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• Ocasio-Cortez calls for Maloney to 'step aside' from DCCC responsibilities if he primaries another incumbent

  19-05-2022 23:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the party’s campaign arm, to “step aside” from those responsibilities if he follows through with mounting a primary challenge against another Democratic incumbent in their state.“Given the resources that he has at his helm, it creates a conflict of interest,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview, according to Politico.
  
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• Bipartisan group unveils Puerto Rico status consensus

  19-05-2022 22:59 via thehill.com
  
  A negotiating group led by House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Thursday unveiled a bill that would begin the process of undoing Puerto Rico's territorial status, widely seen as a colonialist vestige. The consensus bill brought together two opposing sides in the Puerto Rico status debate: those who advocate for and those who oppose the idea of statehood. If the bill is passed, Puerto Rican voters would go to the polls to choose statehood, independence, or independence
  
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• 5 things to watch on Biden's first trip to Asia as president

  19-05-2022 22:54 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is making his first trip to Asia since taking office, traveling to South Korea and Japan to focus on the Indo-Pacific region even as much of the world’s attention remains on Ukraine.Biden will meet with leaders of both countries, talk with business and technology leaders in South Korea and attend a summit of Quad allies, which include Japan, Australia and India.Here are five things to watch for during Biden’s trip.U.S. on alert over North Korea threat The Biden a
  
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• Pelosi says Congress could pass 'transformational' Competes Act before July 4

  19-05-2022 21:44 via thehill.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Congress could pass the "transformational" Competes Act before July 4, saying they hope to celebrate its passage before the holiday.The Competes Act of 2022 would approve billions of dollars for programs to accelerate U.S. manufacturing of critical supplies and goods such as semiconductor chips, increasing U.S. might in sectors dominated largely by China.
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• Ex-Trump aide Grisham on Jan. 6 questioning: Probe 'headed in a good direction'

  19-05-2022 21:29 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said she felt the investigation being pursued by the House select committee looking into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot is “headed in a good direction,” as the committee prepares for public hearings next month. During a Thursday appearance on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg asked Grisham about her experience testifying in front of the Jan. 6 committee.“It was stressful. It was my second time doing it. This time w
  
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• Pelosi calls on Republicans to denounce ‘great replacement’ theory

  19-05-2022 21:14 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called on her Republican colleagues on Thursday to denounce the “great replacement” theory, which sprung into the national spotlight this week after a gunman who allegedly espoused the racist conspiracy shot 13 people in Buffalo, N.Y., 11 of whom were Black.Some Trump-aligned Republicans have come under fire in the wake of the shooting, which killed 10, for past comments implying that Democrats and other top figures have tried to empower minorities thr
  
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• House Jan. 6 committee asks GOP Rep. Loudermilk to appear

  19-05-2022 21:00 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is asking Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) to voluntarily appear before its investigators, arguing he may have knowledge about reconnaissance tours through the building the day before the deadly riot.“Based on our review of evidence in the Select Committee’s possession, we believe you have information regarding a tour you led through parts of the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021,” the panel wrote in the letter t
  
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• Harris meets with abortion providers, condemns 'outrageous' Oklahoma law

  19-05-2022 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris on Thursday spoke with a group of abortion providers who she said are serving “on the front lines” of a “war on women’s rights.”Harris held a virtual meeting with doctors, nurses and reproductive rights advocates who are working in states with particularly restrictive abortion laws like Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. The gathering was prompted by news earlier this month that the Supreme Court had drafted an opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade,
  
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• FDA chief: Infant formula shortages could begin to ease within days

  19-05-2022 20:16 via thehill.com
  
  The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told a House panel Thursday that the infant formula shortages will begin to ease over the next few days, but had few answers for how the agency allowed a manufacturing plant with known safety issues to continue operating for months without stepping in.FDA Commissioner Robert Califf was the first administration official to answer questions before Congress about the formula shortage, which has recently caught lawmakers's attention. Now facing pres
  
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• Children's book authors condemn recent bans

  19-05-2022 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  More than 1,300 children's book authors are signing onto a letter to Congress condemning the recent spate of bans at school libraries in Republican-led states, which came ahead of a Thursday House hearing that heard testimony overwhelmingly from advocates speaking out against the censorship.The letter is signed by famous and well-known authors including Judy Blume, Mo Willems and Rick Riordan, who say the bans are targeting not just their works and the nation's intellectual discourse, but also t
  
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• The four Democrats who bucked party and voted no on gas price-gouging bill

