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• Mondaire Jones says LGBTQ progress 'at risk of being rolled back'

  09-06-2022 22:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the progress LGBTQ+ people have made in equality over the decades is now at risk of being overturned by the Supreme Court.The congressman pointed to Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion last month that would effectively overturn Roe v. Wade, in which the justice references decisions that expanded LGBTQ+ rights, such as marriage equality.Jones told The Hill’s Julia Manchester during the “America’s Unfinished Business:
  
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• Jonestown survivor Jackie Speier details shooting trauma: ‘Stop shielding your eyes’

  09-06-2022 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) relayed her own experience being a victim of gun violence in a speech Wednesday in support of a bill that would raise the age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. The House passed the Protecting Our Kids Act Wednesday largely along party lines in the aftermath of mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas. The Buffalo and Uvalde shootings both were carried out by 18-year-old gunmen. Speier is a survivor of the 1978 Jonestown massacre,
  
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• Rights groups express 'deep concerns' over Biden meeting with Saudi crown price

  09-06-2022 22:18 via thehill.com
  
  Over a dozen human rights groups voiced "deep concerns” over President Biden’s potential trip to Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
  “Efforts to repair the U.S. relationship with the government of Saudi Arabia without a genuine commitment to prioritize human rights are not only a betrayal of your campaign promises, but will likely embolden the crown prince to commit further violations of international human rights and humanitarian law,” the groups
  
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• Jan. 6 panel hits prime time: Five things to watch

  09-06-2022 22:17 via thehill.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack is hours away from the first of its highly anticipated series of public hearings.The prime-time hearing kicks off at 8 p.m. on Thursday and will be aired on the big three broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as cable networks CNN and MSNBC. Fox News announced it will not air the hearing on its main network.The committee described Thursday’s hearing as an initial summary of a “coordinated, multi-step eff
  
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• Biden says Jan. 6 a 'clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution'

  09-06-2022 21:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday called the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 a "clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution" hours before the House committee investigating the assault holds its first public hearing.  Biden, speaking at the beginning of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, acknowledged that many Americans would be watching the proceedings Thursday night, and learning new details about the attack.“I think these guys and women broke the law, tried to t
  
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• House conservatives propose balancing budget in 7 years with $16.6T in cuts

  09-06-2022 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, on Thursday released its annual model federal budget proposal it says would balance the federal budget in seven years and advance socially conservative measures.Dubbed the “Blueprint to save America,” the fiscal year 2023 model budget projects it would cut federal spending by $16.6 trillion more over 10 years than Congressional Budget Office projections if taxes and spending remain
  
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• Education secretary: Idea to arm teachers one of 'the stupidest proposals I've heard'

  09-06-2022 21:21 via thehill.com
  
  Education secretary Miguel Cardona on Thursday railed against the idea of arming teachers to combat school shootings in the wake of the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.Cardona blasted the proposal while appearing on "The View" in response to a question from co-host Sunny Hostin, who referenced a piece of proposed legislation in Ohio that would allow school districts to arm employees and only require 24 hours of training.
  "Those are some of the stupidest proposals I've hear
  
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• Jordan again rebuffs Jan 6 panel as subpoena deadline looms

  09-06-2022 20:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) again rebuffed the Jan. 6 committee as he stares down a Saturday deadline to comply with a subpoena from the panel.In an 11-page letter to the committee, Jordan renewed earlier demands that the committee share the bulk of what it has assembled on the Ohio lawmaker, one of five in the GOP who now face demands for compulsory testimony. The lengthy letter seeks to provide a tit-for-tat with earlier correspondence from committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) who exten
  
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• Republicans pledge probe into Jan. 6 investigation

  09-06-2022 19:49 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans announced their intent to conduct their own investigation into the Jan. 6 committee should they overtake leadership of the chamber.The minority on the House Committee on Administration sent a letter asking the select committee investigating the 2021 attack on the Capitol to preserve all its records, a preamble to obtaining those documents in what would become an investigation into an investigation."When Republicans once again hold the gavel and I am Chairman of the House Admin
  
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• Republicans pledge investigation into Jan. 6 investigation

  09-06-2022 19:49 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans announced their intent to conduct their own investigation into the Jan. 6 committee should they overtake leadership of the chamber.The minority on the House Committee on Administration sent a letter asking the select committee investigating the attack to preserve all its records, a preamble to obtaining those documents in what would become an investigation into an investigation."When Republicans once again hold the gavel and I am Chairman of the House Administration Committee,
  
