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Feb 26 2020
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House wants antilynching bill on Trump’s desk this week
Congress by the end of the week will send President Donald Trump a bill to make lynching a federal crime for the first time, a long overdue recognition of the country’s history of the hateful acts, the sponsors of the legislation said Wednesday.
The House on Wednesday passed, 410-4, a version of the antilynching legislation, introduced by Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California and
Roll CallJul 08 2021
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GOP fundraising arm hits back against blue-state AGs for 'troubling' hypocrisy
The Republican online fundraising conduit WinRed is filing a complaint in United States District Court requesting legal relief from an inquiry into its business practices by four Democratic state attorneys general, arguing it is politically motivated harassment.
Attorneys general for Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, and New York are accusing WinRed of violating state laws by using pre-
Washington ExaminerDec 08 2015
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The South won the Civil War: White men, racial resentment, and how the Bitter Minority came to rule us all
Nixon's Silent Majority neither silent nor a majority runs Congress and propels Trump. How did this happen?
SalonJan 26 2021
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Amid calls for unity, President Biden and Republicans don't agree what that looks like
President Joe Biden entered the White House calling for unity to meet a convergence of crises, telling Americans that "politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire" as he called on both parties to "start afresh" in his inauguration speech.
It was a repudiation of the flame-throwing politics of President Donald Trump just two weeks after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S.
USA TODAYOct 27 2020
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What's the status of a second $1,200 stimulus check?
Hopes that lawmakers in Washington could reach agreement on a fresh round of COVID-19 relief before the presidential election are all but extinguished. Senators adjourned on Monday and are not scheduled to return until November 9, impeding progress on a new stimulus bill.
Shares fell Monday as Congress failed to find a breakthrough and as investors fretted over an ongoing surge in
CBS News (Online)Oct 27 2020
Analysis
Is the U.S. Already in a New Civil War?
America’s COVID-19 numbers aren’t under control. In many places they're getting worse. Large portions of the west coast are on fire, social media is fueling genocides, and political violence in the U.S. is increasing. People are marching in the streets, aligned with two ideologically distinct factions. Many of them (overwhelmingly from one side) are armed, and violence and death has resulted
ViceJun 10 2013
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Cantor 'Perplexed' By Surveillance Revelations
WASHINGTON -- The No. 2 Republican in the House says Congress is perplexed about government eavesdropping and wants more answers from the Obama administration. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Congress enacted legislation authorizing broader information-gathering powers in the wake of the Sept. 11 2001 terror attacks and it was done in a constitutional manner.
HuffPostApr 23 2017
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Speaker Paul Ryan's national popularity sags
Like other House speakers before him, Paul Ryan is seeing his national image sag while he presides over an unpopular Congress struggling to get things done.
USA TODAYMar 27 2020
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As coronavirus spreads, undocumented immigrants are losing jobs with no financial safety net
As Congress hammered out a $2 trillion stimulus plan to help those left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic, the most vulnerable were once again invisible: Not a penny will go to millions of undocumented immigrants, many of whom work in the hardest-hit industries of restaurants, hospitality, and retail.
They are the hourly employees who work as cooks and dishwashers, cleaners and clerks
The Boston GlobeMar 06 2019
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Nearly two-thirds of voters think Trump committed crimes before taking office, poll finds
One the first polls conducted since President Donald Trump's former attorney implicated him in illegal activity was released Tuesday, and most of the results were not very good for the president.
A poll from Quinnipiac University National found 64 percent of American voters believe Trump committed crimes before assuming office, while 24 percent did not believe that he had (another 13
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