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2022 vote studies: Proxies helped keep participation at record pace

WASHINGTON — A year after setting a record for vote participation, thanks largely to a pandemic-driven House rule allowing members to delegate someone else to vote for them, Congress kept up the pace in 2022 — even as the number of votes taken increased.

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Chicken-or-egg game is on as Congress barrels toward debt limit

WASHINGTON — A House budget resolution will be delayed in part to allow for negotiations with President Joe Biden on a debt limit increase paired with some sort of concessions on spending and other policies acceptable to Republicans, according to House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington.

Tribune News Service

GOP return to anti-Clinton playbook

Rep. James Comer is running the same game Rep. Dan Burton played when Bill Clinton was in the White House

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Judge's order suggests more Trump tapes

Judge rules Trump duped his own lawyers in Mar-a-Lago case, orders attorney to testify and turn over transcriptions

Salon

Coordinated focus let House Jan. 6 panel grab the public’s attention

WASHINGTON — Through more than a dozen hearings, an 18-month investigation and a more than 800-page final report, the bipartisan House Jan. 6 select committee did something rare — it presented a single argument to the public.

Tribune News Service

As Cuba election day nears, some voters ask, 'why bother?'

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Reuters

DeSantis takes direct shot at Trump ahead of potential indictment

"It's not important for me to be fighting with people on social media."

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First Thing: Donald Trump ‘wants to be handcuffed’ for court appearance

Sources say former president plans to turn appearance into a spectacle. Plus, eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate emergency

The Guardian - UK

Trump's justice, America's reckoning

What do we do if Donald Trump is not held accountable and vanquished?

Salon

Trump keeps accusing Black prosecutors of being ‘racist’. Coincidence? I think not

The political and racial maneuvering here is obvious and ridiculous, but that doesn’t make it less dangerous

The Guardian - US

Biden issues first veto of his presidency

Welcome to the Wednesday, March 22, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Candidates for open City Council seats in South Side’s 4th, 5th Wards focus on public safety, development

A state lawmaker and the outgoing incumbent’s chief of staff are vying for the open seat in the 4th Ward. And just to the south, a lawyer is competing against a religious charity director in the 5th Ward.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fox News viewers still love their lies

Republican voters, party leaders, and propagandists share a fundamental belief: That the truth doesn't matter

Salon

Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill"

The new speaker's signature bill is a wasteful giveaway to fossil-fuel companies — that will only drive prices up

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: ‘Cancel culture’ has its merits, but the left is ready for a better approach

It used to be almost exclusively the political right that complained about the amorphous boogeyman known as “cancel culture.” Recently, at our research center dedicated to diversity and inclusion, we’ve noticed an intriguing shift in the zeitgeist: Complaints have started surfacing on the left.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: From red bastion to blue bulwark: What the political shift in Colorado and West means for the US

DENVER — Kevin Priola was a Republican before he could even vote.

Axios

Republicans' COVID vaccine tightrope

Experts say there's a fine line between responsibly scrutinizing policy and fueling misinformation.

The Independent UK

Trump asking friends if he should smile for cameras if arrested, reports say

Trump wants to show ‘defiant’ face to his supporters, reports say

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Yes, Trump can run for president if he's indicted, but winning is a different story

There is nothing in the Constitution prohibiting people with criminal records from running for president, but voters historically turn on candidates with legal challenges.

The Guardian - US

‘My name is cleared’: the US workers fighting back against union busting

Organizers say an increased unionizing drive has been met with threats and retaliation – and now the Senate wants answers

Tribune News Service

Q&A: GOP freshman class president Russell Fry talks dad jokes, new House Republicans and Trump

WASHINGTON — South Carolina freshman Russell Fry came to Congress by beating Rep. Tom Rice, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot’s knee-jerk firing of city’s labor negotiator was a needless flex

No matter how much the comments by the city’s longtime chief labor negotiator’s stung, Lightfoot’s response in giving him the pink slip was petty and emblematic as to why the thin-skinned mayor wasn’t reelected.

The Independent UK

What does indicted mean and what charges could Trump face?

Donald Trump would become first president in US history to face felony charges if indicted

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The next chapter: COVID emergency draws down, but COVID will remain

The end of the pandemic has been less like a car slamming on the brakes and more like a ship that has turned off its engines and is slowly gliding to a stop.

Tribune News Service

Melinda Henneberger: Govs. Newsom and DeSantis both believe in the state’s power to tell us how to live

The two governors who are most successfully hawking their competing worldviews on the national stage right now both have big ideas, big egos and — as they love to point out — big hair.

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