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AOC Rolls Out New Green New Deal

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey re-upped their Green New Deal resolution, offering a guidebook on how to use last Congress's bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act to make the Green New Deal's principles a reality. The also unveiled a $370 billion Green New Deal for Health plan.

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Chris Murphy: My Fourth-Grader Learned To Run For His Life Yesterday

Sen. Chris Murphy told a rally of anti-gun violence advocates that the Senate would at least force votes on gun bills, after first describing how his 10-year-old son had to be taught to flee for his life in school the day before.

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Chris Murphy Pleads To Senate After Uvalde Schooting

Sen. Chris Murphy, elected the year of the Sandy Hook shooting begged his colleagues to pass something -- anything -- to deal with school slaughters after the Uvalde shooting. "By doing something we at least stop sending this quiet message of endorsement to these killers whose brains are breaking, who see the highest levels of government doing nothing, shooting after shooting. What are we doing? Why are we here? What are we doing?" Murphy said.

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Cheney Makes The Case For Contempt

Rep. Liz Cheney made the case that Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro deserve to be held in contempt for ignoring the January 6 Select Committee's subpoenas, saying it's not even a close case. f they thought they had executive privilege, she still had to answer and assert such a privilege.

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McConnell: 'I Cannot and Will Not Support Judge Jackson'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's elevation to the Supreme Court, saying “I cannot and will not supportJjudge Jackson.”

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Wipes Away Tears Talking About Inspiring Kids

Ketanji Brown Jackson wiped away tears during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing as she answered a question from Sen. Alex Padilla about children who doubt they can achieve the same success and stature as Judge Jackson.

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Cory Booker Defends Ketanji Brown Jackson Again

Sen. Cory Booker rose again to defend Ketanji Brown Jackson, calling suggestions made by Republicans against her absurd and demagoguery. He went from incredulous to emotional, leaving Jackson wiping away tears.

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Lindsey Graham Goes After Ketanji Brown Jackson On Child Pornography

Sen. Lindsey Graham aggressively questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson over her child pornography sentences. He often interrupted her, and Brown could not compete her answer until after Graham's time was expired.

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Cory Booker Gets Emotional With Ketanji Brown Jackson

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), took a more humanizing approach to questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, getting her to talk about the inspiration she drew from her family and her struggles as a mom.

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Sheldon Whitehouse Tells Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing About Dark Money

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) spent a large portion of his time to question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to rebut the Republican claims that people should be suspicious of why dark money groups are supporting Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearing. The GOP dark money groups are much worse in intent and practice, Whitehouse argued.

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Ukraine President Zelensky Shows Congress Horrifying Video

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's video shows Congress the heartbreaking reality of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Jon Stewart Demands Passasge Of Veterans Toxic Exposure Bill

Jon Stewart hailed a bill on the House floor this week to help up to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits overseas. But he warned that congress could still water the measures down, and declared "Fuck that!" to a plan by Rep. Mike Bost to limit the bill to five years.

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Schumer: Jan. 6 Is "Symptom Of Illness Festering Deep In Our Bones?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer testified ahead of the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying it was caused by Donald Trump pushing the "Big Lie," and is a symptom of an illness that is "festering" deep in the bones of the nation. These are Schumer's full remarks.

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AOC Implores House To Censure Paul Gosar

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez implored the House to censure Rep. Paul Gosar over his cartoon video depicting her killing and threat against the president. ""What is so hard? What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?" Ocasio-Cortez said.

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Schumer: BBB Will Be 'Beneficial' For Dems

Democrats may be tanking in polls right now, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told me they will hit the trail to sell their accomplishments, and voting for the Build Back Better Act will be "beneficial" to those who do it.

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Republicans Rail At 'Authoritarian' Vaccine Mandates

Republicans rallied on Capitol Hill Monday, led by Reps. Madison Cawthorn and Marjorie Taylor Greene, arguing that vaccines don't work, that mandates for first responders to vaccinated are dangerous and "authoritarian," and, as Rep. Andrew Clyde argued, are a "Romulan cloaking device" for defunding the police.

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Michael Burgess and Frank Pallone Spar on Prescription Drugs

Michael Burgess and Frank Pallone spar over prescription drugs.

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Scott Peters Votes Against Medicare Drug Negotiations

Rep. Scott Peters was one of just three Democrats to vote against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. His vote, along with those of Reps. Democrats Kathleen Rice and Kurt Schrader, prevents the measure from being included in the Democrats' reconciliation budget.

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Heated Rhetoric Flies in Bernie Sanders-John Barrasso Climate Showdown

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso and Vermont's Bernie Sanders had a sharp back and forth of climate. Sanders essentially dismissed Barrasso's amendment as useless and irrelevant.

