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Senate passes historic vote ensuring health care relief for military veterans exposed to burn pits

WASHINGTON — Help is on the way for hundreds of thousands of veterans suffering from 9/11-like toxic exposure illnesses after the U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed the most significant expansion of the Veterans Administration in modern times.

Tribune News Service

Legalizing Pot Requires GOP Support

With its unnecessarily complicated and contentious provisions, the MORE Act received only three Republican votes in April.

Reason

In a boost, McConnell backs Senate bipartisan gun deal

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced his support for his chamber’s emerging bipartisan gun agreement

The Independent UK

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John Oliver on big tech: ‘Ending a monopoly is almost always a good thing’

The Last Week Tonight host examined Google, Amazon and Apple and efforts to address ‘anti-competitive conduct’

The Guardian - US

A Recipe For Success? Lawmakers Discuss Cannabis Bill That Would Have It All – Banking, Research, Veterans

Will there be an omnibus cannabis legalization bill enacted this year in the U.S.? According to recent discussions, anything is possible.

Benzinga

Gun reform plan gets key Republican support in US Senate

The bill includes support for state ‘red flag’ laws and tougher background checks for firearms buyers under 21.

Al Jazeera

Chuck Schumer Or Nancy Mace: Whose Cannabis Legalization Bill & Which Candidates Are The Largest Weed Companies Supporting?

Federal cannabis reform will be created in the image and likeness of whichever political party is in office when it finally happens.

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Is A Compromise On The Horizon? Why Schumer Might Act On Cannabis Banking Sooner Rather Than Later

The Senate has been under pressure from all sides recently to pass the SAFE Banking Act that would "help cannabis-related businesses, support innovation, create jobs, and strengthen public safety in our com

Benzinga

Congress’s big tech crackdown quickens with rare show of unity

A bipartisan group of lawmakers defended a bill to rein in big technology companies, signaling that momentum is building for the first major piece of legislation to curb the power of giant online platforms.

Tribune News Service

Son of oldest Buffalo shooting victim tells lawmakers to step up on gun violence or bow out: ‘My mother’s life mattered’

NEW YORK — Step up, or step down.

Tribune News Service

Senate gun law negotiators working toward a deal by the end of the week

Negotiations have narrowed proposals to address school safety, standards for safe gun storage, federal support for mental health programs and incentives for states to create red flag laws.

WEKU

Schumer tells Democrats to "keep talking" to GOP about gun legislation

"We know we're not going to get everything we want," Schumer said.

Axios

US Congress mulls action on gun control following mass shootings

Senators report progress in bipartisan talks on potential reforms, but Republican opposition may prove insurmountable.

Al Jazeera

Antitrust bill's progress sparks tech lobbying splurge

As a bill to ban companies from preferencing their own products advances, firms are fighting back.

Axios

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Manchin's bipartisan energy talks crumble, paving way for Democrat-only deal

Republicans are convinced Manchin is close to a reconciliation deal with Chuck Schumer.

Reason

Biden Tiptoes Closer to Mass Forgiveness of Federal Student Loan Debt

Biden wants to forgive $10,000 in federal loan debt per borrower, regardless of whether they need it.

The Independent UK

Block of COVID funds risks US lives, White House says

The Biden administration foresees unnecessary deaths if lawmakers don’t approve billions of dollars more to brace for the pandemic’s next wave

Reason

The Senate's Latest Gun Bill Will Fail, but Not Because of the Filibuster

Democrats love to blame their troubles on Senate rules. They should look in the mirror instead.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Put gun safety on voters’ minds this November

Congressional Republicans are about power, not being moral or rational. They have to be taken on and taken out politically.

Reason

The Return of Earmarks Means More Pork-Barrel Spending by Congress

Lawmakers stuffed more than $8 billion in pet projects into an omnibus federal spending bill passed in March. But wait, didn't Congress ban earmarks back in 2011?

WEKU

Senators are continuing talks during recess to find a compromise on gun legislation

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he's optimistic that something can be done to address mass shootings like the one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children.

Axios

Manchin serious about Schumer talks

He’s prepared to back tax increases in a Democrat-only bill.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Tribune News Service

Senate Republicans tap Cornyn for bipartisan gun talks

WASHINGTON — Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday he’s looking forward to discussing ways of combatting gun violence with his colleagues across the aisle, but cautioned that there are limits on the types of proposals he could support.

The Independent UK

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate

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