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Chuck Schumer Scrambles To Save the Marijuana Banking Bill He Blocked Last Year

The Senate majority leader is suddenly keen to pass legislation that he portrayed as a threat to broader reform.

Reason

House Republicans scrutinize Biden with restored oversight tool

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom McClintock wanted to learn more about President Joe Biden’s response to known or suspected terrorists trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. So, the California Republican introduced a resolution to ask the Homeland Security Department for any document relating to encounters like those since Biden’s inauguration.

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House Republicans scrutinize Biden with restored oversight tool - Roll Call

Resolutions of inquiry are back, and they hint at what Republicans are planning should they regain control of the House in the midterms.

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Climate pins join a long line of Capitol Hill lapel adornments - Roll Call

In optics-obsessed Washington, where a necktie color hints at partisan loyalty and flag pins are de rigueur, the climate-themed lapel pin has arrived.

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Proxy voting rises when Congress usually flies in and out of town, analysis finds

WASHINGTON — A line of idling cars quietly rumbled near the House steps last Friday, ready to whisk lawmakers back to the campaign trail and away from Washington until after the midterm elections.

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Proxy voting rises when Congress smells jet fumes

On days when Congress is scheduled to arrive or leave Washington, the number of members voting by proxy increases by double digits.

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At conference short on GOP voices, Biden says US can end hunger

President Joe Biden told several hundred people Wednesday that he envisions a U.S. with fewer deaths from diet-related diseases and parents better able to put food on the table.

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At conference short on GOP voices, Biden says US can end hunger - Roll Call

President Biden also appeared to forget that a Republican lawmaker who backed the hunger conference was killed in a car accident last month.

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Biden's goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained

The first White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health since 1969 is happening in late September. Some are worried the administration won't be able to meet the high bar that conference set.

WEKU

Five key takeaways from seventh January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Tuesday’s wide-ranging hearing attempted to link former President Donald Trump to far-right groups that stormed Capitol.

Al Jazeera

Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to hold a hunger summit, more than 50 years after President Richard Nixon convened a similar one, will put a spotlight not only on shortcomings in the current programs but also on issues that emerged over the decades since.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges

The administration's hunger summit faces challenges that have emerged since 1969, when the Nixon administration held a similar event.

Roll Call

GMOs Are Good for Us

The activists who say otherwise are wrong on the costs and wrong on the science.

Reason

US speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Ukraine, meets President Zelenskyy

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war.

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Why Do Legalizers Keep Blocking Pot Banking?

Chuck Schumer claims to favor repealing the federal ban on marijuana. So why did he sink legislation that would have removed federal obstacles to banking services for pot businesses?

Benzinga

House Committee Clears Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill For Floor Vote This Week

A key House committee on Wednesday formally advanced a bill to federally legalize marijuana to the floor, making in order a number of amendments and blocking others as part of a final rule.

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‘Nauseously woke,’ lunch in the Capitol and unicorn poop - Congressional Hits & Misses - Roll Call

Sen. James Lankford prolonged the Senate adjourning for snacks while Sen. Richard J. Durbin rattled off the weirdest possible vape flavors. Rep. Jim McGovern threatened to lower the temperature in the House Rules Committee if members didn’t speed up comments. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden outed Sen. Mitch McConnell, saying that…

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A Groundhog Day fight in Rules Committee over resolutions of inquiry - Roll Call

The fight over the minority party's rights in the House is exemplified by the Rules Committee debate over using resolutions of inquiry.

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