  19-05-2022 19:10 via thehill.com
  
  Four Democrats bucked party lines on Wednesday and voted against a bill that seeks to combat alleged gas price gouging.The legislation, dubbed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, passed the House in a 217-207 vote. All of those who voted for the bill were Democrats, and five Republicans did not vote.Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) broke from the rest of the Democratic caucus and voted against the measure.Th
  
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• The four Democrats who bucked party and voted against gas price-gouging bill

  19-05-2022 19:10 via thehill.com
  
  Four Democrats bucked party lines on Wednesday and voted against a bill that seeks to combat alleged gas price gouging.The legislation, dubbed the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, passed the House in a 217-207 vote. All of those who voted for the bill were Democrats, and five Republicans did not vote.Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) broke from the rest of the Democratic caucus and voted against the measure.Th
  
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• House passes gasoline price-gouging bill

  19-05-2022 18:24 via thehill.com
  
  The House voted Thursday to pass Democrats’ bill aimed at combating “price gouging” on gasoline.The bill passed 217-207, with no Republicans voting for it and four Democrats voting against it: Reps. Stephanie Murphy (Fla.), Lizzie Fletcher (Texas), Kathleen Rice (N.Y.) and Jared Golden (Maine).The legislation is unlikely to gain traction in the Senate, where it would need the support of 10 Republicans to advance, but it’s part of a major messaging push by Democrats as the
  
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• Pelosi offers support for Maloney amid New York redistricting turmoil

  19-05-2022 17:50 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday offered her full-throated support for Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), the head of the party’s campaign arm, who’s come under fire from some Democrats for his potential primary challenge of a Black freshman in a neighboring district.“We’re very proud of Sean Patrick Maloney,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference in the Capitol.The court battle over New York’s new congressional lines resulted in Mon
  
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• Biden says Finland, Sweden should be accepted into NATO

  19-05-2022 17:35 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday offered full-throated support for Finland and Sweden’s applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, arguing that the addition of the two nations would strengthen the alliance.  “Sweden and Finland have strong democratic institutions, strong militaries, and strong and transparent economies, and a strong and moral sense of what is right,” Biden said following a meeting at the White House with the leaders of both countries. &ld
  
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• House panel to examine 'gun violence crisis' after shootings in Buffalo, California

  19-05-2022 15:51 via thehill.com
  
  Members of a House panel will "examine the gun violence crisis in the United States” during a hearing in June, its chairwoman announced on Thursday.The hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, scheduled for June 8, comes after recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and in California, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) noted in a statement. “This past weekend, from Buffalo, New York to Laguna Woods, California, families lost loved ones to violent acts of hate
  
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• Biden’s moves on Cuba, Venezuela could hurt Dems with Hispanics

  19-05-2022 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration this week eased some restrictive policies toward Cuba and Venezuela in a bid to increase relations with the isolated nations, a move that has drawn bipartisan pushback and may further imperil Democrats’ chances to win over some Hispanic voters in Florida and elsewhere. Biden and Democrats struggled in Florida in the 2020 election as Republicans painted their opponents as embracing socialist policies. With Biden taking steps to engage with Cuba and Venezuela, t
  
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• Speculation over whether Biden will run again heats up

  19-05-2022 11:21 via thehill.com
  
  Everywhere you go in Washington, people are wondering the same thing: Will Joe Biden run for re-election? The 79-year-old Democrat and his closest allies say he wants a second White House term and plans to run again. Biden told former President Barack Obama he intends to launch another bid. But that hasn’t silenced the whispered questions about whether he will do so given his age — he will be 81 in November 2024 — and his rocky approval ratings.&nb
  
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• Harris to meet virtually with abortion providers

  19-05-2022 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris on Thursday will meet virtually with abortion providers from around the country to highlight the Biden administration’s support for reproductive rights after a leaked draft opinion showed the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade.Harris will be at the White House and will meet via video stream with four abortion providers: Dr. Rebecca Taub, who practices in California, Oklahoma and Kansas; Dr. Bhavik Kumar, who is with Planned Parenthood in Texas; Dr. Colleen McNicho
  
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• Here are the Republicans who bucked the party on baby formula bills

  19-05-2022 06:22 via thehill.com
  
  A handful of Republican lawmakers bucked their party on Wednesday in votes on two separate bills aiming to address the nationwide baby formula shortage causing rising concern for parents across the country.The main bill, dubbed the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, passed in a 231-192 vote that mainly broke along party lines. Four Republicans and one Democrat did not vote.The legislation would grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) $28 million in emergency funding to respond
  
