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Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says
Read full article: Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study saysAdding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries.
House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto
Read full article: House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows vetoThe House passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms.
DEA chief grilled over probe into no-bid contracts, hiring
Read full article: DEA chief grilled over probe into no-bid contracts, hiringLawmakers grilled U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram over millions of dollars in no-bid contracts that are the subject of a watchdog probe into whether the agency improperly hired some of her past associates.
DC braces for 'robust oversight' after criminal code fiasco
Read full article: DC braces for 'robust oversight' after criminal code fiascoPresident Joe Biden’s signature on a measure nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code marked the end of one bruising public fight between Congress and local lawmakers.
Georgia's shifting politics force GOP to look beyond Atlanta
Read full article: Georgia's shifting politics force GOP to look beyond AtlantaGeorgia's Republican Party once relied on votes in Atlanta's close-in suburbs, but today the GOP increasingly relies on the mountains of north Georgia for its votes.
Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos
Read full article: Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videosVideos released under court order provide a chilling new look at the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, including body camera footage that shows a man charging at a police officer with a flagpole.
Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Read full article: Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holidayPresident Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president.
Fines dropped against two lawmakers over metal detectors
Read full article: Fines dropped against two lawmakers over metal detectorsThe bipartisan House Ethics Committee has dismissed fines against two veteran lawmakers who’d been accused of evading weapons screening now required before entering the House chamber.
Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again
Read full article: Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen againRepublican congresswoman Liz Cheney is criticizing GOP colleagues for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen.
Ethics panel affirms Rep. Gohmert fine over metal detector
Read full article: Ethics panel affirms Rep. Gohmert fine over metal detectorThe House Ethics Committee upheld a $5,000 fine against Gohmert on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, after he was accused of failing to submit to a full security screening when entering the chamber's floor last month. A letter by the Ethics committee rejecting an appeal by Gohmert was the first such letter it has issued under the new rules, suggesting he would be the first to pay the fine. When an officer told him he needed to be checked with a wand, he walked onto the floor anyway “to engage in my turn to debate,” Gohmert wrote. In a two-paragraph letter, the Ethics panel wrote, “A majority of the committee did not agree to the appeal,” the standard required to dismiss the fine. The Ethics committee consists of five Democrats and five Republicans, and the letter did not provide details of the vote.
DC's long-simmering statehood push begins in Congress
Read full article: DC's long-simmering statehood push begins in CongressWashington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, testifies at the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, on D.C. statehood, Monday, March 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. “We dare to believe that D.C. statehood is on the horizon,” said the District's long-serving, nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who wrote the bill and said it has overwhelming support in the House. AdBowser spent much of Monday's four-hour hearing by the House oversight committee in a series of sometimes pointed exchanges with Republican committee members. AdBowser at the time quickly pointed out the ironies of Washington residents risking their lives to defend a Congress where they didn’t have a vote. “There's not a single Republican in Congress, in the House or the Senate, that supports this bill.”