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• GOP lawmaker Byron Donalds says trickle-down economics ‘does work’

  14-06-2022 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  As House Republicans turned a sharp focus on inflation, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla) asserted that trickle-down economic theory, which asserts that policies that benefit the wealthy will trickle down to everyone else, does work despite sharp criticism of the policy.“The late, great Margaret Thatcher said it better than any of us ever could: Joe Biden to the Democrats will prefer the poor be poor so the rich are less rich,” Donalds said in a press conference Tuesday."Joe Biden will pref
  
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• Biden to AFL-CIO: 'How well are you going to sleep at night' under Scott tax plan

  14-06-2022 18:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday questioned how well American workers will be able to sleep at night knowing that federal benefits and programs could be cut if Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Fla.) tax plan is passed.The president warned that Scott’s plan would sunset all federal legislation after five years and require Congress to reauthorize programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.“How well are you going to sleep at night knowing that every five years, Ted Cruz and the other ultr
  
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• 10 lawmakers who followed their fathers’ path to Congress

  14-06-2022 18:32 via thehill.com
  
  Robert Menendez Jr., the son of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), is set to become the next representative for New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District after winning the Democratic nomination in a solidly blue district last Tuesday. If the younger Menendez is elected, a new parent-child pair will be added to the list of of those who have served in Congress either at the same time or within a few years of each other. Here are 10 of the current members of Congress who followed in their
  
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• Biden, Fetterman Zoom about Senate race

  14-06-2022 18:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said Tuesday that he spoke via Zoom with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman earlier this week.  Biden told an audience at an AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia that he spoke with Fetterman on Monday and reiterated his support for the Democratic candidate, who has been recovering from a stroke.  “If you’re in a foxhole, you want John with you, man,” Biden said. “I know he can’t wait to get back on
  
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• On the lawn: Biden's focus on unions

  14-06-2022 17:59 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is turning his attention to unions this week.Biden traveled to Philadelphia on Tuesday to speak at a convention for the AFL-CIO — a high-profile event for Biden to emphasize his support for labor while ramping up his engagement as Democrats worry they could lose more blue-collar workers to Republicans in the midterms.
  Biden pledged to be the most pro-union president in history and recently hosted union organizers from Amazon and Starbucks at the White House.
  Biden also wil
  
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• Police: Republican's tour of Capitol complex not suspicious

  14-06-2022 17:56 via thehill.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021, when rioting supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol.The House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection examined whether rioters had been involved in reconnaissance and surveillance before the attack, and Democrats suggested some Republican members may have helped them. But
  
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• First draft of House Democrats' defense funding bill prevents Pentagon from denying leave for abortions

  14-06-2022 17:27 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Defense would be barred from denying active duty service members and civilian employees leave to obtain an abortion under House Democrats’ proposed annual defense appropriations bill.The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday unveiled its opening bid for defense funding, proposing a $761 billion topline with resources for Ukraine, countering China and confronting climate change.The bill also “prohibits funds for denying leave to service members or civilians reque
  
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• Jan. 6 panel's chair sparks pushback with criminal referral remarks

  14-06-2022 16:14 via thehill.com
  
  Members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol are quarreling over whether to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department (DOJ) after Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said Monday the committee would make no such move.“That’s not our job. Our job is to look at Jan. 6. What caused it and make recommendations after that… We don’t have the authority,” Thompson told reporters Monday night.Thompson’s comments prompted a r
  
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• Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing

  14-06-2022 15:33 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has postponed its Wednesday hearing slated to review former President Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department to investigate his unfounded claims of election fraud. In an advisory, the committee said its scheduled hearing on Thursday would still take place but provided no other details.--Developing
  
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• Illinois Democrat Sean Casten announces daughter's death

  14-06-2022 14:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) on Monday evening announced that his daughter, Gwen Casten, had died.“This morning, Congressman Casten’s beloved daughter, Gwen (17), passed away. The Casten family requests privacy, and we will be issuing no further comment during this heartbreaking time,” Casten tweeted.The cause of his daughter’s death was not immediately clear. A statement from the Downers Grove Police Department said that officials responded to a call regarding “a
  
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• White House confirms Biden to meet Saudi Crown Prince in Middle East

  14-06-2022 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will visit Saudi Arabia in July on a trip that will include a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a senior administration official told reporters Monday night.The announcement that the president would meet Mohammed had been expected for weeks and has drawn scrutiny from human rights advocates and tacit approval from Democratic allies in Congress.The meeting is part of a wider trip to the Middle East, between July 13 and 16, where the president will also travel to
  
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• Jan. 6 panel delves into Trump’s motives with eye to DOJ

  14-06-2022 11:26 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Monday sought to establish a key element of its public case against former President Trump — that he knew his claims of election fraud had little merit or likelihood of success but sought to overturn the election anyway.Pulling back the curtain on the internal machinations of the 2020 Trump campaign, the panel showed testimony from official after official who worked both on the campaign and in the administration who said the former pre
  
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• Senate gun deal likely to face pushback from House GOP

  14-06-2022 11:25 via thehill.com
  
  A modest bipartisan Senate framework to address gun violence is likely to face pushback from Republicans in the House aiming to protect gun rights, even as Democrats cast the deal as just a baby step. One of the areas in the deal announced Sunday expected to draw some of the sharpest GOP pushback is a provision to provide resources to help states create and administer red flag laws, which allow firearms to be removed from those deemed by a court to be a danger to themselves or others. 
  
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• USA to continue support Ukraine confronting Russian aggression – White House - Militarnyi

  14-06-2022 09:00
  USA to continue support Ukraine confronting Russian aggression – White House  Militarnyi
  
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• Biden White House Hires Ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms – USA Herald - USA Herald

  14-06-2022 09:00
  Biden White House Hires Ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms – USA Herald  USA Herald
  
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• Biden White House Hires Ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ... - USA Herald

  14-06-2022 09:00
  Biden White House Hires Ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ...  USA Herald
  
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• Harris to convene privacy experts to talk stakes of Roe v. Wade

  14-06-2022 04:50 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris is slated to meet with privacy, constitutional law, and technology experts to discuss what is at stake if the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling is overturned by the Supreme Court. A White House official said the discussion on Tuesday will focus on real-world implications should the landmark ruling be overturned, touching on topics such as privacy, contraception, and in vitro fertilization.Participants in the latest meeting include the New York University (NYU) Schoo
  
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• House to vote on security bill for Supreme Court family members

  14-06-2022 04:26 via thehill.com
  
  The House is scheduled to vote on a bill Tuesday that seeks to expand security protections for family members of Supreme Court justices.The bill, dubbed the Supreme Court Police Parity Act, passed in the Senate by unanimous consent last month, which required that all 100 senators sign off on the measure in order for it to clear without holding a formal vote.The legislation, sponsored by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), would provide security protections for immediate family
  
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• Oversight Republican questions Hollywood attorney on his 'sudden patronage' of Hunter Biden

  14-06-2022 03:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) addressed a letter on Sunday to Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris asking about his “sudden patronage” of Hunter Biden.Comer, who sent the letter on behalf of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the panel was investigating domestic and international business dealings of the president's son "to determine whether these activities compromise U.S. national security and President Biden's ability to lead with impartiality."
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• Trump releases 12-page response to Jan. 6 hearing

  14-06-2022 01:03 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump on Monday issued a 12-page rebuttal to testimony and evidence presented by a House committee investigating the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing Democrats of seeking to distract from a series of domestic issues facing the country.“Seventeen months after the events of January 6th, Democrats are unable to offer solutions,” Trump said in a statement released through his Save America PAC. “They are desperate to change the narrative of a failing nation,
  
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