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WASHINGTON — Congress’ Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday detailing the economic repercussions of defaulting on the nation’s debt, adding fuel to the fire as Democrats pressed Republicans to address the nation’s borrowing limit without tying action to spending cuts. The report, from Democratic staff on the bipartisan Joint Economic Committee, says that a […]

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The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee postponed a scheduled vote Wednesday on Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington’s nomination to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. The panel’s chairwoman, Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell, said the vote would be held at an unspecified future date and offered few details about why it was pushed. The […]

The post U.S. Senate committee postpones vote on Denver airport chief’s nomination to lead FAA appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

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President Joe Biden used his first veto on Monday to affirm consumers' right to access environmental, social and governance, or ESG investments through employer-sponsored plans, such as 401(k) plans. Earlier this month, Congress attempted to overturn a Labor Department rule that allows retirement fund managers to consider ESG factors. The House has scheduled a veto override vote for Thursday,...

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The pills came in a dark salmon-colored envelope sealed with a plastic covering that traveled more than 7,000 miles, over a dozen time zones from Nagpur, India, in almost exactly one week. They were placed partially under the doormat of a home in a state with one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the […]

The post Ending a pregnancy in 13 states leaves few options. Some are looking to Europe and India for help appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.

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WASHINGTON — Federal departments and agencies say U.S. House Republicans’ plans to cut federal spending would result in reductions to key programs like food aid, education assistance and wildfire management.  The series of letters from across the federal government released Monday detail exactly how plans to cut at least $130 billion in domestic spending during […]

The post Biden administration details potential cuts in education, food aid and more under GOP plan appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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WASHINGTON – Bipartisan momentum is building in Congress to restrict China and other foreign adversaries from purchasing U.S. farmland, a reflection of a similar push by some states as well as apprehension over Chinese spy balloons, rising land prices, and growing international competition.  “Foreign ownership of agricultural land threatens small family farms and the overall […]

The post Limits on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland gain support in Congress, despite skepticism appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers should view America’s staggering opioid crisis, including the rise of illicit fentanyl, through an “ecosystems” approach, argues a massive RAND Corporation report published Thursday. That means they should examine the gaps and interconnections among emergency response, data collection, education, treatment, housing and law enforcement, the report advises. The 600-page volume — which […]

The post As opioids overdose deaths keep rising, report urges lawmakers to develop new approaches appeared first on Arizona Mirror.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Thursday to advance legislation that would end the 32-year-old and the 20-year-old Authorizations for Use of Military Force against Iraq. The 68-27 vote moves the measure past the chamber’s 60-vote legislative filibuster and towards a final passage vote as soon as next week. House Republican leaders, some […]

The post U.S. Senate moves toward repealing authority for military force against Iraq appeared first on Michigan Advance.

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WASHINGTON — Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing firefighting foam later this year and phase it out entirely in 2024. The replacement for Aqueous Film Forming Foam has yet to be determined, and advocates are frustrated it’s taken so long to halt […]

The post Pentagon to halt use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as cleanup costs mount appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.

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It may have receded from the headlines, but opioid addiction remains a potent public health threat both in Pennsylvania and nationwide. A new bill making the rounds on Capitol Hill seeks to help people living with the addiction afford their medication and access inpatient treatment. New legislation, known as the “MORE Savings Act,” sponsored by U.S. […]

The post Pa’s Casey, Dean back bill that would cut cost of opioid addiction treatment appeared first on Pennsylvania Capital-Star.

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A few cities and towns around the U.S. are letting noncitizens vote in local elections, and more could follow. In response, Republicans see a chance to turn opposition to noncitizen voting into a national rallying cry. On March 14, Washington, D.C., became the latest city to approve noncitizen voting, when a bill allowing the District’s […]

The post Noncitizens allowed to vote in some local elections, spurring backlash from GOP appeared first on Georgia Recorder.

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Colorado leaders continue to push for greater regulation of the social media app TikTok because of what they say are the threats it poses to national security, as well as young people’s mental health. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has been one of the loudest voices on the threats posed by TikTok, particularly in his role […]

The post TikTok threats a bipartisan priority among Colorado leaders at federal, state levels appeared first on Colorado Newsline.

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WASHINGTON – Republican South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at expanding work requirements for federal nutrition aid, reigniting a perennial conflict over how Congress navigates both the farm bill and federal spending.  “Work is the best pathway out of poverty,” Johnson, who in his home state has talked about growing up […]

The post South Dakota congressman advocates expansion of work requirements for federal food aid appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.

