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• Pelosi: GOP immigration bill is 'a compromise with the devil'

  21-06-2018 18:34 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday charged Republicans with promoting cruelty to children at the border, characterizing the GOP’s compromise immigration bill as a deal with the devil.The proposal, one of two...
  
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• House swears in New York Democrat, thinning GOP majority

  07-05-2024 01:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-N.Y.) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan vote.Kennedy, previously a state senator, defeated GOP candidate Gary Dickson in a special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District last week.“I stand before you humbled by the opportunity God has given us to be together in this moment,” he said on the floor after being sworn in. &
  
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• Virginia Democrat uses voice assist to give House floor speech: 'An inspiration'

  07-05-2024 01:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on Monday used voice assist to deliver a speech on the House floor, more than a year after she revealed her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.“Last year I was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy — or PSP,” Wexton began her floor speech Monday, using voice assist. “PSP makes it very difficult for me to speak, and I use an assistive app so that you and our colleagues can understand me.”Wexton went on to discuss her bill pr
  
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• Virginia Dem uses voice assist to give House floor speech: 'An inspiration'

  07-05-2024 01:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on Monday used voice assist to deliver a speech on the House floor, more than a year after she revealed her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.“Last year I was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy – or PSP,” Wexton began her floor speech Monday, using voice assist. “PSP makes it very difficult for me to speak and I use an assistive app so that you and our colleagues can understand me.”Wexton went on to discuss her bill pro
  
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• Greene signals possible offramp for Johnson ouster vote

  07-05-2024 01:03 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) huddled Monday for almost two hours with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a marathon meeting suggesting the pair is seeking a deal to defuse tensions and preclude floor action on the Georgia firebrand's resolution to boot Johnson from power.The two emerged from the Speaker’s office separately but bearing the same message: The discussion was constructive enough that they’ve agreed to meet again Tuesday morning. Greene declined to say if she
  
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• Greene vs conservatives: Georgia Republican on an island

  07-05-2024 00:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) lonely effort to boot Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power is emblematic of a larger trend that’s followed the Georgia firebrand throughout her time on Capitol Hill: She might be the face of the MAGA movement in Congress, but she’s alienated a long list of fellow conservatives in getting there.Plenty of Republican hard-liners are furious with Johnson for his willingness to compromise with Democrats on major legislation, vowing they won&
  
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• Florida Democrat deletes post after being 'called out' over stereotype

  06-05-2024 22:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) on Monday took down a social media post regarding South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after being accused of reinforcing the stereotype that Asians eat dogs.The remarks were made in Moskowitz's repost of a clip from CBS Mornings’ interview with Noem — a potential vice presidential pick for former President Trump — in which the governor discussed her request to remove an anecdote about her meeting
  
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• Greene 'going to lose' Johnson ouster effort, Mace says

  06-05-2024 22:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) sharply criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for pushing forward with her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from his post despite the prevailing consensus in the conference against such an effort.“She’s going to lose. I don’t know why she’s doing this because the votes aren’t there. She’s going to lose the motion to vacate, and I don’t know why she’s doing it,” Mace said in an interview on Newsmax
  
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• White House: Noem should ‘stop digging herself into a hole’ after suggestion to shoot Biden’s dog

  06-05-2024 21:45 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday said that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) should "stop digging herself into a hole" after she suggested that President Biden’s dog, Commander, should haven been shot after biting Secret Service agents.Noem has been criticized recently for revealing in her soon-to-be-released memoir that she shot her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, about 20 years ago. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, she suggested Biden’s Ger
  
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• White House on canceled Columbia commencement: 'Unfortunate' small group cost their classmates this event

  06-05-2024 21:20 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday called it "unfortunate" that protests on campus at Columbia University over the war in Gaza prompted the school to cancel its main commencement ceremony this year."It is unfortunate that a small group of people went too far and cost their classmates this important event," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
  "When it comes to commencement day and when it comes to speaking at commencement events, this is something the president has done for some time now, a
  
