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Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

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Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel - Roll Call

Maine senator Susan Collins is poised to become the Republican on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

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Senator Susan Collins warns of violent threats: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if a senator or House member were killed’

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has also received numerous threats

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Lawmakers eye lame duck for unfinished business on insulin

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate duo is still working to pass a bill to overhaul insulin prices, but the outlook is complicated by the messy drug pricing system, politics and a busy congressional calendar.

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Lawmakers eye lame duck for unfinished business on insulin - Roll Call

A bipartisan insulin affordability measure faces myriad obstacles, but a Senate duo hope the lame duck offers promise for passage.

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Boston Fed's Collins says 'higher unemployment' needed

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

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Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future

WASHINGTON — The House quickly took up and passed its response to a Senate proposal on how to overhaul a 135-year-old law governing the counting of presidential electoral votes, sending the hot-button issue back to the other side of the Capitol.

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The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election

The bill would amend the Electoral Count Act, which legal experts have called vague and confusing. The legislation is similar to a somewhat narrower bill from a bipartisan group of senators.

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Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future - Roll Call

Lawmakers in both chambers are hoping to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887, but can’t agree on how — and time is slipping away.

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Congress eyes strongest response yet to Jan. 6 attack

House Democrats are voting this week on changes to a 19th century law for certifying presidential elections

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Democrats punt same-sex marriage vote until after election

Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, a blow for the legislation that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.”

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Same-sex marriage bill stalls in Senate amid GOP opposition - Roll Call

Senate Democrats punted a vote on a bill to bolster same-sex marriage rights until after the midterm elections Thursday.

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GOP's most vulnerable senator is in a bind over same-sex marriage vote

A looming Senate vote on legislation supporting same-sex marriage has created a political bind for Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, the most at-risk GOP senator in the November election.

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Guess what, women can vote! Is that why even hardline anti-abortion Republicans are backtracking?

In the weeks after Roe v Wade was overturned, there was a huge rush to register to vote. Now rightwing candidates are toning down their rhetoric but history tells us they can’t be trusted, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Ted Cruz won’t support bipartisan same-sex marriage legislation

Mr Cruz says the bill lacks protections for “religious liberty” but two of its’ co-sponsors say that is not true

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GOP senators may hold out on revealing same-sex marriage position until after vote

Only a handful have come out publicly in support of the bill so far.

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Democrats face big legislative to-do list in sprint to midterms

Senate Democrats, fresh off a string of legislative victories, return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before November’s midterm elections, including passing billions more in Ukraine and pandemic aid.

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Three Reforms to Protect Democracy from Election Denialism

Second post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Edward Foley outlines the Team Progressive Report.

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Fed tackles inflation with its most diverse leadership ever

When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole in the late 1990s, there was a happy hour for women who attended the event

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Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON — Potential changes in control of one or both chambers in the midterm elections could put the practice of earmarking federal funds for local projects on the chopping block in the next Congress.

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Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms - Roll Call

Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block.

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‘We were all there on Jan. 6’: Manchin, Collins make the case for elections overhaul

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill that overhauls a century-old election law may not be perfect, but doing nothing after the 2020 election could be far worse, senators heard Wednesday.

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Update to electors law desperately needed, senators declare

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin are making the case for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act

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Manchin, Collins make the case for their bipartisan elections overhaul

A bill that overhauls the Electoral Count Act may not be perfect, but doing nothing after the 2020 election may be worse, senators heard.

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Trump claims Senate electoral count reform effort proves Mike Pence could’ve overturned 2020 election for him

The Senate is currently considering legislation that would prevent any future Vice President from unilaterally rejecting electoral votes as Mr Trump had pushed him to do on January 6

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