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Checks and Balances- August 2022

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Texas Dems uniformly vote for Biden’s cornerstone climate and health care legislation

The bill would invest billions into issues acutely impacting Texas, including climate change and health care, and is the result of months of intraparty fighting between moderates and progressives.

The Texas Tribune

2024 GOPers back federal worker purge

GOP plan could allow the next president to purge up to 50,000 civil servants and install die-hard supporters

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Records raise more questions about John Kerry’s Climate Office inner workings

BOSTON — John Kerry’s tight-lipped Climate Office appears to be so worried about putting anything down in writing they pushed for a meeting with the boss to discuss “all the elements we can’t put on paper,” new documents reveal.

Boston Herald

GOP bill would aid Trump federal "purge"

Rep. Chip Roy's would reclassify federal workers as at-will employees

Salon

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House

WASHINGTON — When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of House Republicans to the U.S.-Mexico border this year, he had a warning for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about what Republicans would do if they were in charge.

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"A constitutional joke": Raskin's lesson

Democratic Rep. Raskin called out GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas for his views on using guns against the government

Salon

Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House - Roll Call

GOP lawmakers already planning how they’ll handle immigration issues if they emerge victorious in November and win control of the House.

Roll Call

GOP lawmakers praised Pence for his ‘courage’ in defying Trump on Jan 6 in closed-door meeting

Former vice president reportedly received praise during meeting of the Republican Study Committee

The Independent UK

House Republicans praise Mike Pence for "courage" on Jan. 6

Pence spoke at a meeting with the Republican Study Committee, the largest bloc of House conservatives.

Axios

House passes bill preserving same-sex marriage as Democrats seek to counter Justice Thomas, GOP

WASHINGTON — House Democrats passed legislation Tuesday to strengthen same-sex marriage rights as Republicans emboldened by comments from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hope to topple other precedents following the reversal of Roe vs. Wade.

Tribune News Service

Burn pits legislation nears finish line with House approval

The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Texas Republicans criticize, tune out primetime hearing on Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — Dramatic new footage, startling revelations and graphic testimony made Thursday night’s opening salvo from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection must-see-TV for many Americans.

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House adopts red flag bill to confiscate guns in cases of ‘extreme risk’

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to allow confiscation of guns from individuals deemed an “extreme risk,” the morning after agreeing to ban teens from buying semi-automatic weapons like the one used by the 18-year-old who killed 21 people at a Uvalde elementary school.

Salon

Republicans behind Jan. 6 texts revealed

"POTUS needs to calm this sh*t down," lawmakers pleaded with Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: After the Buffalo shooting, Republicans nationwide have blood on their hands

Last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion access featured, shall we say, some interesting moments. Such as Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans United for Life, testifying that aborted fetuses help power streetlights in Washington, and Republican Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina trying to create a gotcha moment…

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House Judiciary Committee debates future of abortion rights

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee contemplated the overturning of Roe v. Wade at a hearing Wednesday, where doctors testified about the potential for prosecution of miscarriages, one House member told an unusually personal story of her pregnancies and Republicans called for the end of “abortion on demand.”

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House Judiciary Committee debates future of abortion rights - Roll Call

The hearing offered a preview of the explosive debates in Congress and statehouses if the justices overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Texts show even 2 Trump true-believers finally knew it was all a big lie

It turns out Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans weren’t alone in concluding that Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election was illegitimate and dangerous. Two top Trump-supporting Republicans said as much in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, according to newly revealed texts in possession of the House committee investigating…

The Independent UK

Texts show Utah Sen. Lee's early work to overturn election

Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away

Axios

Texts show how GOP lawmakers shifted on Trump's election conspiracies

"The messages speak for themselves," said a spokesperson for Rep. Chip Roy.

Mic

“Please tell me what I should be saying”: Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s desperate texts to Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows’ private texts continue to be a cesspool of GOP wrongdoing and stupidity around Jan. 6.

Salon

Conway: Lee texts expose Trump's lies

New texts from Mike Lee offer a "remarkable chronology" of Trump's failed attempt to overturn election loss

Salon

Mike Lee's texts: "This will end badly"

Lee pushed to connect Trump with attorneys Sidney Powell and John Eastman before realizing it was a huge mistake

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