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Senate expected to advance GOP immigration bill

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The Senate is expected to take a bipartisan vote Thursday afternoon advancing the Laken Riley Act, making it the first bill Senate Republicans debate under their new majority. The bill — which is named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year and would mandate the detention of undocumented immigrants who are charged with theft or burglary…
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Donald Trump can’t count on Congress to have his back any more

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Donald Trump can’t count on Congress to have his back any more

Republicans dealt the president a series of rebukes Thursday that cast fresh doubt about his sway on Capitol Hill…
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Senate unanimously approves installing Jan. 6, 2021 plaque

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The Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday to display an existing plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Congress passed a law in March 2022 mandating the plaque, but years later it has yet to be installed. Speaker Mike Johnson has argued the project is “not implementable,” and the Justice Department has maintained in litigation that an existing plaque does not comply with the law because it lists the departments who responded…
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17 Republicans vote to restore lapsed Obamacare subsidies

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17 Republicans vote to restore lapsed Obamacare subsidies

Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill’s passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise…
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