Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican had already announced he would not seek reelection.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
The House is scheduled to leave town for a 2-week spring recess at the end of Friday’s session. It’s doubtful any vote on removing Johnson would be imminent.
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Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
The latest package was clearly unpopular with most Republicans, who viewed it as containing too few of their policy priorities and as spending too much.
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Democrats seize on Republican proposal that would raise Social Security retirement age
The budget proposal from a large group of House Republicans would, among other things, raise the retirement age for Social Security and endorse a bill that would codify that life begins at conception.
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Bill to shield providers of abortions and gender-affirming care advances after partisan clash
The measure backed by Democrats passed out of committee on an 8-4 party-line vote and now heads to floor votes in the Legislature.
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Divided committee supports study of program to voluntarily waive gun rights
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee tabled three other gun-related bills during a work session Thursday and will take them up again at a later date.
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Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert federal shutdown and bring budget fight to a close
Both parties were touting ‘wins’ in the package well before unveiling the massive 1,012-page bill, which had already won President Biden’s blessing.
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Shadowing Trump’s attacks on mental fitness – his own father’s dementia
Donald Trump’s father’s condition also drove a wedge into his family, which fell into years of lawsuits that alleged in part that Donald Trump sought to take advantage of his father’s dementia to wrest control of the family estate.
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As Texas border arrests law teeters, other states also push tougher immigration policy
In New Hampshire, lawmakers are nearing passage of legislation to let police bring trespassing charges against people suspected of illegally entering the U.S. from Canada.
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Gov. Mills’ proposal would raise minimum wage for farmworkers
If approved, the minimum would increase to $14.15 an hour in September, matching the minimum for all other workers.