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• Trump to take office with dismal ratings -- except on jobs

  17-01-2017 18:37
  
  Donald Trump is poised to take office with the lowest approval ratings of any new president in recent history, but despite a chaotic transition, Americans trust the billionaire on one crucial point: jobs. Since the real estate developer's White House win in November, companies have lined up to announce new factories or jobs in the United States, including air conditioning manufacturer Carrier, Japan's SoftBank, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Another major automaker, General Motors, pledged Tuesday to i
  
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• Third House Republican backs Johnson ouster

  19-04-2024 17:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) announced Friday that he will co-sponsor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) resolution to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the top job, becoming the third House Republican to back his ouster.Gosar, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, revealed his support for dismissing Johnson minutes after the House — with help from Democrats — advanced a foreign aid package that omitted border security provisions.Gosar referenced that o
  
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• House advances Ukraine, Israel aid as Dems help Speaker Johnson, GOP

  19-04-2024 17:07 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Friday advanced legislation to send aid to Ukraine and other embattled U.S. allies overseas, clearing a key procedural hurdle after Democrats stepped in to back the measure — a rare move by the minority party, but one that was crucial to nudge the package forward in the face of fierce conservative opposition.The chamber approved the foreign aid rule in a 316-94 vote, opening up debate on a quartet of bills combining military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with humanita
  
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• Biden speaks at union conference: Watch live

  19-04-2024 17:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is addressing members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) at a conference in Washington, D.C., Friday.Biden has made highly visible support for unions central to his economic policies and his reelection campaign.
  The president will meet with the IBEW, one of the largest constituents of the AFL-CIO, just one day after he promised members of the United Steelworkers union that Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel would remain American owned.Biden is scheduled to be
  
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• Gingrich: 'It would be totally stupid' to move forward with motion to oust Johnson

  19-04-2024 16:32 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed the idea of moving forward with the motion to vacate current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), calling it “totally stupid.”  Gingrich argued he does not think another GOP member could get 218 votes to succeed Johnson, and the chamber would be embroiled in more turmoil.
  “It would be totally stupid,” Gingrich told Politico in an interview published Friday. “My question would be, 'Show me the 218 you’ve got for
  
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• GOP lawmaker blames 'Gaetz and seven useful idiots' for House turmoil

  19-04-2024 14:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Thursday blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and “seven useful idiots” for turmoil in the House, saying their success in ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last fall is a direct cause of today's problems for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Lawler criticized members of his own party for weakening Johnson’s negotiation powers in the battle over aid to Ukraine and Israel, which is moving through the House this week over the objections of
  
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• GOP lawmaker blames 'Gaetz and 7 useful idiots' for House turmoil

  19-04-2024 14:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and “seven useful idiots” for turmoil in the House, saying Thursday their success in ousting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last fall is a direct cause of today's problems for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Lawler criticized members of his own party for weakening Johnson’s negotiation powers in the battle over aid to Ukraine and Israel, which is moving through the House this week over the objections of som
  
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• Baltic parliament leaders issue support for Johnson ahead of high-stakes Ukraine vote

  19-04-2024 11:43 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is receiving support from his Baltic counterparts for moving toward a vote to provide more U.S. assistance to Ukraine, following months of intense diplomacy by European officials pleading for continued American leadership on the world stage. In a letter sent Thursday, the three heads of the Baltic parliaments thanked Johnson for setting up a vote for new U.S. assistance for Ukraine. They also urged quick passage on the House floor; a vote is expected to take pla
  
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• The Memo: Johnson set for a tough victory

  19-04-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) looks set to successfully face down the hard-right members of his conference on a series of foreign aid bills — after a mighty fight.Johnson will need to lean on Democrats to pass the bills, which deal with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and provide for some measures to help reduce the direct cost to American taxpayers.Democrats seem inclined to help him. They overwhelmingly believe in the need for the aid, especially for Ukraine, and they appear reluctant t
  
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• GOP impeachment efforts hit brick wall

  19-04-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  Republican impeachment efforts against President Biden and his Cabinet appear to have hit a brick wall after the Senate swiftly dismissed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.Senators dismissed a pair of impeachment articles Wednesday after less than three hours of procedural bickering, closing out the House GOP’s yearlong effort to oust Mayorkas with a whimper.And despite some Republican interest in plowing ahead with a push to impeach Biden, the
  
