🇺🇸 Discussion: Congress, The Senate, The House of Representatives - Part I

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'America will not be made great again': McConnell received ovation after 'swipe' at Trump

In a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on Saturday, outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) served notice that he is not entirely pleased with the return on Donald Trump without mentioning his name.According to a report from Politico, one comment from...

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How Democrats (just barely) flipped America's most expensive House seat

Derek Tran overcame red-baiting and Elon Musk's cash to defeat a GOP incumbent.

www.motherjones.com

 

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'America will not be made great again': McConnell received ovation after 'swipe' at Trump

In a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on Saturday, outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) served notice that he is not entirely pleased with the return on Donald Trump without mentioning his name.According to a report from Politico, one comment from...

www.rawstory.com

Too bad you did nothing to stop it, either.

 

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Senators Urged To Examine Gabbard's 'Deep and Intense' Ties To Hawaiʻi Sect

Senators Urged To Examine Gabbard's Ties To Sect

www.civilbeat.org

 

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Dead to rights on what? What possible crime could he have committed?

 

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Republicans’ Next Retreat Location Shows Trump Corruption Is Back

House Republicans are about to pay Donald Trump a hefty amount.

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Dead to rights on what? What possible crime could he have committed?

Trying to help this country get through the Covid-19 pandemic without too many people dying, I guess.

 

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Trying to help this country get through the Covid-19 pandemic without too many people dying, I guess.

It pains me how these guys scream and shout as though there are actual grounds to bring criminal charges when there isn't. I suppose the only thing worse is dumb Americans believing them.

 

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House GOP Uses Retreat as Opportunity to Funnel Money to Trump: Report

House Republicans will hold their annual retreat at Donald Trump's Doral golf resort in Miami, Florida.

www.rollingstone.com

 

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House GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill To Strip Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

A provision tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act forces parents in the military to weigh their careers against providing health care for loved ones.

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House GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill To Strip Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

A provision tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act forces parents in the military to weigh their careers against providing health care for loved ones.

www.huffpost.com

Children or elderly? Is this a way to boot out older military with pensions?

 

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House intel committee chair slams Trump DOJ for spying on lawmakers

New report found that DOJ officials under Trump administration secretly obtained phone, email and text communtions of lawmakers

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Andy Kim sworn in as New Jersey's junior senator, becoming 1st Korean-American to serve in Senate

Kim is the first Asian-American to win that post in New Jersey, and will be the first Korean-American to serve in the Senate.

6abc.com

 

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Once Again, Tom Cotton Blocks Bill to Shield Journalists From Betraying Sources | Common Dreams

Responding to the GOP senator's latest thwarting of the PRESS Act, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden vowed to "keep trying to get this bill across the finish line" before Republicans take control of the Senate next month.

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Advocacy Group Calls B.S. on Nancy Mace's Claim That She Was Assaulted in Capitol

Rep. Nancy Mace alleged she was "physically accosted" by a man at a Capitol event, but witnesses are raising doubts about her account of the incident.

www.rollingstone.com

 

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Bernie Sanders May Not Seek Another Term

The Vermont independent noted he'll be 89 at the end of his upcoming Senate term: "You can do the figuring."

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McConnell's still whining about Trump—even though he voted for him

Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell once again sat for an interview in which he crapped all over Donald Trump, warning that the president-elect’s ...

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McConnell's still whining about Trump—even though he voted for him

Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell once again sat for an interview in which he crapped all over Donald Trump, warning that the president-elect’s ...

www.dailykos.com

Yeah, now that he doesn't have to kiss the ring the truth of what he really thinks comes out.

 

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Senators are skeptical of Trump's call for a bipartisan deal on Dreamers

“I take him seriously, but he’s going to have to put his shoulder to the wheel to get it done," said one key Republican senator. Democrats note Trump has killed such deals in the past.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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U.S. Capitol Police chief details 700 threats against members of Congress in one month • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified Wednesday that more than 700 threats against members of Congress were made during the last month alone, with at least 50 cases of people making false 911 calls in an attempt to get police teams to respond to lawmakers’ homes, often called “swatting.”

ohiocapitaljournal.com

 

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With Defeat of Megamerger, Sanders Thanks Khan for Taking On 'Corporate Greed' | Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders praises Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan for taking on corporate greed, including by battling the merger of grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons.

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