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Sheldon Whitehouse Rips Coporate America, Republicans Over Climate Change

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ripped the GOP and corporate America for doing nothing on climate change for a decade, and said that's why Democrats now have to go it alone on passing climate laws through budget reconciliation.

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Bernie Sanders Unveils $3 5T Budget Bill

Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders offered a summary of the $3.5 trillion budget outline Democrats plan to pass, taking jabs at Republicans who oppose it. "My Republican friends will say.. 'Why aren't you more bipartisan in terms of reconciliation?' I would remind my Republican colleagues that they didn't have a problem with reconciliation when they gave almost $2 trillion in tax breaks to the very richest people."

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Greta Thunberg Testifies to Congress

Greta Thunberg: "How long do you believe the people in power like you will get away with it? How long do you think you can continue to ignore the climate crisis ... without being held accountable? You 'll get away with it now, but sooner or later people are going to realize what you have been doing all this time. That's inevitable. You still have time to do the right thing, and to save your legacies. But that window of time is not going to last for long. What happens then? We the young people are the ones who are going to write about you in the history books. We are the ones who get to decide how you will be remembered. So my advice to you is to choose wisely."

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Jon Stewart Demands Help For Veterans Harmed By Burn Pits

Jon Stewart: "Damn. For those that have fought and defended and serve this country -- for them to come home and have to fight against the very government that they volunteered to defend is immoral. It's unconscionable. And it's easily remedied. And they don't need to be put through another bureaucratic process and another clerical process. They don't need another study to determine whether or not it might not be that healthy to burn everything in sight 24 hours a day, seven days a week, next to where you're sleeping."

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Burn Pits Widow Tells Jon Stewart Her Tale

Jon Stewart usually gets the headline when he comes to DC, but he comes because of the people who need help. Here's Gina Cancelino, from Seaford, N.Y,, who had to raise her two daughters through the pandemic without her NYPD sergeant husband. He died in 2019 from a rare cancer after serving in Iraq near a burn pit. But she can't get military benefits for her kids. The VA recently denied her claim.

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Raskin Make Powerful Appeal To Senate Republicans To Stop Trump

Rep. Jamie Raskin: "is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the Senate to get back into the Oval Office. Donald Trump would stop inciting violence to get his way? would you bet the lives of more police officers on that? Would you bet the safety of your family on that? Would you bet the future of your democracy on that? President Trump declared his conduct totally appropriate. So, he gets back into office, and it happens again, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves."

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Eric Swalwell's Complete Impeachment Recounting of Trump's Mob invading the Capitol

Eric Swalwell reveals never-seen security video as he recounts how President Trump's mob surged through the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while Trump occasionally tweeted, and never ordered them to stand down.

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Watch The House Impeachment Managers' Video Case Against Trump

The House managers of former President Trump's second impeachment trial opened their case with a damning video montage of Trump's words and his mob's deeds as they stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Jamie Raskin Reads Article Of Impeachment Against Donald Trump

Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began Monday, Jan. 25, after House impeachment managers marched the article of impeachment across the Capitol to the Senate, crossing the halls where Trump's supporters marauded through just weeks before.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres: 'We have the makings of an FDR moment'

Ritchie Torres, the new representative from the South Bronx, said at Joe Biden's inauguration that Democrats have a chance to make history. "A Democratic House, a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president means that we have the makings of an FDR moment," Torres said. "We have a historic opportunity to govern as boldly in the 21st century as FDR did in the 20th century."

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Schumer Declares Trump Impeachment Trial Will Begin

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the House will send its article of impeachment to the Senate on Jan. 25. "There will be a trial and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the insurrection against the United States."

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Lee Zeldin At Biden Inaugural: 'We are a divided country'

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), one of Trump's leading defenders in Congress, talked about the future of a divided America at Joe Biden's inauguration."We are a divided country... I'm not going to make believe that our country is imminently on the verge of this, this perfect healing and unity that is going to start, you know, miraculously two hours from now. I think we have to look really not just in how we engage on these issues short term, but also this is a conversation for long term."

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Chuck Schumer Gives First Speech As Majority Leader

Chuck Schumer gave his first speech as Majority Leader of the United States Senate, noting how he's a kid from Brooklyn, a descendant of Holocaust survivors and the first Jewish leader of Congress's upper chamber. And he had a few parting shots for the Trump era.

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National Guard Troops at the Capitol

While Congress was debating and voting on the second impeachment of President Trump, National Guard troops were taking up station to guard against insurrection in the hallways and corridors where normally lawmakers, staff and tourists would be strolling. This is a snapshot of what it looked like.

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Katie Porter Grills Pharma Exec Over Bonus

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) cornered former Celgene CEO Mark Alles over his compensation, which included $500,000 in his last year from tripling the cost of a cancer medication.

