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Moolenaar, Cammack double down on opposition to TikTok-Oracle plan

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7 days ago

March 28, 2025

Two Republican lawmakers, including the chair of the House China committee, stepped up their attacks Thursday against a potential White House deal to sell TikTok to Oracle that preserves a role for its Beijing-based owner. “I’m here to make one thing clear: any deal that allows ByteDance to maintain control of TikTok is a grave threat to our security and a violation of U.S…
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Luna discusses possible solution to new parent proxy voting with Johnson

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3 hours ago

April 4, 2025

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has discussed a potential solution with Speaker Mike Johnson over her push to allow proxy voting for new parents, the congresswoman said in a post on X. “[Johnson] has called me after POTUS statement and we discussed limiting the vote to just new moms who cannot physically travel in event of emergency,” Luna said in the post…
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Trump backs Luna on proxy voting — but says it is Johnson’s call

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3 hours ago

April 4, 2025

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President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-Fla.) resolution to allow proxy voting for expectant mothers in Congress — but signaled he isn’t interested in going to the mat for the change. “I don’t know why it’s controversial,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday…
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Democrats take aim at Trump’s latest tariffs

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3 hours ago

April 4, 2025

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After successfully engineering a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats want to do it again: They’re eyeing a new measure that could splinter Republicans and potentially undo the sweeping tariffs Trump rolled out Wednesday. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who led the push to undo Trump’s Canada tariffs that won approval Wednesday…
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