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• McCarthy wants to tap McConnell about Jan. 6 security failures

  09-06-2022 19:48 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday said that GOP members conducting a counter-investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack will seek information on the Capitol’s security posture that day from one of their own – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
  The inquiry comes in addition to information Republicans are already seeking from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif).Pelosi and McConnell, who was Senate Majority Leader on Jan. 6, each had authority ov
  
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• Five Republicans, one Democrat buck parties on ‘red flag’ gun legislation

  09-06-2022 19:31 via thehill.com
  
  Five House Republicans and one Democrat broke with their respective parties Thursday in a vote to nationalize “red flag” laws, which would allow courts to seize firearms from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others.The bill, titled the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, cleared the House in a 224-202 vote that mainly broke along party lines. It allows law enforcement and family members to petition courts to issue federal extreme protection orders that would temporari
  
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• Pelosi: House will vote next week to boost security for SCOTUS families

  09-06-2022 18:34 via thehill.com
  
  The House will vote next week on legislation to expand security for the families and staff of the Supreme Court justices, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday.The Senate approved the legislation unanimously last month, and House Republicans have fumed that House Democrats have delayed the vote in the lower chamber — anger fueled by this week's arrest of an armed man near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  House Democrats were eyeing a Thursday vote on a version o
  
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• Two-thirds of Americans expect inflation to get worse: poll

  09-06-2022 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  Two-thirds of Americans expect the economy to get worse over the next year, according to a new Washington Post-George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government poll.In the survey, 66 percent of Americans said they expect inflation to get worse, while 21 percent of Americans said it will get better and 12 percent said it would stay the same.Americans are feeling the financial squeeze at grocery stores and gas pumps as prices soar due to near 40-year highs of inflation. Consumer data
  
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• DeVos says she talked 25th Amendment, resigned after Trump crossed 'line in the sand' on Jan. 6

  09-06-2022 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was the final straw for her in standing by former President Trump, confirming that she was open to using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.DeVos, who writes in a new book about turning in her resignation letter to Trump the day after the Capitol insurrection, blames the former president's refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election for blocking her efforts to pass her la
  
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• House passes ‘red flag’ gun legislation in mainly party-line vote

  09-06-2022 17:15 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a bill on Thursday to nationalize “red flag” laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others.The legislation, dubbed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, passed in a 224-202 vote. Two Republicans did not vote.Five Republicans — Reps. Fred Upton (Mich.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and Chris Jacobs (N.Y.) — bucked the GOP in voting for the measure, and Democratic
  
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• Biden administration announces national standards for electric vehicle charging networks

  09-06-2022 15:36 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday evening announced new standards to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure throughout the U.S. The standards will be laid out formally in a proposed rule from the Federal Highway Administration, Energy Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters on a press call Wednesday. The rule will require EV charging stations every 50 miles and no more than a mile off the highway, emphasizing the interstate highway system and alternative fuel corridors, ac
  
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• EV tax credits ‘on the table’ as Democrats try reviving parts of Build Back Better

  09-06-2022 15:00 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) recently threw another wrench into the Biden administration’s economic agenda by saying it was “ludicrous” to pursue tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs), which would make up half of all cars on the road by 2030 if White House economic planners get their way.But Democratic lawmakers looking to revive elements of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan say that EV tax credits are still under consideration as part of broader legislation to mak
  
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• Biden says he is weighing executive orders on abortion rights

  09-06-2022 14:03 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said late Wednesday that he is considering signing an executive order on abortion rights if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade later this month, offering a window into the administration’s thinking as officials prepare for the ruling.  “There’s some executive orders I could employ, we believe. We’re looking at that right now,” Biden said during a taped appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” prompting a round of applause from the aud
  
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• Biden: No plans for executive order on guns

  09-06-2022 13:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said in an interview late Wednesday that he has no plans for an executive order on guns amid an outcry for increased restrictions following several mass shootings across the U.S. “Can’t you issue an executive order?” Jimmy Kimmel asked the president during Biden’s appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
  “Trump passed those out like Halloween candy,” Kimmel added, referring to former President Trump.“I have issued executive ord
  
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• What does a Jan. 6 hearing victory look like for Democrats?

