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• Iowa Democrat quarantining after staffer tests positive for COVID-19

  03-02-2021 23:51 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Cindy Axne is quarantining after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19, making the Iowa Democrat the latest lawmaker to be affected by the coronavirus."Over the weekend, a member of Rep. Axne’s team that staffed the Congresswoman...
  
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• McCarthy announces no disciplinary actions against Greene

  03-02-2021 23:15 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced no disciplinary actions against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a statement released as he met with his caucus. During the meeting, he told members he did not want to remove...
  
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• Lincoln Project: Liz Cheney could 'take Matt Gaetz in a fight with one hand tied behind her back'

  03-02-2021 22:54 via thehill.com
  
  The Lincoln Project on Wednesday denied coordinating with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as she plays defense after voting to impeach then-President Trump, but defended her against attacks from Trump allies such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla...
  
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• Pelosi issues statement blasting 'cowardly' GOP leader 'McCarthy (Q-CA)'

  03-02-2021 22:41 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) on Wednesday for failing to take action against GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (Ga.), referring to him as “McCarthy (Q-CA)” and mocking him for a lack...
  
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• NY Republicans want Justice Department to subpoena Cuomo over nursing homes

  03-02-2021 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  New York’s Republican House delegation is asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to subpoena New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) over the state’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes. The lawmakers led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) sent a letter...
  
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• Top House Republican suggests Ethics panel should review Greene committee assignments

  03-02-2021 22:32 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) suggested Wednesday that the House Ethics Committee should consider whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) should lose her committee assignments rather than the full House.Cole, who has served in the House for nearly two...
  
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• Psaki clarifies Biden's comment praising 'vast majority' of FBI agents

  03-02-2021 22:06 via thehill.com
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday initially dismissed questions aiming to clarify comments by President Biden who said "the vast majority" of FBI and law enforcement officials are good people. "What did he mean by ... the...
  
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• Psaki aims to clarify Biden comment praising 'vast majority' of FBI agents

  03-02-2021 22:06 via thehill.com
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday initially dismissed questions aiming to clarify comments by President Biden who said "the vast majority" of FBI and law enforcement officials are good people. "What did he mean by ... the...
  
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• White House says it cannot release Trump visitor logs

  03-02-2021 21:33 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s White House does not have the ability to access and release the visitor logs belonging to the Trump White House, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday.“We cannot. That is under the purview of the National...
  
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• Kinzinger: GOP colleagues have thanked me for speaking out against Trump

  03-02-2021 21:25 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) says some of his GOP colleagues have thanked him for speaking out against former President Trump over the past few weeks.Kinzinger, a staunch critic of Trump, was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach&...
  
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• Schumer vows Democrats 'united' after Biden meeting on coronavirus

  03-02-2021 21:16 via thehill.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said Democrats are “united” about going big on coronavirus relief after a meeting with President Biden. "There's agreement, universal agreement we must go big and bold,” Schumer told...
  
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• Biden honors Labor 'giant' Sweeney

  03-02-2021 21:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden honored the late John Sweeney, former leader of the AFL-CIO labor union, calling him “a giant of the American labor movement, and a good man.”Sweeney died Monday at the age of 86, though his cause of death is not yet known. AFL-...
  
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• Biden approval stands at 49 percent in new Quinnipiac poll

  03-02-2021 20:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is beginning his first term in the Oval Office with the approval of roughly half of Americans, but faces a stark partisan divide as he looks to make good on his vow to unite the country, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll...
  
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• House Oversight requests Secret Service briefing on threats of extremist violence in wake of Capitol riot

  03-02-2021 20:42 via thehill.com
  
  Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee requested a closed-door briefing from the Secret Service on Wednesday as officials have cautioned about the threats of domestic extremist violence after the deadly raid on the U.S. Capitol. A...
  
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• House Oversight leaders request Secret Service briefing amid domestic violence concerns

  03-02-2021 20:42 via thehill.com
  
  Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee requested a closed-door briefing from the Secret Service on Wednesday as officials have cautioned about the threats of domestic violence after the deadly raid on the U.S. Capitol. A bipartisan...
  
