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Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money.

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Meet the Republican team behind the House’s newest Democrat

WASHINGTON — Alex Ortiz thought he was done with Capitol Hill. After a decade as a staffer for “the representative for all Alaska,” Ortiz carried out the sad duty this spring of packing up Don Young’s office after the Republican’s sudden death — even at 88 years old, it still…

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Q&A: Who makes ‘the best members of Congress’? This former staffer has an idea

WASHINGTON — As far as Joe Sempolinski is concerned, “it would be an honor to serve for four minutes.”

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Nationwide abortion ban would put more patients at risk, doctors tell House lawmakers

WASHINGTON — Abortion restrictions in Texas and other states are preventing patients from receiving much-needed services, providers and advocates told Capitol Hill lawmakers Thursday.

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Who makes ‘the best members of Congress’? This former staffer has an idea - Roll Call

After winning a special election, New York Republican Joe Sempolinski will serve in Congress for just four months.

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GOPer brags aide leaving for Wall Street

"And her father already works for us," Bank of America CEO boasted in chummy exchange

Salon

‘We’re in a moral crisis’: US faith leaders urge lawmakers to combat poverty

Coalition gathers on Capitol Hill to deliver impassioned demand to improve life for low-income Americans

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With control on the line, these 10 senators are most vulnerable

WASHINGTON — Control of the Senate in 2023 remains a toss-up race itself, as Democrats seek to expand their tiny majority and Republicans attempt to flip the chamber.

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With control on the line, these 10 senators are most vulnerable

WASHINGTON — Control of the Senate in 2023 remains a toss-up race itself, as Democrats seek to expand their tiny majority and Republicans attempt to flip the chamber.

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With control on the line, these 10 senators are most vulnerable - Roll Call

In a 50-50 Senate, four of the top five most vulnerable are Democrats Cortez Masto, Warnock, Kelly and Hassan.

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They tried to modernize Congress. Now time is running out

WASHINGTON — They are the oddballs and the true believers on Capitol Hill, the ones who think civility is possible in these uncivil times.

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Biden administration talking with Congress about Taiwan security bill -White House

The Biden administration is talking with lawmakers on Capitol Hill about Taiwan security legislation, the White House said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Jan 6 committee planning more public hearings later this month

Televised hearings drew millions of viewers

The Independent UK

Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress' secrets in sealed rooms, lock bags

Security-sealed rooms and lock bags are some of the ways Capitol Hill keeps classified documents secured

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GOP outsider offers Beltway donors 30-minute sitdowns - Roll Call

Republican Joe Kent, who won a Washington primary railing against the D.C. establishment, is seeking contributions from Capitol Hill insiders.

Axios

Biden seeks $47 billion in emergency funding for COVID, monkeypox and Ukraine

The request comes as lawmakers on Capitol Hill face a September deadline to fund the government.

The Conversation

Workhorses, not show horses: Five ways to promote effective lawmaking in Congress

Americans dislike Congress, especially when it fails to act on pressing problems. They are then surprised by legislative accomplishments on climate change, gun control and maintaining competitiveness with China.

The Independent UK

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

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War in Ukraine has countries lining up to buy Fort Worth-built F-35 fighter jets

FORT WORTH, Texas — As F-35 joint strike fighters move from station to station along Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth production line, screens display information that includes the jet’s overall sequence number, the military base where it’s headed and the country that ordered it.

ABC News

Will Mike Pence be summonsed to testify before January 6 committee?

Former US vice-president Mike Pence says he will consider testifying before the committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots if he receives an invitation. But will he be summonsed?

The Independent UK

Five times Liz Cheney was Donald Trump’s biggest thorn on Capitol Hill

As the Jan 6 committee has shown, an anti-Trump voice in the GOP can be damaging

Tribune News Service

After ‘a lot of doors shut in our face,’ crusading couple celebrate passage of burn pit bill

The battle was just beginning for Le Roy Torres and his wife, Rosie, when the Army captain returned to Texas in 2008, already starting to suffer from the toxic substances he’d inhaled from the 10-acre burn pit at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.

The Independent UK

Learning from failures: How Biden scored win on climate plan

Many pieces of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda have been jettisoned over the last year, but his proposals on climate change remain largely intact

The Independent UK

Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins

Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens

Sports Illustrated

Five Senators to Reintroduce College Athlete Bill of Rights

The bill has proposals on transfer limits, NIL, the ability to return to school after a professional draft and more.

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