  09-06-2022 11:22 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats cheering the congressional investigation into last year’s violent attack on the Capitol face a tricky question as they make their case against former President Trump: What does a victory look like?The answer seems to be as diverse as the House Democratic Caucus itself. A number of lawmakers said they want the open proceedings, which begin in prime time on Thursday, to provide a high-stakes history lesson of sorts, revealing not only what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-
  
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• Jan. 6 panel to put Trump at center of 'coordinated, multistep effort' to overturn election

  09-06-2022 11:22 via thehill.com
  
  The Jan. 6 committee will rely on recorded testimony from former Trump officials and even family members of the ex-president as it uses its first prime-time hearing to connect Donald Trump to the riot at the Capitol and the broader effort to keep him in power.The 8 p.m. hearing is the committee’s first public event in months and represents a chance to share some of what it has learned from interviews with more than 1,000 people. “We will be revealing new details showing that Jan
  
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• White House unveils plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5 and under

  09-06-2022 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  Ten million pediatric COVID-19 vaccine doses will be available for states, Tribes and other jurisdictions to pre-order in anticipation of vaccinations for kids ages 5 and younger beginning before the end of the month, the White House announced Thursday.Administration officials outlining the plan said vaccines will be distributed across thousands of different sites, but they will put a focus on frontline providers like pediatricians and primary care doctors, as that is where they expect many fami
  
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• Biden says 'everything gets sensationalized' by media, with 'notable exceptions'

  09-06-2022 07:19 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday said many journalists are focused on getting "clicks" on news stories and that "everything gets sensationalized by the media," while discussing how his administration has struggled to communicate its policy achievements.During an interview on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Thursday night, the 79-year-old president said the "press has changed" over the years."Look how the press has changed," Biden told Kimmel on his late-night show. "With notable exceptions, even the
  
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• Biden predicts 'mini revolution' in November if SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade

  09-06-2022 06:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday predicted a "mini revolution" in November's mid-term elections if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark 1973 precedent Roe v. Wade, which enshrined abortion access as a constitutional right.During an interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that aired Thursday night, Biden said overturning the court precedent would be "ridiculous" and motivate turnout in November's elections."I don't think the country will stand for it," Biden said. "If in fact the decision comes down the
  
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• Here are the House Republicans who broke with the party on guns

  09-06-2022 04:45 via thehill.com
  
  A handful of House Republicans bucked their party to vote for gun legislation on Wednesday, supporting measures that were introduced after the mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas last month.The marquee piece of legislation that cleared the chamber was the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of bills that seek to tighten gun restrictions. Among the provisions are raising the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 and banning civilians from using high-capacity m
  
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• Raffensperger may testify in Jan. 6 public hearings: reports

  09-06-2022 03:56 via thehill.com
  
  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is reportedly in talks to testify in public hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack that are set to begin on Thursday.The news was first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which cited one person saying he would testify, and later confirmed by Politico, which cited multiple people saying he was in talks to testify.
  The testimony would come in the next couple of weeks. Raffensperger won his primary for reelection last month despite
  
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• House passes sweeping gun package in largely party-line vote

  09-06-2022 01:31 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed a sweeping gun package on Wednesday in response to last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas, which killed more than 30 people and reignited the push for firearm legislation on Capitol Hill.The package, dubbed the Protecting Our Kids Act, passed in a 223-204 vote. One Republican did not vote.Two Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.), bucked the party in opposing the measure. Five Republicans — Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Antho
  
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• Schiff says Jan. 6 hearing will show 'multipronged effort to overturn a presidential election'

  09-06-2022 01:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel's upcoming hearing will show a “multipronged effort to overturn a presidential election.”Schiff said in a Twitter thread that the panel's first hearing, held in prime time on Thursday, will present new information on the riot, adding the committee hopes to demonstrate how a group of individuals tried to overturn an election.“We'
  
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• GOP pushes for SCOTUS security bill after arrest near Kavanaugh's house

  09-06-2022 00:06 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are calling on the House to pass a stalled bill aimed at expanding security protection to the families of Supreme Court justices after police arrested an armed man near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh early Wednesday morning.The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent last month, soon after publication of a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The leak sparked protests outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts, Kavanaugh and Justice Samuel Ali
  
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• GOP push for SCOTUS security bill after arrest outside Kavanaugh's house

  09-06-2022 00:06 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are calling on the House to pass a stalled bill aimed at expanding security protection to the families of Supreme Court justices after police arrested an armed man outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh early Wednesday morning.The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent last month, soon after publication of a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The leak sparked protests outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Justice Samuel
  
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