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• Psaki denies break between Biden and advisers on relief negotiations

  03-02-2021 20:34 via thehill.com
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday called talk of a split between President Biden and his top advisers on bipartisan economic relief negotiations "ludicrous.""I’ve seen some of those reports. Many of them are ludicrous...
  
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• Pence announces post-White House office, plans to move back to Indiana

  03-02-2021 20:17 via thehill.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced the creation of a post-White House transition office near Washington, D.C., but plans to move back to his home state of Indiana later this year.Pence and former second lady Karen Pence are...
  
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• Ben Carson launches conservative think tank

  03-02-2021 20:17 via thehill.com
  
  Former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced Wednesday that he’s launching a conservative think tank. Carson, a former neurosurgeon who served as the Trump administration's only HUD chief, said his think tank, the...
  
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• Omar slams GOP 'whitewashing,' false equivalency with Greene

  03-02-2021 19:46 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday slammed the push by a handful of GOP lawmakers to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a racist and misogynistic attempt to draw false equivalency with the controversies surrounding freshman...
  
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• House Democrat cheers Gaetz's offer to resign, help Trump with trial

  03-02-2021 19:42 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle (Pa.) poked at GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) on Wednesday, saying he backed Gaetz's offer to resign his seat to defend former President Trump in his Senate trial.“I strongly support my colleague Matt Gaetz doing...
  
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• House to vote Thursday to drop Greene from all committees

  03-02-2021 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  House Democratic leaders are gearing up to vote Thursday on legislation stripping Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee spots — unless Republican leaders do it first.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) spoke with his counterpart...
  
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• Congressional leaders pay tribute as Capitol Police officer lies in honor

  03-02-2021 18:14 via thehill.com
  
  Congressional leaders on Wednesday offered a final tribute to Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer fatally injured while defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, as he received the rare distinction of lying in honor in the Rotunda...
  
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• Biden commits to $1,400 checks in call to House Democrats

  03-02-2021 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said during a call with House Democrats on Wednesday that he is committed to boosting stimulus checks to $2,000 by giving most Americans another $1,400 in direct payments in a new round of coronavirus relief.However,...
  
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• Biden commits to $1,400 checks, but open to eligibility limits

  03-02-2021 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said during a call with House Democrats on Wednesday that he is committed to boosting stimulus checks to $2,000 by giving most Americans another $1,400 in direct payments in a new round of coronavirus relief.However, Biden did crack...
  
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• Here are the GOP lawmakers censured by Republicans for impeaching Trump

  03-02-2021 16:11 via thehill.com
  
  Several House Republicans are taking heat from state and local GOP groups for voting to impeach former President Trump.Ten GOP lawmakers joined all House Democrats last month in voting to impeach Trump, charging him with inciting the deadly mob...
  
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• Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump report $36M drop in income

  03-02-2021 16:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner reported more than a 20 percent drop in yearly income in their final financial disclosure forms.The couple reported they had an income between $23.8 million and $120...
  
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• Biden pledges no family members will work at the White House

  03-02-2021 15:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden in his first interview since being sworn in pledged that none of his family members will work in the White House.Biden told People magazine that his administration will more closely resemble former President Obama's, without as...
  
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• Greene lashes out over attempts to remove her from committees

  03-02-2021 15:46 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) lashed out over a reported proposal to remove her from one of her committees, amid her recent controversial comments.Greene railed against a reported proposal by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to...
  
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• Biden to discuss relief bill with House, Senate Democrats

  03-02-2021 15:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday will talk with congressional Democrats to discuss his economic relief proposal as the party weighs how to push forward with the White House's $1.9 trillion package.Biden will call into the...
  
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• Kamala Harris is constant on-camera presence for Biden

  03-02-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  When President Biden has delivered remarks or held photo ops during the first two weeks of his administration, Vice President Kamala Harris has been a consistent presence, always in the room if not right by his side. The White House has painted...
  
