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Jul 20 2021
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Makes Picks for Jan. 6 Panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) chose five Republican lawmakers to serve on the Democrat-led select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, ahead of the panel’s first hearing later this month.
Mr. McCarthy tapped Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), chair of the Republican Study Committee, a group of the most conservative House Republicans, to serve as the
Wall Street Journal (News)May 31 2022
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When Congress Might Actually Do Something on Guns
From the CenterWhat comes after the sorrow and the heartbreak, and the frustration and the helplessness and the anger? As we know from Columbine and Sandy Hook and Parkland and too many other tragedies, the answer is usually… not very much. But let’s suppose for even a moment that there are at least a small number of politicians on both sides of the gun debate who are willing to set
Dan SchnurJul 22 2013
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Mike Lee: Republicans Will Shut Down Government To Block Obamacare
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) declared on Monday that he and other congressional Republicans would be willing to shut down the federal government in order to block further implementation of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
Speaking on Fox News, Lee said Republicans determined that refusing to fund Obamacare was the "last stop" before the individual mandate and the law's health
HuffPostFeb 05 2021
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U.S. Employers Added 49,000 Jobs in January
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, returning growth to the labor market after a one month dip, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%.
The small January gain came after payrolls fell steeply in December, the first decline since the coronavirus pandemic triggered business shutdowns last spring.
Jobs grew strongly in business and professional services, the Labor
Wall Street Journal (News)May 12 2020
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The coronavirus conspiracy news cycle
The coronavirus conspiracy news cycle has grown more powerful off of audiences that were already susceptible to misinformation about other health care myths, like anti-vaccination conspiracies.
Driving the news: The latest conspiracy theory — that the virus is a "plandemic" engineered to increase vaccination rates — stems from a documentary-style video featuring a discredited medical
AxiosJan 25 2014
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Supreme Court Offers Nuns A Compromise In Birth Control Fight
The Supreme Court on Friday offered a short-term compromise that would continue to exempt a group of Denver nuns that operates charity nursing homes from the birth control mandate of the nation's health care law if they declare their objections in writing.
The nuns will take the court up on its offer and provide a written notice, officials said.
The justices asked the nuns to
HuffPostMar 26 2021
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How pandemic snarls redistricting – and 2022 election plans
Census delays are creating hurdles this year for steps that are basic democracy: drawing new political maps, vetting their fairness in courts, and giving potential candidates time to mobilize for the next election.
Just once a decade America’s political boundary lines get redrawn – and this year there’s an extra plot twist.
The problem: The pandemic happened to coincide almost
Christian Science MonitorMar 25 2021
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Democrats Begin Push for Biggest Expansion of Voting Since 1960s
Democrats began pushing on Wednesday for the most substantial expansion of voting rights in a half-century, laying the groundwork in the Senate for what would be a fundamental change to the ways voters get to the polls and elections are run.
At a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders made a passionate case for a bill that would mandate automatic voter registration
New York Times (News)Nov 21 2013
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Time to hit pause on ObamaCare?
The White House is under intensified pressure to hit pause on the rollout of ObamaCare as evidence mounts that officials knew well ahead of time of major problems in the new health care law and its implementation -- raising questions whether the administration went ahead, nonetheless, for political purposes.
"One year delay of the mandate and he would have avoided a lot of this," Sen.
Fox News DigitalJun 25 2021
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Trump set to reemerge on the trail with revenge on his mind
Former President Donald Trump is bronzed, rested and politically bloodthirsty.
Having spent months in semi-retirement after his election loss in 2020, Trump is set this weekend to kick off a series of political events. Aides and confidants say the goal is to boost his standing in anticipation of a possible future run and to scratch that never-soothed itch he has for publicity. But it’s
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