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The federal government will send $2.5 billion over the next five years to states, local governments and tribes to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure, Biden administration officials said Wednesday. The new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure grant program, which was authorized by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, will spend $2.5 billion over five years to build […]

The post States to receive $2.5B from feds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.

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DAVENPORT, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump, in his first Iowa stop as an official presidential candidate, took aim at a potential rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump said if DeSantis joins the 2024 presidential race, his track record on ethanol and Social Security could cost him the Iowa caucuses. “I don’t think you’re gonna be doing […]

The post Trump criticizes DeSantis, calls for national ‘school choice’ at first 2023 Iowa event appeared first on Missouri Independent.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn federal abortion protections in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was one step in the right direction, say leaders of Wisconsin’s major anti-abortion groups. Since the landmark decision and in reaction to ongoing challenges to Wisconsin’s abortion ban, the groups have coalesced around the goal of protecting and […]

The post How anti-abortion groups are working to shape Wisconsin law appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.

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OMAHA — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., says he has not yet taken sides in the 2024 Republican primary race for president. Ricketts, during an event Friday to open his Omaha Senate office, said he is focused on his new job and his own 2024 contest. He is running to serve out the final two […]

The post Sen. Ricketts says he hasn’t yet made pick in 2024 GOP presidential race appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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WASHINGTON — The divided 118th Congress approved its first bill Friday, after lawmakers in both the House and Senate voted unanimously to send President Joe Biden legislation that would require declassification of intelligence on the origins of COVID-19. The four-page bill, which the House voted 419-0 to clear, would require the Director of National Intelligence […]

The post Congress unanimously votes to require declassified information on COVID-19 origins appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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The U.S. House voted Thursday to undo a Biden administration definition of wetlands that allows for regulations on private lands. The chamber approved, 227-198, a resolution to roll back the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s broader definition of what qualifies as “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, for the purposes of federal regulation under the […]

The post U.S. House votes to roll back Biden’s WOTUS rule appeared first on Kansas Reflector.

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Harrisburg, Pa. — In 2013, a woman named Traci Ann Raymond Miscavish was shot to death by her estranged husband. The husband was under a Protection From Abuse Order (similar to a restraining order), but still repeatedly threatened Traci and ultimately murdered her.

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President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration — the CEO of Denver International Airport — does not need a congressional waiver to allow him to serve in the role, the U.S. Transportation Department’s top lawyer said in a Thursday letter to Congress. Federal law requires the FAA administrator to be a civilian […]

The post Head of Denver airport doesn’t need waiver to lead the FAA, Biden administration says appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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WASHINGTON — A national “Parents Bill of Rights” is headed for a full U.S. House vote after the House Committee on Education and the Workforce early Thursday approved the measure designed to empower parents to inspect books and other teaching materials in schools. Lawmakers on the committee debated the GOP-backed bill that would federally mandate […]

The post GOP bill mandating federal Parents Bill of Rights passed by U.S. House committee appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year asks Congress to boost funding for defense and domestic programs and levy a 25% minimum tax on billionaires, setting up a significant contrast with House Republicans, who hope to cut spending to last year’s levels and overwhelmingly oppose tax increases.  The president’s budget […]

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee early Thursday passed a bill on a party-line vote that would block transgender girls from competing in school sports consistent with their gender identity, a reflection of a broader push in multiple states to curb the rights of transgender student athletes. The bill, H.R. 734, introduced […]

The post National ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports passed by U.S. House panel appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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Williamsport, Pa. — Congressman Dan Meuser (Pa. - 09) has appointed new Directors to his Pottsville and Williamsport District Offices. Nathan Gerace will serve as the new District Director from the Pottsville Office, and James May will serve as Regional Director from the Williamsport Office.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said this week that interest rate increases could be higher and come faster if Friday’s unemployment data shows the nation’s labor market isn’t cooling off. Stock indexes fell after his comments. That’s been a familiar pattern over the past year as the federal bank has tried to combat inflation.  A […]

The post Powell signals higher interest rates. Here’s why Friday’s jobs report will affect Fed’s decision. appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.

