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Kid of the Year Finalist Kai Shappley, 11, Takes on Lawmakers in Her Fight for Trans Rights

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 12, 2022

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign is selling ‘Escape to Florida’ shirts to mock Democratic lawmakers who have visited the state

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Post date January 12, 2022

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Nancy Pelosi supports lawmakers trading stocks if they properly report the transactions. But three more members of Congress failed to even meet that low standard.

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Post date January 11, 2022

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E.U. Lawmakers Propose New Rules to Control Online Content

Post author By crystalg
Post date December 14, 2021

Tags Content, Control, E.U., Lawmakers, Online, Propose, rules

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‘Instagram Sees a Dollar Sign When It Sees Kids.’ Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Grilled by Lawmakers Over Platform’s Harms to Young People

Post author By crystalg
Post date December 8, 2021

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A Majority of Lawmakers Support Overhauling How the Military Handles Serious Crimes. It Still Might Not Happen

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Post date December 3, 2021

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says a man who called her office and said ‘tell her I’m going to kill her today’ has been convicted of threatening lawmakers

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Post date November 10, 2021

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Trump slams Mitch McConnell and GOP lawmakers who voted in favor of infrastructure bill

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Post date November 7, 2021

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Lawmakers call on Biden to revoke medals awarded for Wounded Knee Massacre, when hundreds of Lakota people were killed by the US army

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Post date November 4, 2021

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Lawmakers play in congressional baseball game while possible government shutdown looms

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Post date September 29, 2021

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Former Labor Sec. Robert Reich criticized lawmakers for ending unemployment payments for millions, a move leading progressives declined to oppose

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Post date September 7, 2021

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517,000 student-loan borrowers with disabilities should get their debt wiped out, bipartisan lawmakers say

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Post date August 16, 2021

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‘Ultimately We Have Chosen Defeat.’ British Lawmakers Condemn Decision to Follow U.S. Out of Afghanistan After Fall of Kabul

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Post date August 16, 2021

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AOC, progressive lawmakers call out moderate House Democrats over ‘concerns’ about $3.5 trillion reconciliation package

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Post date August 8, 2021

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Trump threatened to primary GOP lawmakers who favor the bipartisan infrastructure plan. 17 Republicans just voted to advance it, including Mitch McConnell.

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Post date July 28, 2021

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Texas Democrats Faced Criticism for Fleeing to D.C.—But These Lawmakers See Their Gamble as a Deeply Personal Battle for the Future of Their State

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Post date July 23, 2021

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What Lawmakers Don’t Understand About the PRO Act, According to Franchise Owners

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Post date July 19, 2021

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3 Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block GOP bills tested positive for COVID-19 in Washington, DC

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Post date July 18, 2021

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Renegade Lawmakers May Be No Match for Trump’s GOP

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Post date July 13, 2021

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AOC mocked lawmakers who prioritize the filibuster over the Green New Deal by sharing videos of New York City underwater amid a torrential downpour

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Post date July 8, 2021

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Some companies pledged to halt donations to lawmakers who objected to certifying Biden’s election win. They have not kept their promise.

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Post date July 5, 2021

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that some Republican lawmakers were ‘in on’ the Capitol riot and shouldn’t sit on the investigative committee

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Post date June 30, 2021

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San Diego’s mayor joins other lawmakers in pleading to end COVID restrictions at the US-Mexico border, which they say are hurting the local economy

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Post date June 27, 2021

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DC officer Michael Fanone said Rep. McCarthy didn’t agree to denounce GOP lawmakers who downplayed the Capitol riot

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Post date June 25, 2021

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Republican lawmakers are staging Trump-style stunts at the US-Mexico border to push ‘crisis’ agenda

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Post date June 17, 2021

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Michael Cohen says DOJ acted like ‘mafia’ under the ‘corrupt arm of the Trump administration’ after the revelation it secretly obtained data from Democratic lawmakers

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Post date June 11, 2021

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House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies

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Post date June 11, 2021

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Senate sergeant-at-arms said political rhetoric is a ‘key driver’ in the uptick in threats against lawmakers

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Post date June 7, 2021

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Family of fallen Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick slams GOP lawmakers who blocked Jan. 6 commission as ‘not backing the blue’

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Post date May 29, 2021

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Tags 'Not, backing, blocked, Blue, Brian, Capitol, Commission, Fallen, Family, Jan., Lawmakers, officer, police, Sicknick, slams

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As threats rise, Democratic lawmakers are concerned for their safety when they head to their home districts

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Post date May 24, 2021

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Drivers in New Hampshire Must Report Hitting a Dog, but Not a Cat. Lawmakers Are Changing That

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Post date April 26, 2021

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Washington state lawmakers vote to phase out gasoline cars by 2030

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Post date April 17, 2021

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Republican lawmakers condemned pro-Trump caucus emphasizing ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions,’ said GOP is not about ‘nativism’

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Post date April 17, 2021

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French lawmakers vote to ban some domestic flights to reduce carbon emissions

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Post date April 11, 2021

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Lawmakers Call YouTube Kids a ‘Wasteland of Vapid, Consumerist Content’

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Post date April 6, 2021

Tags call, Consumerist, Content, Kids, Lawmakers, Vapid, wasteland, YouTube

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New York Lawmakers Agree to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

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Post date March 28, 2021

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Ted Cruz falsely claimed Democrats want to give ‘illegal aliens’ and ‘child molesters’ the right to vote during a leaked invite-only call with GOP state lawmakers

