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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress (Aug.…

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.…

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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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress

Congress is back home working… And we're sending a summer version of Gavel Down — full of how current events relate to Congressional happenings, as well as...
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The 114th Congress by the Numbers (so far)

The 114th Congress has passed a significant number of major policies into law. With six months left until it officially adjourns at the end of...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

As Congress heads home for seven weeks… We bring you a summer version of Gavel Down — full of how current events relate to Congressional...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

A week full of legislating before departing for seven-week recess…  Two bills head to the White House — GMO labeling and opioid addiction and treatment — after...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

A week of tragedies throughout the country and lots of legislating on the Hill… Twelve police officers and two civilians were shot by snipers in Dallas, following police-involved...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

Big week on the Hill, with bills becoming law… Senate passed legislation to help Puerto Rico restructure its $70B in debt — President Obama...
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