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The 118th Congress is off to a historic start. Here's a look at the first day

In the Senate, Mitch McConnell became the longest serving Senate leader in history. Meanwhile, the House failed to elect a speaker in a single ballot, the first time in a century.

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Donald Trump’s Tax Returns Are Now Public: What You Need To Know

The House Ways and Means Committee released thousands of pages of President Donald Trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020.

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Republicans prepare to reopen the House gallery to the public

WASHINGTON — After nearly three years of pandemic- and insurrection-related security restrictions, tourists next week will be allowed into the House gallery, and unescorted visitors on official business will be able to enter House office buildings.

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Republicans prepare to reopen the House gallery to the public - Roll Call

Republicans are ready to reopen the House gallery to the public and drop the requirement that visitors to House offices have staff escorts.

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As GOP takes House control, where does Chamber of Commerce stand?

Policy stances and political endorsements by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce riled some Republicans who will be in the House majority next year.

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GOP congressman accuses Biden of ‘fooling himself’ on Ukraine aid

A Republican congressman contended ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress on Wednesay that Joe Biden was the biggest hurdle standing in between Capitol Hill and Washington approving more aid to Ukraine.

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In risky venture out of Ukraine, Zelenskyy gets warm US welcome — and Patriot missiles

WASHINGTON — As Washington prepared for a risky wartime visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, the Biden administration announced $1.8 billion in new aid to Ukraine, including a sophisticated Patriot missile battery that the country’s military has long sought.

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How 2 new House members plan to 'work across the aisle' in the next Congress

It's a time of transition on Capitol Hill. As departing lawmakers pack up their things, first-time lawmakers like Maxwell Frost and Mike Lawler are getting ready to settle in.

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Big Tech divided and conquered to block key bipartisan bills

A passionate and bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the country’s largest technology companies collapsed this week, the victim of an epic lobbying campaign by Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta.

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Medicare pay cuts will hurt seniors’ care, doctors argue

Doctors are urging Congress to call off cuts scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1 in the reimbursements they receive from Medicare.

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House committee votes to release Donald Trump’s tax returns – as it happened

Records to be shared with public after committee spends hours in private deliberation

The Guardian - US

Five key conclusions from the January 6 panel’s final session

The House committee has issued the first sections of its report and recommended criminal referrals for Trump

The Guardian - US

Rail workers to Biden: We need sick days

Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib and many union leaders join rail workers in protest over enforced contract

Salon

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 17 December 2022

This man needs little introduction. He's a scoundrel who drank his own bath water. A gambling exemplar of modern techno-capitalism. And if we lived in a just society, Sam Bankman-Fried would be TIME magazine's Person of the Year.

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Omnibus showdown - Roll Call

CQ Roll Call reporters outline what to expect in a final omnibus spending bill and how a climactic week on Capitol Hill may play out.

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What to read (and gift): Capitol Hill insiders share their favorite books of 2022 - Roll Call

Books are the ultimate power gift in political Washington, so we asked some people with impressive-sounding job titles for their picks.

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Deal reached on framework for omnibus spending bill

WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans have reached a topline spending agreement for a fiscal 2023 omnibus, three of the four top appropriators on Capitol Hill said late Tuesday.

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FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Testify In Front Of US House Financial Committee

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried announced on Friday that he will testify before Congress

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Georgia vote gives Harris reprieve as Senate tiebreaker

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Democrats and Republicans unite to sell out the American worker. Maybe we need a Labor Party

The stories of America's rail workers are often told anonymously — no need to further antagonize their bosses, who set their schedules and who can, and do, make their lives miserable — and yet the details are painfully familiar to millions in a U.S. labor force in which the term…

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Appropriations blame game — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill full from Thanksgiving break and, among other things, got back to work on funding the government before the current CR expires on Dec. 16. Highlights from this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses include House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House…

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House GOP overlooks antisemitism in its ranks, points at Democrats

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are declining to condemn and punish antisemitism within their own party, preferring instead to argue that Democrats have the prejudice problem.

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How to stay ‘alarmingly authentic’ while working on the Hill - Roll Call

Exiting spox Jenna Valle-Riestra has some thoughts after a few eventful years on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Brooklyn’s Rep. Hakeem Jeffries expected to make history leading House Democrats

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a son of Brooklyn, is expected to be elected Wednesday as the leader of the House Democrats, less than a decade after the former state lawmaker first arrived on Capitol Hill.

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As FTX burned, lawmakers said to be dithering over regulator

WASHINGTON — Congress opted to tread water on legislation that would clarify the agency in charge of the cryptocurrency industry, leaving lawmakers now without a regulator to blame for missing the signs of the FTX collapse this month and facing deep skepticism about some proposals.

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