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Post date March 20, 2021

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New York Lawmakers Open Gov. Cuomo Impeachment Probe After Sexual Harassment Allegations

Post author By crystalg
Post date March 11, 2021

Tags After, Allegations, Cuomo, Gov., Harassment, impeachment, Lawmakers, Open, probe, sexual, York

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New York lawmakers are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign following sexual harassment allegations

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Post date March 1, 2021

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Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Marijuana in 2024

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Post date February 28, 2021

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Jeff Bezos would pay an extra $2 billion a year if a proposed wealth tax for billionaires is passed by Washington lawmakers

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Post date February 11, 2021

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A Capitol rioter who boasted about chugging wine from a lawmaker’s liquor cabinet has been arrested, FBI says

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Post date February 9, 2021

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More Than 50 Lawmakers Urge Biden to Send Recurring $2,000 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks

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Post date January 29, 2021

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Over 3 dozen Democrats lawmakers urge Biden to commute the sentences of all remaining federal death row inmates

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Post date January 23, 2021

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Microsoft president Brad Smith candidly confesses politics are pay-to-play in response to criticism over the company’s donations to lawmakers who objected to US election results

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Post date January 22, 2021

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Walgreens and Pfizer become the latest corporations to suspend political donations to Republican lawmakers who objected to Biden’s presidential win

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Post date January 16, 2021

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Lawmakers May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19 While Sheltering During Attack on Capitol

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 10, 2021

Tags ‘Sheltering, Attack, Been, Capitol, COVID19, During, exposed, Lawmakers

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US lawmakers shared the desperate calls to loved ones they made while trapped in the House chamber as pro-Trump mobs banged on the doors

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Post date January 7, 2021

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Hundreds of lawmakers and staff gathered in a ‘crowded’ location after the Capitol siege but some Republicans refused to wear masks, lawmaker says

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Post date January 6, 2021

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Amy Klobuchar to GOP lawmakers vowing to vote against Biden’s victory: ‘Get a grip’

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Post date January 3, 2021

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Mike Pence ‘welcomes’ the efforts of Republican lawmakers to challenge Biden’s win, days before Congress is due to certify the election results

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Post date January 2, 2021

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A federal appeals court shot down a GOP lawmaker’s lawsuit against Mike Pence seeking to overturn the 2020 election

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Post date January 2, 2021

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A Republican lawmaker’s bid to overturn the presidential election by suing Mike Pence was dismissed in court

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Post date January 1, 2021

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After a ‘Rainbow Wave’ in 2020’s Elections, Here’s What the New Class of LGBTQ Lawmakers Expect From a Biden Presidency

Post author By crystalg
Post date January 1, 2021

Tags 2020's., After, Biden, Class, Election's, expect, from, Here's, Lawmakers, LGBTQ, presidency, Rainbow, wave

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British Lawmakers Approve Post-Brexit E.U. Trade Deal

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Post date December 30, 2020

Tags approve, British, Deal, E.U., Lawmakers, postBrexit, trade

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Trump pardons 2 Russia probe defendants, multiple former GOP lawmakers, and Blackwater guards convicted in connection to Iraqi massacre

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Post date December 22, 2020

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No mask, no mic: Pelosi installs new rule requiring masks for lawmakers speaking on House floor and withdrawing recognition from those who speak without a mask

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Post date December 15, 2020

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Idaho’s GOP attorney general joins at least 4 other high profile GOP lawmakers in opposing Trump’s long-shot Texas lawsuit to overturn 2020 election

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Post date December 10, 2020

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After Trump meeting, Michigan GOP lawmakers affirmed Biden will win the state and urged Trump to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the US

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Post date November 20, 2020

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With Opposition Lawmakers Exiting the Legislature, What Is the Future of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement?

Post author By crystalg
Post date November 20, 2020

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‘Expand the court’: Democratic lawmakers react with fury as the GOP claims victory over Amy Coney Barrett nomination

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Post date October 26, 2020

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GOP lawmakers, Trump advisers broke ranks with the president after he decided to halt stimulus talks until after the election

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Post date October 6, 2020

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Senate announces recess until October 19 after multiple lawmakers test positive for the coronavirus

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Post date October 3, 2020

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The S&P 500 could fall around 10% and ‘retest 3,000’ if US lawmakers fail to clinch a new stimulus deal, one CEO says

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Post date October 3, 2020

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Rev. Al Sharpton Calls on Lawmakers to Act on Police Reform: ‘The Time Has Come for Us to Go Back to Washington’

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Post date August 27, 2020

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Bolivia’s lawmakers have approved ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ — a toxic bleach — as a treatment for COVID-19. Only the president can stop it becoming law

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Post date August 15, 2020

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Nevada Lawmakers Pass Bill Approving Mail Ballots for All Eligible Voters, With Governor’s Approval Expected

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Post date August 3, 2020

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An Arizona congressman who tested positive for the coronavirus criticized Republican lawmakers for refusing to wear masks in the Capitol

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Post date August 2, 2020

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Speaker Pelosi criticized Republican lawmakers for delaying discussions around extending unemployment benefits

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Post date July 25, 2020

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Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon tells us that he fears Trump will deploy federal agents across the country and asks where are GOP lawmakers preaching state’s rights

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Post date July 21, 2020

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After Trump Denies Knowledge of Reported Russian Bounties on U.S. Soldiers, Lawmakers From Both Parties Demand Answers

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Post date June 28, 2020

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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove the Confederate symbol from state flag

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Post date June 28, 2020

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