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- July 16, 2022
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Senate Confirms New ATF Director With Republican Support

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The United States Senate has confirmed President Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) nominee, Steven Dettelbach. The chamber advanced Dettelbach’s nomination earlier today, despite several Democrats being absent from voting. Republicans Rob Portman of Ohio and Susan Collins of Maine sided with Democrats on that vote. Portman and Collins joined Senate Democrats this afternoon to […]

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- March 6, 2019
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Emergency Declaration Rebuke To Pass Senate, Congress Unlikely To Garner Votes To Overturn Trump Veto

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As the first-ever veto from President Trump will strike down the border wall rebuke, it could set up the first-ever Supreme Court case directly dealing with the formalization of the emergency powers of the commander in chief under the National Emergencies Act.

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- February 27, 2019
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Democrat’s Sweeping Gun Legislation Expands Background Checks To Most Sales, Transfers

Republicans say the legislation will result in law-abiding citizens becoming swept up in federal bureaucracy, and is the first step towards establishing a national firearms registry.

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- February 25, 2019
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Protections For Pets And Animals Passed By Virginia House GOP

During the 2019 General Assembly session, House Republicans worked hard to send a message to would-be animal abusers.

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- February 22, 2019
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Border Wall Rebuke Introduced In Congress, Setting Up Trump Veto

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If both houses of Congress initially approve the measure, it is unlikely they will be able to garner the two-thirds majorities in each chamber to override President Trump’s inevitable first-ever veto.

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- January 30, 2019
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Governor Northam’s Push To Strike Down Voter ID Laws Fails

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Proposals to rescind voter ID laws have remained widely unpopular across the U.S., which tells the tale of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s effort to repeal them.

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- January 25, 2019
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President Trump, Congress Reach Deal To Temporarily Reopen Government With No Wall Funding

With the federal government set to reopen for the next three weeks, a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers from both houses of Congress will meet to develop a border security funding proposal.

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- January 15, 2019
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William Barr, Trump’s Pick For Attorney General, Testifies In Senate Confirmation Hearing

As the confirmation hearings continue, Barr will also be grilled on presidential powers, immigration enforcement, abortion, torture, protections for journalists, and his past actions in previous administrations.

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- September 18, 2018
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Senate Approves $854 Billion Spending Bill To Stop October Shutdown

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“These milestones may sound like inside baseball, but what they signify is a Senate that is getting its appropriations process back on track; a Senate that is attending to vital priorities for our country,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said.

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- August 30, 2018
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Congressional Democrats Forward Letters To Education Secretary DeVos To Drop Funding To Arm Teachers

After a barrage of school shootings, the idea of arming teachers is split along party lines, with many suggesting that more police should be placed in America’s schools.

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