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Gavel Down: Closing Out the Week in Congress

The Senate failed to advance a bipartisan energy bill due to controversy over funding to aid Flint, Michigan. The House took another vote to end Obamacare,...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress

The Senate made it back into DC after snowstorm Jonas and began work on a major bipartisan energy bill. The House was out for...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Week in Congress

Relations with Iran warmed but "thaw" was not a word anyone was using in snowy Washington. The Senate was in but both major votes...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the week in Congress

President Obama delivered his final SOTU. Congress passed a soon-to-be-vetoed resolution disapproving a new water regulation, the Senate failed to advance a bill to...
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Gavel Down: Closing Out the Week in Congress

The House returned for the second session of the 114th Congress, starting with a long-awaited vote on the reconciliation bill to repeal parts of...
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Gavel Down: Closing out the Year in Congress: 2015

A staggering amount of policy made its way through the Capitol Hill maze in the first session of the 114th Congress — including big bills...
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Top Bills of 2015

POPVOX users from coast to coast messaged lawmakers about bills involving food safety, tax policy, and firearm regulations. Here’s an update on the top bills you...
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Gavel Down: Closing Out the Week in Congress: Dec.…

A staggering amount of policy made its way through the Capitol Hill maze  — impacting everyone and every sector of the economy. The $1.1 trillion...
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Gavel Down: Dec. 7 – Dec. 11

It was a “to be continued” sort of week in Congress. Negotiations continue on an end-of-year Omnibus spending bill and tax extenders, while a...
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Gavel Down: Nov. 30 – Dec. 4

It was a HUGE week — the long-term Highway Bill finally passed (in time to avoid a midnight Friday deadline). The Senate voted to...
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