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• Finalized Biden Title IX regulations add protections for transgender students

  19-04-2024 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration Friday unveiled a final set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools, after more than a year of delays and mounting pressure from advocacy groups. The final changes, which reinstitute protections for student survivors of sexual assault and harassment rolled back under former President Trump, will take effect Aug. 1. “These final regulations build on the legacy of
  
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• Democrats help advance Ukraine, Israel aid in rare rules move

  19-04-2024 06:04 via thehill.com
  
  The House Rules Committee late Thursday night advanced a package of foreign aid bills — but only with help from Democrats who, in a rare move, supported the procedural vote amid opposition from a trio of hardline Republicans.The panel voted 9-3 to adopt the rule, which governs debate for the legislation, with Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) opposing the effort.The successful vote allows the full House to vote on the rule and open debate o
  
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• GOP lawmaker slams Republican colleagues over Ukraine support: 'They would like to see the Russians win'

  19-04-2024 03:02 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.) ripped into his colleagues who oppose further funding for Ukraine, arguing they "would like to see" Russia win the more than two-year war against Kyiv.
  "Now for Ukraine, they have no more artillery. If we do not do this, the Russians will be in Kyiv. Unfortunately, a few of my colleagues would like to see the Russians win. I don't know why that is the case. I think it's a terrible thing," Bacon said in an interview with C-SPAN.His remarks come
  
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• These are the 14 lawmakers who voted against condemning Iran's attack on Israel

  19-04-2024 01:43 via thehill.com
  
  An overwhelming majority of the House voted on Thursday on a resolution to condemn Iran’s recent attack on Israel.However, 14 members voted against the resolution, including 13 Democrats and one Republican. The group of Democrats includes members of the Squad, including Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), while Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the lone Republican to vote against the resolution.Last weekend, Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones on Israel
  
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• Furious House conservatives rail at Johnson but haven't altered his Ukraine plan

  19-04-2024 01:09 via thehill.com
  
  House conservatives are furious with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for championing another massive round of Ukraine aid.But for all the grousing, threats and public protests, none of the critics are ready to use the one tool that lends them leverage in the fight: a motion to vacate. Without it, they’re left with no viable way to stop Johnson.Conservatives raced around Capitol Hill on Thursday in various demonstrations of outrage over Johnson’s leadership style, in general, and his han
  
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• Government watchdog critical of federal mpox response

  18-04-2024 23:59 via thehill.com
  
  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report that the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) response to the 2022 mpox outbreak was uncoordinated and lacked interagency cohesion.For its report, the GAO visited 14 U.S. jurisdictions including Los Angeles, Miami Dade County, Atlanta, Chicago and New York City. The agency also interviewed nongovernmental stakeholders and reviewed the actions HHS took in response to previous GAO recommendations.The audit was conducted fro
  
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• Speaker Johnson won’t raise bar on motion to vacate rule

  18-04-2024 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Thursday that he won’t seek to raise the bar for removing a Speaker from power as part of the current debate over Ukraine aid — a prospect that had sparked an outcry from conservatives earlier in the day. Under current House rules, any single member of the House can compel a vote on a motion to vacate, but a number of moderate Republicans have pressed Johnson to use the yet-to-be-passed rule governing the foreign aid legislation to raise t
  
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• Johnson won’t make it harder to remove Speaker as part of Ukraine package

  18-04-2024 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Thursday that he won’t seek to raise the bar for removing a Speaker from power as part of the current debate over Ukraine aid — a prospect that had sparked an outcry from conservatives earlier in the day. Under current House rules, any single member of the House can compel a vote on a motion to vacate, but a number of moderate Republicans have pressed Johnson to use the still-to-be-passed rule governing the foreign aid legislation to raise
  
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• Pompeo puts support behind Johnson in pushing aid for Ukraine

  18-04-2024 22:13 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come out in support of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to deliver U.S. aid for Ukraine, part of an effort to bolster defenses around the Speaker for bucking hard-line conservative opponents in his party.In a letter sent to Johnson on Thursday, Pompeo applauded him for moving ahead to “secure vital support to America’s allies and to strengthen America’s defenses.”“The danger to Americans is cl
  
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• Few in new poll say Biden law has helped fight climate change