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• GOP Rep. Collins responds to criticism of Ole Miss post

  06-05-2024 21:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) defended his decision to share a video of counterprotesters at the University of Mississippi harassing a Black woman at a pro-Palestine protest last week, responding to criticism that he was endorsing racist conduct.Collins shared a video last week of a group of white men standing across from a lone Black woman participating in the protest, with the men dancing, hooting and chanting. One man mimicked a monkey.Ole Miss opened a conduct investigation Saturday into the inc
  
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• Lawmakers press nursing home chains on corporate spending amid staffing rule fight

  06-05-2024 19:36 via thehill.com
  
  Congressional Democrats demanded information about the corporate spending by the operators of three of the country's largest public, for-profit nursing homes, after the companies said they can’t afford the Biden administration’s new minimum staffing threshold. In letters sent to the companies Sunday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) pressed for informati
  
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• GW president says campus encampment 'potentially dangerous'

  06-05-2024 19:00 via thehill.com
  
  The president of George Washington University (GW) released a statement Sunday saying the pro-Palestinian encampment on its campus is “potentially dangerous” and has been “co-opted” by individuals unaffiliated with the school. Ellen Granberg started her message by reiterating the school’s commitment to protecting protests that are peaceful and occur within the law, but said the “demonstration, like many around the country, has grown into what can only be
  
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• Biden's description of Japan, India as xenophobic sparks pushback

  06-05-2024 18:46 via thehill.com
  
  The Japanese and Indian governments pushed back Saturday against President Biden’s description of the nations as “xenophobic” last week, after he said at a campaign event the countries and others do not welcome immigrants.Biden grouped Japan and India alongside China and Russia as “xenophobic countries,” claiming being less open to immigrants has caused the countries’ economies to struggle since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  “I haven’t seen such an open,
  
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• Biden description of Japan, India as xenophobic sparks pushback

  06-05-2024 18:46 via thehill.com
  
  The Japanese and Indian governments pushed back Saturday against President Biden’s description of the nations as “xenophobic” last week, after he said at a campaign event the countries and others do not welcome immigrants.Biden grouped Japan and India alongside China and Russia as “xenophobic countries,” claiming being less open to immigrants has caused the countries’ economies to struggle since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  “I haven’t seen such an open,
  
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• Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Israel inches closer to Rafah invasion

  06-05-2024 17:59 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday spoke with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterating his concerns during the conversation about an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah, even as Israel appeared poise to move forward with such an operation.Biden "updated the Prime Minister on efforts to secure a hostage deal, including through ongoing talks today in Doha, Qatar," the White House said in a readout of the call.
  "The Prime Minister agreed to ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing is open for humanitarian
  
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• Biden admin to fund $285M in development of digital twin semiconductors  

  06-05-2024 17:39 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration will grant roughly $285 million in funding from the CHIPS for America Program for development and research of digital twins in the semiconductor industry, the Commerce Department and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced Monday.  The latest announcement for the notice of funding opportunity is part of the push from the U.S. to boost domestic production of semiconductors.  The funding will go towards establishing and operating a CH
  
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• Johnson condemns Columbia's main commencement ceremony cancellation

  06-05-2024 17:20 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent out a statement Monday blasting Columbia University for cancelling its main graduation ceremony. “President Shafik and Columbia University administrators have displayed a shocking unwillingness to control their campus. They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression. Now, thousands of students who’ve worked hard to achieve their degrees will not
  
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• Greene, Speaker Johnson to meet amid ouster threat

  06-05-2024 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will meet with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Monday afternoon as the Georgia Republican vows to force a vote on the GOP leader’s ouster, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill.The meeting is set to take place at 3:30 p.m. eastern time, one source said. Greene requested the conversation, the source noted.Greene announced last week that she would move to force a vote on Johnson’s ouster this week,after dangling her motion to vacate resolut
  
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• Noem suggests Biden's dog also should have been shot

