Tougher IRS enforcement central to Democrats’ economic package

August 5, 2022 Leave a comment

After more than a decade of mostly losing out, the IRS may finally get the cash infusion it's long wanted in the Democrats' economic package.

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New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes

August 3, 2022 Leave a comment

Cryptocurrencies finally have the full attention of Congress, whose lawmakers and lobbyists have papered Capitol Hill with proposals on how to regulate the industry.

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House panel subpoenas gunmaker for data on rifle sales

August 2, 2022 Leave a comment

A House oversight panel subpoenaed gunmaker Smith & Wesson for documents on the manufacture and sale of AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles.

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Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights

August 2, 2022 Leave a comment

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court Monday night, May 2, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

August 1, 2022 Leave a comment

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years.

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Senators from Md., Maine seek help for seniors struggling with opioid use

July 29, 2022 Leave a comment

Senators from Maine and Maryland have proposed legislation they said would support older residents who are addicted to opioids.

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Commanders owner Dan Snyder testifies before House committee

July 28, 2022 Leave a comment

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder testified before a congressional committee investigating the NFL team’s history of workplace misconduct.

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Schumer rallies Democrats over deal on health, energy, taxes; Manchin calls ‘win-win’

July 28, 2022 Leave a comment

In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced an expansive agreement that had eluded them for months.

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Jan. 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits Ginni Thomas

July 25, 2022 1 Comment

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., center, flanked by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., left, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., makes a statement as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol pushes ahead with contempt charges against former advisers to Donald Trump, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, in response to their refusal to comply with subpoenas, at the Capitol on March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House Jan. 6 committee said it will interview more former Cabinet secretaries and is prepared to subpoena conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas.

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Jan. 6 panel to focus on Trump’s 187 minutes while Capitol was attacked

July 21, 2022 Comments Off on Jan. 6 panel to focus on Trump’s 187 minutes while Capitol was attacked

A video of Jason Miller is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington on June 13, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer by vividly making the case that Donald Trump's lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly U.S. Capitol attack.