played a high-profile role in a myriad of investigations into President Donald Trump as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, underwent a medical procedure last month but had
SlateMar 23 2021
News
Illinois city approves first reparations program for Black residents
An Illinois city has become the first in America to embark upon a reparations program for its Black residents after its local council approved the implementation of its first such initiative to tackle the legacy of slavery.
Late on Monday night aldermen in Evanston – a suburban community in Chicago – voted to approve the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program, a $400,000 housing
The GuardianAug 31 2015
News
What Happens To The Iran Deal Once Congress Gets Back From Recess?
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, said on Sunday he would support the nuclear deal with Iran, moving President Barack Obama a step closer to having sufficient backing to ensure the deal stands.
"I believe the agreement, titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is the best available strategy to block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Merkley wrote in a
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