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Apr 15 2015
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Unanimous: Senate Foreign Relations Defies Obama Veto Threat on Iran, 19-0
For months, the White House has been threatening to veto bipartisan legislation that would assert the legislative branch's constitutional prerogative to review and weigh in on any finalized nuclear deal forged between Western negotiators with the Iranian regime. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) has been telling reporters that he was getting close to securing the 67
TownhallDec 23 2012
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How Party of Budget Restraint Shifted to ‘No New Taxes,’ Ever
On a Saturday afternoon in October 1990, Senator Pete V. Domenici turned from a conversation on the Senate floor, caught the eye of a clerk by raising his right hand and voted in favor of a huge and contentious bill to reduce federal deficits. Then he put his hand back into his pocket and returned to the conversation.
New York Times (News)Apr 29 2019
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Trump Campaign Manager Believes President Can Flip Nevada, N.H., Colorado
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale thinks the president has the power to flip New Hampshire, Nevada and Colorado in the 2020 election.
“I think New Mexico is in play in 2020,” Parscale told Margaret Brennan during an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News’ Face the Nation. “I think New Hampshire, I think we continue to grow the map. I think Nevada, you know, even Colorado. And so
Newsmax (News)Jul 08 2019
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Department of Justice hands 2020 census-related questions to new team of lawyers
The Department of Justice announced Sunday that a new team of Civil Division lawyers will take over handling of all 2020 census-related questions.
The changing of hands comes as President Donald Trump continues to push for the addition of a controversial citizenship question to the census, which takes place every 10 years.
A statement from DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec did not
USA TODAYAug 16 2020
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Pelosi Recalls House, Calls On USPS Postmaster General to Testify
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday that the House of Representatives would be called back later this week to vote on a bill to stop the postmaster general's changes to the United States Postal Service (USPS) ahead of the 2020 election. Pelosi and other House Democrats also penned a letter Sunday calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Chairman of the USPS Board of Governors
New York Post (News) USA TODAY CNN (Online News)Apr 04 2015
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What Congress could do to block Obama's Iran deal
This week, the US and Iran laid out a framework for the broad strokes of a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. But now, members of Congress are trying to weigh in — and potentially kill it. Can they?
A proposed bill from Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) would create a path to block Obama from carrying out a key feature of any eventual agreement — lifting the Congressional sanctions on Iran — if
VoxOct 10 2013
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Federal workers battle rain to protest shutdown
Federal workers and members of Congress rallied in the rain, calling on House Republican leaders to allow a vote on a clean continuing resolution to reopen government. On the 10th day of the shutdown, the Congressional Progressive Caucus organized the event across the street from the Capitol. More than a dozen lawmakers stood in the rain to cheers from a few hundred people.
PoliticoMar 22 2024
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Russia and China Veto US Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN
Russia and China blocked a U.S.-sponsored United Nations Security Council draft resolution that would have called for an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” in Gaza tied to “the release of all remaining hostages.”
The Details: Algeria also voted against the resolution, eleven council members supported it, and Guyana abstained. Russian officials said the measure, which would have also
Al Jazeera The Jerusalem Post Washington ExaminerOct 24 2019
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Laura Cooper, Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, testifies in impeachment inquiry after GOP delay
The House Parliamentarian ruled that the GOP members were in violation of House deposition rules, according to an Intelligence Committee official.
Laura Cooper, the top Pentagon official overseeing U.S. policy regarding Ukraine, testified in front of House impeachment investigators on Wednesday after a five-hour delay caused by a group of House Republicans who stormed the secure room
NBC News (Online)Oct 07 2013
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White House signals possible opening on debt ceiling
President Barack Obama said Monday the Senate's short-term spending plan to reopen the government would pass the House if Speaker John Boehner allowed a vote on it, adding that Boehner was refusing to do so because he wants the shutdown to continue. Obama also reiterated that he will not negotiate with Congress while the country is under threat of a possible debt default.
CNN (Online News)