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Windfall profits tax, consumer rebate options under discussion

WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Democrats are discussing ways to tax large oil and gas companies’ excess profits that could be tied to the recent spike in global crude oil prices and use the revenue to provide financial support to consumers impacted by higher costs at the pump.

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Campaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed

Ohio's primary election is scheduled for May 3 and it's just six weeks away

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Missouri Senate passes congressional map after weeks of bitter Republican infighting

The Missouri Senate approved a congressional map on Thursday, ending weeks of Republican infighting over how far to go in drawing GOP-leaning districts for partisan advantage.

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Democrat grills Republican official who refuses to say Biden was ‘duly elected’

Alabama attorney general was vocal supporter of ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign to overturn Trump’s election loss

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Republicans want Ron DeSantis as Trump’s 2024 running mate, new poll shows

Twenty-seven percent of Republican voters believe Trump should pick Ron DeSantis as his vice president

The Independent UK

GOP fundraising emails may have helped fuel Jan. 6 Capitol riot, House committee says

WASHINGTON — Republican National Committee fundraising emails to voters may have helped set the stage for the Capitol riot, the House Jan. 6 select committee said.

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Michael Hiltzik: In outbreak of charity and good sense, GOP governors in Utah and Indiana veto anti-trans bills

For those desperately seeking evidence that the Republican Party has not completely thrown in with its worst instincts, let us consider Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.

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Democrat Abby Broyles drops out of race for 5th District

Democrat Abby Broyles says she’s dropping out of the race for Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District

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Arizona Legislature OKs ban on gender-reassignment surgery

The Arizona House has voted to prohibit gender-reassignment surgery for minors and was scheduled to vote later on a bill banning transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams

The Independent UK

At the Races: KBJ OK TBD - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Takeaways: Jackson hearing shows breadth of partisan divide

The historic Senate hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court, have been joyful, combative and clarifying

The Independent UK

Controversial GOP candidate Mehmet Oz fired after refusing to quit president’s council on sports

TV host has claimed that Anthony Fauci is a ‘tyrant’ over mask and social distancing guidelines

The Independent UK

Republicans ready to roll back SCOTUS

During Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing, the GOP winked at plans to overturn Supreme Court precedents on marriage

Salon

Final day of hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in bid to join Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee will wrap up its fourth and final day of hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

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House Republicans look to counter Biden agenda - Roll Call

House Republicans are huddling to craft their overarching legislative agenda should they take the majority in November.

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Windfall profits tax, consumer rebate options under discussion - Roll Call

Driven by sharply higher gas prices, Democrats are discussing ways to tax large oil and gas companies' excess profits and return the money to consumers.

The Guardian - US

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing is a disgrace to her qualifications

The bad faith questions, the baseless accusations, the time wasting – Brown Jackson’s interrogators do not see her as an equal

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Make her Justice Jackson: The Senate should approve Ketanji Brown Jackson on a bipartisan basis

Give Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee credit for playing a clever double game. First, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn and others looked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the eyes and said that, unlike the way nasty Democrats (including former Sen. Joe Biden) savagely vilified…

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Exclusive poll: Inflation hits Latino support for Democrats

The latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll shows inflation has replaced COVID-19 as the top concern.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Is Trump losing his mojo? Several of his candidates are struggling in primaries

BOISE, Idaho — Running for governor as a disciple of Donald Trump, Janice McGeachin has done almost everything short of surgically attach herself to the former president.

The Independent UK

Legal experts to weigh in on last day of Jackson hearings

Legal experts and interest groups will be taking their turn to weigh in on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court

Tribune News Service

GOP support clears Senate path for bill on cocaine sentencing

Ten Senate Republicans have signed on to a bill that would eliminate the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack and powder cocaine, paving the way for likely passage in the evenly divided chamber where 60 votes are needed for most legislation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Darren Bailey and Jesse Sullivan win lottery for first and last spots on primary ballot

But does ballot position matter? Some experts say no. “It’s tradition. It’s part of the summer camp aspect of campaigning,” said political science professor Christopher Mooney. “But does it have an impact on average? No, it doesn’t. But again, in an individual case, who’s to say?”

The Independent UK

Vetoes show lack of GOP lockstep on transgender sports bans

Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports

Tribune News Service

South Carolina GOP candidate Katie Arrington blasts Mick Mulvaney in texts after ex-Trump chief of staff says she isn't best candidate

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week after he told a national news outlet she was "not the best candidate by any stretch of the imagination."

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