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AOC Probes Conflict Of InterestDetails At Postmaster General DeJoy Hearing

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez left it to Democratic colleagues to pry into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's responsibility for mail delivery problems and mail-in voting. Instead, she drilled into provable specifics about potential conflicts of interest.

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Eric Swalwell Has A List Of Formerly 'Ludicrous' Things Trump Has Done

To counter Republican arguments that it would be ludicrous for President Trump to pardon himself. Rep. Eric Swalwell offered a list of things that Trump has done that were ludicrous before Trump did them.

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AOCs Blisters Ted Yoho

After Florida Rep. Ted Yoho offered an unsatisfactory apology for calling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "fucking bitch," AOC took to the floor for an hour with her Squad and a bunch of other Democrats to explain why that's so wrong. It's not just the words, it's the pervasive misogyny and attitude of violence towards women that are the problem, from President Trump on down.

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Nita Lowey Bids An Emotional Farewell To Congress

Donald Trump was he who shall not be named in Nita Lowey's farewell speech to Congress. She did against toxic partisanship and failed leadership at the top, but mostly she focused on what works -- decency, compassion and friendship. Both Lowey and the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, Kay Granger, got choked up saying how they felt.

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With All Due Respect, You Are A Hypocrite, Max Rose Tells Virginia Foxx

Rep. Virginia Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) was furious that Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) called her and Republicans hypocrites when he opposed her amendment to exempt federal contractors from paying prevailing wages. She only cares about the deficit when spending helps working people Rose said, but not when it helps billionaires. Foxx demands that Rose's words be "taken down," then squeak-hollers "Madame Speaker!" when he doubles down.

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Clyburn Say's He'll End In-Person Hearings If Republicans Won't Wear Masks

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Republicans On Coronavirus Committee Refuse To Wear Masks

While Congress's physician has told members of Congress to wear masks in closed rooms for hearings, the Republican members of the Coronavirus select committee refuse to. They say that since they sit six feet apart, there is no need. The Democrats are all wearing masks.

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Barry Loudermilk Does Not Understand Why George Floyd Died

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) said he really does not understand why George Floyd died under the knee of a police office. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) had the answer.

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Hakeem Jeffries Demands Justice In Policing Act

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: "It's time to end racial profiling, time to criminalize the chokehold, time to demilitarize the police, time to end qualified immunity, time for a national standard on the excessive use of force, time for a database on brutal officers, time to expand the Justice Department Office of Civil Rights is jurisdiction, time for the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act."

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Swalwell Warns 'A Storm Is Coming' On Social Media

After Facebook took down ads run by the Trump campaign that included symbols used by the Nazis, Rep. Eric Swalwell wanted to know from social media executives how many times a campaign could commit such violations before getting banned. He also wanted to know how companies will respond to inflammatory interference if Trump loses. "A storm is coming," he warned in the Intelligence Committee hearings.

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Cedric Richmond Erupts At Matt Gaetz

Cedric Richmond told Republicans they were not his friends, as the offered amendment to the Justice in Policing bill on the Mueller investigation and Antifa. Matt Gaetz got furious.

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Philonise Floyd Weeps As He Testifies

"I just wish," Philonise Floyd said of his brother, George Floyd, pausing to wipe tears, "I could get him back." "Those offices, they get to live.":

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Angela Underwood Jacobs Mourns Slain Brother and Federal Officer In Hearing

George Floyd's brother was not the only grieving sibling to testify on police reform to Congress and the Judiciary Committee. Angela Underwood Jacobs also spoke movingly about her brother, Patrick Underwood, a federal officer killed on the courthouse steps in Oakland during the civil unrest.

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Philonise Floyd Gives Heartbreaking Testimony on George Floyd, His Brother.

The brother of George Floyd delivered moving testimony at a Judiciary Committee hearing on legislation sparked by the unarmed man's killing by police who kneeled on his neck in Minneapolis.

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Sen. Sasse Calls His Committee's Debates 'Bullshit'

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse got impatient with the time debate was taking before a vote on subpoenas in the probe of the Russia investigation, and fumed that "I say it's bullshit the way people grandstand for cameras in here."

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Barragan Details White House Lies That Cost Lives

While former BARDA director Rick Bright and others were warning the White House of the looming COVID-19 crisis, President Trump and others kept telling the public was well. Rep. Nannette Barragan detailed those contradictions and asked what it cost. The answer from Bright was lives.

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Rand Paul Spars With Anthony Fauci

Sen. Rand Paul said Covid-19 has been "relatively benign" outside of New England, children have a very low mortality rate, schools should be reopened, and people like Anthony Fauci should have more humility in their predictions about the economy. Fauci responded he doesn't do economic advice, and as far as being humble, he's said he'll remain so, especially since it is still unclear how kids are affected, and more are showing rare syndromes from the disease.