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• House unanimous on measure condemning antisemitism, apart from one GOP no vote

  19-05-2022 05:57 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the rise of antisemitism in a nearly unanimous vote, with one Republican lawmaker objecting to the measure.The resolution passed 420-1, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) representing the only vote against it. Eight other Republicans did not vote.The Hill reached out to Massie for comment on his vote.The resolution calls on elected officials, faith leaders and leaders in civil society to use their positions of authority “to condemn and com
  
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• House passes measure condemning antisemitism; one GOP lawmaker votes 'no'

  19-05-2022 05:57 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the rise of antisemitism in a nearly unanimous vote, with one Republican lawmaker objecting to the measure.The resolution passed 420-1, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) representing the only vote against it. Eight other Republicans did not vote.The Hill has reached out to Massie for comment on his vote.The resolution calls on elected officials, faith leaders and leaders in civil society to use their positions of authority “to condemn an
  
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• House passes measure condemning antisemitism; One GOP lawmaker voted 'no'

  19-05-2022 05:57 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the rise of antisemitism in a nearly unanimous vote, with one Republican lawmaker objecting to the measure.The resolution passed 420-1, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) representing the only vote against it. Eight other Republicans did not vote.The Hill reached out to Massie for comment on his vote.The resolution calls on elected officials, faith leaders and leaders in civil society to use their positions of authority “to condemn and co
  
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• House passes domestic terrorism bill in mostly party-line vote

  19-05-2022 04:23 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a bill mostly along party lines on Wednesday that seeks to create domestic terrorism offices throughout the U.S. government, just days after a gunman fatally shot 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., in an incident that President Biden called “domestic terrorism.”The bill, dubbed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, passed in an 222-203 vote, with one Republican bucking party leadership and voting for the legislation.The legislation specifically calls for the formation of d
  
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• House passes bills to address baby formula shortage

  19-05-2022 04:12 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Wednesday passed two bills aimed at addressing a nationwide shortage of infant formula.The main piece of legislation, sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), would provide $28 million in emergency funding to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to beef up inspections of formula made at foreign plants, and to guard against any future shortages by ensuring the agency is prepared for supply chain disruptions.The shortages have left many parents desperate, and lawmakers scrambling t
  
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• DOJ employees push for time off for out-of-state abortions

  19-05-2022 03:46 via thehill.com
  
  A group of Department of Justice employees are pushing for paid off time should they need to travel out of state abortions.The DOJ Gender Equity Network (DOJ GEN) sent a letter on Wednesday to government personnel and management agencies saying it is "deeply concerned about the ability of hundreds of thousands of federal employees and their families to access reproductive healthcare because of restrictive state laws that are already, or may soon be, in effect in their states."The letter comes af
  
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• House administrator canceling Peloton staff perk after criticism

  19-05-2022 01:40 via thehill.com
  
  House staff members will not get Peloton fitness membership perks after all.The House of Representatives' Chief Administrative Officer is backing out of a planned deal with Peloton to provide staff and Capitol Police officers with Peloton All-Access and Peloton App memberships through its Center for Well-Being.“It’s not happening,” Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who spearheaded creation of the well-being center in 2018, told The Hill when asked about the planned Peloton benefit.Two Ho
  
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• Biden’s Asia trip shifts focus to China

  19-05-2022 00:24 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will embark on his first trip as chief executive to Asia this week, an opportunity to focus more on the challenge posed by China since his administration has been consumed for months by Russia’s war in Ukraine.Biden entered office expecting to focus on China as his foremost foreign policy challenge. In speech after speech, Biden has identified China as the chief economic competitor of the U.S. and built policy and partnerships around countering Beijing’s influence in
  
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• Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address infant formula shortage

  19-05-2022 00:16 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to address the infant formula shortage in the United States.  The White House announced in a fact sheet that Biden would use the Cold War-era law to require suppliers to “direct needed resources to infant formula manufacturers before any other customer who may have ordered that good.” “Directing firms to prioritize and allocate the production of key infant formula inputs will help increase produ
  
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• Moderates lukewarm on Democrats' gas price gouging bill

  19-05-2022 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats’ price gouging bill is running into doubts and opposition from several moderate members of the caucus. While the bill is facing an uphill battle in the Senate, it’s also not totally clear whether it’ll be able to garner enough support in the House, where Democrats can only lose 6 votes. The bill in question would make it illegal to sell fuel at a price that is “unconscionably excessive” and “exploiting” the situation during an energy
  
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