  18-04-2024 22:11 via thehill.com
  
  Very few Americans believe the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Biden in 2022, has helped fight climate change, a new survey found.The survey, conducted by The Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs and Research, found that many respondents think the IRA has not made much of a difference on climate change, while still more didn't know enough to say what its impact had been.
  Just 16 percent of respondents said the IRA has done more to help combat climate change
  
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• Greene says she doesn't care if 'Speaker's office becomes a revolving door'

  18-04-2024 21:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she doesn’t care if the “Speaker's office becomes a revolving door” in Thursday comments as she pushes for the removal ofHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) just months after he took the position.Greene argued against foreign aid in an appearance on former White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast Thursday, saying she wants “an ‘America First’ economy,” and that “we are going to dem
  
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• Trump asks why Europe isn't giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses forward

  18-04-2024 21:11 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump questioned why European nations weren't providing more support to Ukraine, but stopped short of weighing in on a foreign aid package proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that has sparked outcry from some House Republicans."Why isn’t Europe giving more money to help Ukraine? Why is it that the United States is over $100 Billion Dollars into the Ukraine War more than Europe, and we have an Ocean between us as separation!" Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social as he
  
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• Education Department admits 'challenging year' for FAFSA: 'We're not at the point we would like to be'

  18-04-2024 21:08 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Education acknowledged on Thursday that it's been a “challenging year” for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process as officials are desperate to get more forms filled out.  “We’re not at the point we would like to be at,” Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal told reporters before revealing about 7.7 million FAFSA applications have been received from college applicants. Around 18 million forms are filed in a typical yea
  
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• House progressives unveil 2025 agenda 

  18-04-2024 20:06 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Progressive Caucus will continue to focus on increasing minimum wage and lowering the cost of living for Americans after November’s election, according to its agenda for 2025.Progressives unveiled an agenda on Thursday that highlights “proactive, top-priority policies that lift up poor and working people.” Their priorities focus on raising wages and lowering costs, addressing climate change and protecting Americans’ rights and freedoms.“Progressive
  
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• US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership

  18-04-2024 20:04 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. vetoed a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a Security Council vote Thursday evening.The final vote on Monday had 12 members of the Security Council vote in favor of the resolution, two abstentions — the U.K. and Switzerland — and the U.S. with the lone veto, effectively killing the measure. Before the vote, Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestini
  
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• US to veto Palestinian request for full UN membership

  18-04-2024 20:04 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. will use its veto power against a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a member state of the United Nations during a vote at the Security Council expected to take place Thursday evening.Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, described as premature an effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain member status at the U.N.He said there was not unanimity among the Security Council's 15 members that the Palestinian Authority had met the criteria for membersh
  
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• Kansas GOP rep says he won't run for reelection

  18-04-2024 20:02 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.) announced Thursday he will not run for reelection in November, adding himself to a growing list of members leaving Congress at the end of the term.LaTurner, 36, said he is leaving the House to better focus on his family and young children. He said he will remain in office until the end of his term in January.“The people of Kansas who elected me to serve in the United States House of Representatives have given me the professional honor of my life, but it is time
  
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• Moskowitz trolls Greene with foreign aid amendments

  18-04-2024 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) trolled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) with a pair of amendments that highlight the Georgia Republican’s frequent embrace of pro-Russia misinformation and her opposition to foreign aid.The first amendment calls for Greene to be appointed “Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy to the United States Congress.”The amendment says Greene has “repeatedly attempted to block aid to Ukraine, empowering Vladimir Putin’s unlawful violation of U
  
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• Top Democrat in fiery speech says House 'diddling around' while people 'dying in Ukraine' 

  18-04-2024 18:30 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, delivered a fiery speech during a debate on foreign aid Thursday, accusing the lower chamber of “diddling around” as Ukraine struggles against the Russian invasion.“We have the opportunity to do what we do here and that is to govern. And what are we doing in governing? To be a world leader,” she said during a House Rules Committee debate on foreign aid bills.“For months and months, we
  
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• Momentum grows to remove Johnson over potential change to ouster rule

  18-04-2024 18:21 via thehill.com
  
  Momentum is growing quickly behind the effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power if he moves to alter the motion to vacate rule as part of a package of foreign aid that's expected to pass through the House this weekend.Johnson is reportedly flirting with a proposal to raise the threshold for forcing a vote on a motion to vacate, which can currently be called by a single lawmaker. That would reverse an agreement that former GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) cut with conservatives
  
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