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Congress's Coronavirus Face Mask Debacle

The attending physician of the House of Representatives created careful guidelines to lower the risks for members of Congress to meet and not spread Covid-19. Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern tried to get lawmakers to follow them. But most lawmakers didn't really care much for the rules, and it was a face mask mess.

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McConnell Promises To Win War On Coronavirus

Mitch McConnell vows the nation will defeat coronavirus and the economy will "soar" again as the Senate prepares to pass a $2 trillion covid-19 economic rescue bill.

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Lindsey Graham Says 'Stop Negotiating' Coronavirus Deal

A frustrated Lindsey Graham took to the Senate floor to demand that negotiations on a massive corona virus bill come be ended.

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McConnell Says Coronavirus Hit Home When It Hit The Senate

Mitch McConnell seemed especially concerned that coronavirus had reached the Senate, infecting Rand Paul, the junior senator fro Kentucky, and not just their constituents.

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Rand Paul Suggests Immigrants Are 'Non People'

Sen. Rand Paul delayed passage of emergency coronavirus aid because he wanted a vote on his amendment to bar child tax credits from anyone who doesn't have a Social Security number. Such undocumented immigrants are not "legitimate" persons, he said. The amendment was overwhelmingly rejected.

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Durbin Floats Telework For Senators

Sen. dic Durbin (D-Ill.) says it's time for the Senate to change the way it does business, and model the social distancing behavior being asked of the public to combat coronavirus. He says the Senate needs to look at remote voting.

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Katie Porter Wins CDC Promise To Pay For Coronavirus Testing

Rep. Katie Porter showed federal health officials what it costs to get tested for coronavirus if you don't have insurance, and showed CDC Director Robert Redfield that he has the authority to make those tests free. Then she got him to say he will do it.

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Dem Say Republicans Would Let Drug Firms Cash In On Coronavirus Cures

Chuck Schumer and Pat Leahy charged that Republicans are holding up emergency coronavirus funding over Democrats' insistence that drug companies should not cash in on taxpayer funded research.

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Trump Coronavirus Confusion Roils Capitol Hill

Trump administration officials gave dramatically different takes on the coronavirus to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, sometimes contradicting themselves and all saying the situation is much more dangerous than the reassurances coming from President Trump and some in the White House.

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Rashida Tlaib Asks Census Director 'Do I look White?'

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) had a question that the director of the U.S. Census didn't really want to answer: "Do I look white to you?" It wasn't a pop cultural sensitivity quiz, but a query that aimed for the heart of an ongoing problem with the U.S. Census, which is just getting started in remote parts of the country. That is that it seems likely to wind up significantly undercounting immigrants and minorities, and in her case, labeling one of two Muslim women in Congress "white."

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McConnell Says The GOP Won On Impeachment

Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer each said their parties came out on top after impeachment. McConnell was blunt: "I think you'd have to conclude from this episode that we won and they lost."

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Rudy Giuliani Does Have A Line To DOJ

The Justice Department said Attorney General Bill Barr had nothing to do with Rudy Giuliani's effort to dig dirt on Joe and Hunter Biden in Ukraine, but Barr now says Giuliani has an open door, and there was an "intake process" set up for information like his.

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Schumer Says GOP Is Afraid To Buck Trump In Impeachment

Asked whether any Republicans agreed with him and Adam Schiff, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said they do, except they are afraid to challenge such a "vindictive," "nasty," "vicious" leader of their party.

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Whitehouse Rips USMCA For Ignoring Climate

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was the only Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee to vote against President Trump's USMCA trade deal. He did it because the deal almost entirely ignores the climate crisis.

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House Holds First Impeachment Hearing

the House Intelligence Committee launched the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry Wednesday with diplomats William Taylor and George Kent.

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Congress takes up the impeachment resolution.

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Oversight Committee Hears From Trump Adminstration On Deportations

The Oversight Committee is grilling DHS and ICE on deportations of ill children.

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Trump Calls Constitution's Emoluments Clause 'Phony'

After President Trump backed down from holding the G-7 summit at his own Doral golf resort in the face of criticism that the Constitution's Emoluments Clause bars officials from taking money from foreign governments, Trump called the clause "phony." Rep. Steve Cohen pushed back in a House floor speech.

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Democrats Release 'Fact Sheet' Video On Ukraine

Democrats released this 'fact sheet' video to reinforce their case against Trump over his Ukraine meddling.

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Schiff Warns Trump He's Obstructing Congress

Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff detailed the problems Democrats see with President Trump preventing Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying. One issue -- obstructing Congress is likely to be an article of impeachment.

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Lee Zeldin Is 'Pissed' At 'Enraged' Liberals Over Impeachment

Rep. Lee Zeldin seemed to be blaming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The Squad for the impeachment inquiry, saying he's "pissed" that enraged liberals and a few members of Congress have leveraged primary election threats against other Democrats into the presidential probe.

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