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• Analysis: 73 percent of Biden's proposed stimulus checks would go to savings

  03-02-2021 06:01 via thehill.com
  
  Seventy-three percent of the funds that would be provided to Americans under President Biden’s proposal for $1,400 stimulus payments would be directed to household savings, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Penn-Wharton Budget Model...
  
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• Schiff lobbying Newsom to be appointed California AG: reports

  03-02-2021 04:45 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has been quietly rallying support from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and other allies to be the state’s next attorney general, according to multiple reports. Axios first reported Schiff’s plans Tuesday...
  
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• Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor in Rotunda

  03-02-2021 04:43 via thehill.com
  
  Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died from injuries sustained while defending the Capitol from a violent mob on Jan. 6, laid in honor in the Rotunda late Tuesday night as a tribute to his service.Sicknick's former colleagues in the...
  
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• Biden pays respects to fallen Capitol police officer Sicknick

  03-02-2021 04:27 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday evening paid respects to the late U.S. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who was fatally wounded in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol around 10 p.m. ...
  
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• Greene's future on House committees in limbo after GOP meeting

  03-02-2021 03:48 via thehill.com
  
  The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday night did not reach a decision on whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will retain her committee assignments, two GOP sources familiar with the talks said.The meeting, which lasted more...
  
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• Grenell congratulates Buttigieg on becoming second openly gay Cabinet member

  03-02-2021 03:44 via thehill.com
  
  Richard Grenell, who became the first openly gay man to serve in the president’s Cabinet after being designated acting director of national intelligence (DNI) last year, congratulated Pete Buttigieg on becoming the second after he was...
  
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• GOP lawmaker pushes measure to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

  03-02-2021 02:48 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) on Tuesday revealed a measure proposing the removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in opposition to calls from Democratic leaders to remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) from...
  
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• House votes to enact fines against lawmakers who don't comply with metal detectors

  03-02-2021 02:20 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Tuesday adopted new rules that will enact hefty fines against lawmakers who refuse to comply with the security screenings now required for entry into the chamber in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.Fines of $5,000 for the first...
  
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• House adopts fines for lawmakers who don't comply with metal detectors

  03-02-2021 02:20 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Tuesday adopted new rules that will enact hefty fines against lawmakers who refuse to comply with the security screenings now required for entry into the chamber in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.Fines of $5,000 for the first...
  
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• US payroll agency targeted by Chinese hackers: report

  03-02-2021 01:58 via thehill.com
  
  A federal payroll agency was targeted by suspected Chinese hackers who exploited a flaw within SolarWinds software, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing five people familiar with the matter.The newswire reported that two people...
  
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• Bipartisan group of lawmakers proposes bill to lift rule putting major financial burden on USPS

  03-02-2021 01:11 via thehill.com
  
  A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill to ease a major financial burden on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by eliminating a requirement that it fund retirement benefits decades ahead of time.The USPS Fairness Act would do away with a 2006...
  
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• House Democrats press Biden over vaccine distribution for people of color

  03-02-2021 00:57 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats led by Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (Calif.) wrote President Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday, expressing their concern over how communities of color most affected...
  
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• Biden on immigration orders: 'I'm eliminating bad policy'

  03-02-2021 00:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday defended his early reliance on executive actions as he signed three more orders focused on immigration.“There’s a lot of talk, with good reason, about the number of executive orders I’ve signed. I’m not making new law. I’m...
  
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• House Republicans gear up for conference meeting amid party civil war

  03-02-2021 00:44 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are gearing up for what is expected to be a heated conference meeting on Wednesday, when members are slated to discuss House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) future in leadership. The mounting controversies...
  
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• Gulf grows between GOP's McConnell, McCarthy

  03-02-2021 00:41 via thehill.com
  
  The gulf between the two top Republicans on Capitol Hill grew even wider this week after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took the unusual step of plunging into a pair of controversies that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif...
  
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• Biden offers condolences to families of FBI agents killed in Florida

  03-02-2021 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday offered condolences to the families of two FBI agents killed in the line of duty in Florida earlier in the day.  “I can only imagine how these families are feeling today,” Biden said in the Oval Office before signing...
  
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