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Senate approves treaty that would limit potent greenhouse gases - Roll Call

The Senate voted 69-27 Wednesday to approve the Kigali Amendment, a treaty that would limit highly potent greenhouse gases.

Roll Call

Pentagon discloses a record rate of sexual assaults - Roll Call

Of all servicemembers, 8.4 percent of women and 1.5 percent of men said they had been assaulted or that someone had tried to assault them.

Roll Call

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.

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Congress’ softball team vows to get win after straight losses since 2016

Last year, the contest got away from Congress’ rookie-heavy softball squad, but this time will be different, players say.

Roll Call

Senate passes burn pit bill a week after Republicans blocked legislation

’Shouldn’t have been this hard,’ comedian and advocate Jon Stewart tells The Independent after the vote

The Independent UK

Senate tees up vote on bill to aid vets exposed to burn pits

Legislation expanding health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans is nearing passage in Congress

The Independent UK

Mark Z. Barabak: Don't underestimate Kamala Harris. She's still the Democrat most likely to succeed Biden

As Democrats despair over President Joe Biden's unpopularity and cast about for an alternative, many overlook the obvious front-runner to succeed him as party leader:

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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.

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Senate passes major benefits expansion for sick veterans - Roll Call

The Senate passed a bill to expand health care and disability benefits for veterans who served in war zones and later contracted diseases.

Roll Call

SEC Chair Gensler Says Crypto Exchanges 'Operating Outside Of The Law': What You Need To Know

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler spoke at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange and Fintech Conference on Wednesday. One of the topics Gensler discussed in the Q&A session was cryptocurrency regulation.

Benzinga

Crypto legislation comes into focus

The one thing that crypto companies and skeptics can agree on is that more regulation is needed, especially in the U.S.

Axios

US Bipartisan Legislation Looks To Regulate Stablecoins And Protect Investors Following Terra Crash

With the bipartisan support of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), the Responsible Financial Innovation Act was proposed earlier today.

Benzinga

Bipartisan crypto bill outlines regulatory, tax framework - Roll Call

New legislation would treat cryptocurrency as a commodity and give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulatory authority.

Roll Call

Amid crypto turmoil, senators propose sweeping oversight

A bipartisan pair of senators has unveiled what would be the most wide-ranging legislative proposal to regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital assets

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Security or Commodity? New Crypto Legislation to Provide Clarity

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will introduce on June 7 the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, which proposes integrating digital assets formally into the American financial systems.

The Guardian - US

Out-of-this-world revelations in short supply at US Congress briefing on UFOs

Military admits to being ‘less than forthcoming’ as amateurs and senators say government should take the issue more seriously

The Independent UK

Lawmakers frustrated with classified briefings on UFOs, report says

The latest secret briefings on UFOs come four months after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act

The Independent UK

What to expect from the House panel hearing on UFOs, first public hearing of its kind in decades

Previous report found that more than 140 UFO sightings recorded since 2004 could not be explained

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Senate GOP puts up roadblocks to bipartisan House bill for veterans’ burn pit care

Thousands of military veterans who are sick after being exposed to toxic smoke and dust while on duty are facing a Senate roadblock to ambitious legislation designed to provide them care.

WEKU

Senator says Biden should consider Defense Production Act to boost baby formula supply

Regular and specialized baby formulas have been running low across the U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she will ask President Biden to consider using the Defense Production Act to boost production.

Mic

Fashion workers are notoriously exploited. The U.S. might finally pass a law protecting them.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s FABRIC Act would be the first federal law governing the fashion industry’s labor practices.

The Independent UK

What to expect from the House panel hearing on UFOs, first public hearing of its kind in decades

Previous report found that more than 140 UFO sightings recorded since 2004 could not be explained

The Guardian - US

Mississippi governor refuses to rule out banning contraception

‘That is not what we’re focused on at this time,’ says Tate Reeves while state has ‘trigger law’ that would outlaw almost all abortions

The Guardian - US

Gillibrand calls abortion rights ‘fight of generation’ after ‘bone-chilling’ court draft opinion

New York Democrat urges her party to stand up to concerted efforts from Republicans seeking to abolish constitutional right

The Independent UK

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls on men to imagine they have no authority over their bodies in defense of abortion rights

The junior senator from New York also hit out at the conservative Supreme Court majority in her remarks on Thursday.

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