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A new bill announced by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose to standardize and modernize state voting records is being welcomed by election administrators and some voter advocates, who say it could increase transparency and confidence in elections. But the first-of-its-kind legislation was developed with help from a think tank that is leading the charge […]

The post Trump ‘White House in waiting’ helped develop Ohio voting bill touted as model for states appeared first on Georgia Recorder.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans mostly agreed Wednesday that scientists and the intelligence community should fully investigate the origins of COVID-19 without political interference over whether the virus emerged from nature or through a lab leak. Members from both political parties said throughout the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing that determining […]

The post Lawmakers hear theories on COVID-19 origins in U.S. House hearing appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.

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Hundreds of U.S. and global human rights groups, doctors, and attorneys have asked the United Nations to intervene on behalf of the millions of women in the U.S. who have been left without access to legal abortion and vital forms of reproductive health care. The move came ahead of International Women’s Day, which was being […]

The post This International Women’s Day, U.S. anti-abortion laws violate human rights, groups say appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.

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WASHINGTON — The so-called mining for digital assets, or cryptocurrency, consumes as much electricity as some entire nations, and U.S. senators explored the issue Tuesday in what they said was their first-ever hearing focused on the energy implications of digital currency.   Crypto mining in both Nebraska and Pennsylvania was discussed in particular by the members […]

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WASHINGTON — Economists on Tuesday urged Congress to address the debt limit quickly, cautioning that simply because U.S. lawmakers have successfully brokered deals before doesn’t mean they will be able to this year. “There is a temptation to brush off the developing debt limit drama, thinking it will end the same way as the others […]

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On Tuesday, the Justice Department sued to block JetBlue Airways from taking over Spirit Airlines in a $3.8 billion deal. The complaint, filed in Massachusetts in conjunction with New York and the District of Columbia, claims the consolidation would violate antitrust laws and make travel less affordable for price-sensitive consumers. It alleges that the consolidation would “make...

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday announced new steps the Department of Agriculture is taking to recenter U.S. agriculture and benefit small and midsized operations, including a proposed new “Product of USA” labeling rule and an $89 million expansion of the USDA intermediary lending program.  At the National Farmers Union conference in San Francisco, […]

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Return him to the White House, and Donald Trump promised to deliver global peace and domestic harmony. Deny him a second term, and the United States would become “a failed country,” a nation “that no one will even recognize – a lawless, open-borders, crime-ridden, filthy communist nightmare.”

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Wyoming legislators approved two bills last week related to abortion, including a ban on medication abortion and a bill stating abortion is not health care, as a means of skirting the Wyoming Constitution in a court challenge to its abortion ban. Voters in Wyoming approved adding a new section to the state’s constitution in 2012 […]

The post Wyoming Legislature passes bills to ban medication abortion and exempt abortion as health care appeared first on Source New Mexico.

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For more than three months, Denise Davis waited to receive federal food benefits in Missouri. Health issues late last year left Davis unable to work. She is also experiencing homelessness, has no income or savings and has significant medical debt.  But she could not get through to Missouri’s call center to receive the required interview […]

The post Federal lawsuit over Missouri’s ‘dysfunctional’ SNAP call center adds two new plaintiffs appeared first on Missouri Independent.

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As the oral arguments around President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan unfolded at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, activists, borrowers and experts packed the courtroom, while protestors gathered outside. "It was the Super Bowl for student loan nerds," says Betsy Mayotte, founder and president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, of the arguments —...

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The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South where families lack a sufficient safety net, according to a paper released on Wednesday. The report by the Hamilton Project, the Brookings Institution’s economic policy initiative, comes as some Democrats appear ready to […]

The post Child poverty dropped to a record low last year. A new report shows how to keep it the way. appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.

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JACKSON, Mississippi — The Pink House — otherwise known as Jackson Women’s Health Organization — was the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned the federal right to abortion in June. Today, the clinic, the only abortion clinic to serve Mississippi and the greater area for years, is shuttered. On a hot day […]

The post Remaining abortion clinics face more challenges if abortion pill limited by Texas judge appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

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Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel raised several objections Wednesday to President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, while Democrats indicated their support and called the objections “fake scandals” meant only to create a political controversy. The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s confirmation hearing for Phil Washington, CEO of Denver International Airport, […]

The post U.S. Senate Democrats back FAA nominee, despite GOP attacks at confirmation hearing appeared first on Missouri Independent.

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing – and very little about his views on abortion. Matthew Joseph Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Donald Trump earlier in 2017, spent much […]

The post How the judge who could ban the abortion pill won confirmation in the U.S. Senate appeared first on New Hampshire Bulletin.

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Harrisburg, Pa. – State Rep. Joanna McClinton, D-Phila./Delaware, was elected the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in the chamber’s near 250-year history.