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Senate Approves $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Funding Package
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Senate Approves $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Funding Package

By Caitlyn Kim | NPR News This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. The U.S. Senate passed an approximately $70 billion funding bill for federal immigration enforcement, without any reforms, early Friday morning, 52-47. Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper voted against the measure, while Sen. Michael Bennet missed the final passage vote and the preceding 18-hour marathon of back-to-back amendment votes known as a “vote-a-rama.” Instead, Bennet was back in Denver, where he hit the gubernatorial debate stage Thursday night for what he hopes will be his next job. A Bennet spokesperson noted that Bennet had returned to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and filed amendments to the reconciliation bill. “When it ...
Four House Republicans block effort to censure Ilhan Omar over Charlie Kirk comments
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Four House Republicans block effort to censure Ilhan Omar over Charlie Kirk comments

By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News House lawmakers voted to table the resolution before they could weigh the measure itself The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines on Wednesday to table a resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over comments about Charlie Kirk. Four House Republicans voted with Democrats to table the legislation, effectively blocking it from receiving its own House-wide vote. A vote to table is a procedural mechanism allowing House members to vote against consideration of a bill without having to vote on the bill itself. The measure was blocked in a narrow 214 to 213 vote. The four Republicans who voted to table the measure are Reps. Mike Flood, R-Neb., Tom McClintock, R-Calif., Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., and Cory Mills, R-Fla. McClintock...
Boebert’s request for prayer denied by Democrats in House chamber
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Boebert’s request for prayer denied by Democrats in House chamber

By Leif Le Mahieu | Daily Wire Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday while at an event in Utah. Democrats objected after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) requested a spoken prayer from the House floor for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday while holding an event at a university in Utah.  Kirk, 31, was shot and killed during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead. As news of the assassination spread, House Speaker Mike Johnson held a moment of silence in the House for Kirk. After the moment of silence, Boebert asked for a verbal prayer. “I believe silent prayer gets silent results,” Boebert said, according to the Wall Street Journal. Boebert’s request wa...
Congress Votes to Investigate Clinton Links to Epstein Network
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Congress Votes to Investigate Clinton Links to Epstein Network

By Misty Severi | Just the News A House subcommittee on Wednesday passed a motion to issue subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over their connection with former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The subcommittee does not have the power to issue the subpoenas themselves, but the orders are expected to be sent by House Oversight Chairman James Comer in the coming days. It is not clear if any deposition would take place during the chamber's August recess, or if the subject will wait until September. The motion was introduced by Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Scott Perry, who blasted Democrats for allegedly pretending to care about Epstein's victims. "It's disappointing how Democrats, who shielded this convicted sex criminal fo...
House Speaker bans men from women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill
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House Speaker bans men from women’s bathrooms on Capitol Hill

By Libby Emmons | The Post Millennial House Speaker Mike Johnson has issued a new edict saying that only women shall have permission to access women's bathrooms on Capitol Hill. The move from Johnson comes after South Carolina Rep Nancy Mace proposed a new rule that would deliver the same result Johnson has provided."All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings—such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms—are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson wrote. "It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol." "Women deserve women's only spaces," Johnson said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE POST MILLENNIAL

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