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Democrat calls on Senate to remove Russell’s name from Senate Office Building

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Democrat calls on Senate to remove Russell’s name from Senate Office Building

Democratic Rep. Al Green (Texas) called on the Senate to remove the late Sen. Richard Russell’s (D-Ga.) name from one of its office buildings, citing the latter’s segregationist views.  Green, in a letter to every senator, said the name “sends a powerful signal about the kind of leadership and principles our country holds in high…
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Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House

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Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House

The former vice president’s funeral marked the end of a certain kind of Congress…
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The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral

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The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral

In their first full week back after the shutdown, lawmakers voted five times on measures to rebuke colleagues, eating up hours of floor time…
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John Thune offers to tweak controversial phone records language

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered Thursday to amend the controversial provision he slipped into last week’s government funding package that could award GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars for having their phone records seized without their knowledge as part of an investigation into President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election…
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