Argentina could make history on Tuesday, as its Senate votes on a bill to legalize abortion.
Biden Pentagon nominee faces scrutiny over resurfaced tweet as nomination heads to final vote
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Colin Kahl's nomination to be Biden’s undersecretary of policy at the Pentagon barely made it out of Armed Services Committee. The Senate split 50-50 Thursday on the procedural step of moving Kahl's nomination to the...
Pelosi declines to wade into Senate filibuster debate as progressives push for change
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"That's a debate for the Senate," Pelosi, D-Calif., said in declining to wade into the filibuster fray. Pressed by Fox News' Chad Pergram during a news conference on her filibuster stance, Pelosi said: "I don't get ...
Hawley-Braun bill would force Biden to declassify Wuhan coronavirus leak intelligence
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Since April of 2020, experts have voiced concerns that the novel coronavirus may have originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. More than a year later, the world has yet to determine exactly where and...
With Trump’s backing, Walker freezes Senate GOP field in Georgia
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Former President Donald Trump's backing of football great Herschel Walker to run for the Georgia Senate seat has been enough to effectively freeze the GOP field in place -- even though some Republicans privately wor...
House passes DC statehood bill to make district 51st state after heated floor debate
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The strictly party-line vote in the House was 216 a 208, with all Republicans rejecting the statehood bill, dubbed H.R. 51. The legislation has the support from President Biden but faces long odds of passing in the ...
Border crisis: Sens. Cornyn, Sinema to introduce bipartisan bill targeting migrant surge
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The bill would address the Biden administration’s ability to handle the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, attempt to streamline migrant asylum claims in a "timely" manner and deter those unlikely to be app...
Oklahoma governor signs bill to protect drivers who hit rioters, as protesters try breaking into Senate
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The group was protesting, in part, one bill that increases the penalties for blocking roadways and grants immunity to motorists who kill or injure protesters on the road. Another bill seeks to limit doxxing of police...
Harris casts first tie-breaking vote for a Biden nominee after Senate splits on Pentagon pick
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Vice President Kamala Harris cast her first tie-breaking vote related to a Biden administration nominee on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, voting to advance the nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon's unde...
Tennessee moves toward requiring cremation or burial after abortion
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The legislation passed the state House along party lines 69-22 Monday and 27-6 in the Senate. It now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Bill lee for signature. Under the bill, certain abortion providers must provi...
Virginia governor signs bill legalizing marijuana possession starting this summer
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Gobernador de Virginia. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing simple possession of marijuana beginning this summer, making it the first Southern state to do so and accelerating a revamp of cannabis laws that hav...
New York state legislature passes bill that would automatically restore voting rights to people on parole
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The New York state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically restore voting rights to people convicted of a felony once they are on parole. The bill is intended to improve upon a 2018 executiv...
Arizona House passes bill that would stop some voters from automatically receiving mail-in ballots
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The GOP-led Arizona House on Tuesday passed legislation that would make changes to the mail-in voting process in the state, including stopping some voters from automatically receiving ballots. The bill, a part of th...