  06-05-2024 16:08 via thehill.com
  
  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), who has recently come under fire for shooting her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, suggested in a Sunday interview that President Biden’s dog, Commander, should have met a similar fate.Commander bit Secret Service personnel at least two dozen times between October 2022 and June 2023, according to documents released in February.In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Noem said if she ever got to the White House, she would differ from B
  
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• Confidence in Biden economic decisionmaking near record low: Gallup

  06-05-2024 15:56 via thehill.com
  
  Voter confidence about President Biden’s ability to make economic decisions is among the lowest in more than two decades.Gallup has tracked confidence in presidents to do the right thing on the economy since 2001, when former President George W. Bush took office. Confidence in Biden’s economic management dropped from 57 percent to below 40 percent in 2022 and it has remained there since. His low was 35 percent in 2023.Bush was the only president to garner lower confidence i
  
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• Confidence in Biden economic decision-making near record low: Gallup

  06-05-2024 15:56 via thehill.com
  
  Voter confidence about President Biden’s ability to make economic decisions is among the lowest in over two decades.Gallup has tracked confidence in presidents to do the right thing on the economy since 2001, when former President George W. Bush took office. Confidence in Biden’s economic management dropped from 57 percent to below 40 percent in 2022 and it has remained there since. His low was 35 percent in 2023.Bush was the only president to garner lower confidence in eco
  
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• Greene, Johnson feud set to come to a head

  06-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The long-simmering feud between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is set to boil over this week when the Georgia Republican moves to force a vote on the GOP leader’s ouster — which is all but certain to fail.Greene — who filed a motion to vacate against Johnson in March — is vowing to force a vote on her removal resolution this week, a long-time-coming for the GOP rabble rouser who has dangled the ouster mechanism over the Spea
  
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• 5 factions that will decide Speaker Johnson’s fate

  06-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) leadership faces a make-or-break moment this week when the House is expected to consider a Republican proposal to boot him from power — an extraordinary process highlighting the bad blood pulsing through the party in the era of Donald Trump. The resolution, championed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and two other hard-liners furious with Johnson’s bipartisan dealmaking, is likely to fail, ensuring the Speaker will keep hold of the gave
  
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• Jeffries: Democrats 'effectively' in majority due to GOP 'chaos, dysfunction'

  06-05-2024 04:36 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said “chaos” and “dysfunction” in the House GOP has “effectively” given Democrats the majority, lending credence to far-right criticism of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the GOP majority slims.Jeffries said Sunday in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview with Norah O’Donnell that Democrats hold outright influence over the House because of how fractured the GOP majority is.“Even though we're in the
  
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• 'If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,' says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections

  06-05-2024 04:25 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) emphasized the stakes of the 2024 election in a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday, warning that much more than abortion rights are at risk if former President Trump gets a second term.He told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell that reproductive freedom will be an “incredibly significant” issue in the race.“And the extreme MAGA Republicans have set in motion the erosion of reproductive freedom,” he said. "We're gonna
  
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• White House: Trump Gestapo comment echoes 'appalling rhetoric of fascists'

  06-05-2024 01:31 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Sunday slammed former President Trump after he compared the Biden administration to the Gestapo police force in Nazi Germany."Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reducti
  
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• Biden races clock on health regulations with eye on potential Trump return

  05-05-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration is working overtime to ensure his health care priorities are protected from a potential second Trump White House. In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been racing against the clock to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, antidiscrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing. At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allow
  
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• Biden races clock on health regs with eye on potential Trump return

  05-05-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration is working overtime to ensure his health care priorities are protected from a potential second Trump White House. In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been racing against the clock to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing. At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allo
  
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• Khanna says Biden should visit college campuses amid protests

  05-05-2024 20:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Sunday President Biden "should and will" visit college campuses amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled the country.
  Host Margaret Brennan asked Khanna on "Face the Nation" whether the ongoing protests were becoming a "distraction" from the issues they are protesting. She also noted that Khanna has been to several college campuses in recent days to engage in conversations with students as the protests continue across the country."No, I don't thin
  
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