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Here’s what’s up with the #TNLeg “Extraordinary Session”

 On September 12, the Tennessee state legislature will reconvene for an “extraordinary session” called by Governor Bill Haslam.   One item on the agenda:...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress: Sept. 5-9, 2016

Congress is back from August recess, with legislative days ticking away. A bipartisan bill to protect sexual assault victims passed, as did a bill to...
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Weekly Update: The Week Ahead in Congress (Sep. 6-9, 2016)

Congress is back — and so is the POPVOX Weekly Update! Congress returns with four weeks to decide whether a short-term spending bill will run through...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the week in Congress

August recess has officially come and gone… Congress will return to the District next week, with our Weekly Update and Gavel Down newsletters back...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress (Aug. 21-26, 2016)

August recess is drawing to a close… Congress will return to the District after Labor Day, along with your Weekly Update and Gavel Down newsletters from POPVOX.   For...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress (Aug. 15-19, 2016)

Trans-Pacific Partnership is on the move… President Obama submitted notice to Congress, kicking off series of Congressional hearings and negotiations with the White House. Historic flooding...
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Gavel Down Closing out the Week in Congress

Zika funding's running out… Several lawmakers called for new funding bill. A federal judge questioned new gag-order rules, as mandated by USA Freedom Act. Pentagon...
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Gavel Down Closing out the Week in Congress

We're bidding our summer interns adieu… …as they share their biggest takeaways from covering and studying Congress. Major opioid legislation recently became law, and...
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I’ll Miss Rayburn Most of All: Internship Wrap-Up

I arrived to this internship surprisingly out of touch with politics, probably the least I’ve been since I first took civics in 2008. Like many...
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: Internship Wrap-Up

Way back in late May, I started interning here at POPVOX. It’s hard to believe it, but a whirlwind of 10 weeks has passed,...
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