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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress

Puerto Rico defaulted on largest debt payment so far, as lawmakers work on new legislative solution to the island’s debt crisis. Several much anticipated...
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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the week in Congress

The President announced a Supreme Court nominee and found common ground with the House in calling actions by ISIS "genocide." The House Budget Committee...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: The Week Ahead in Congress

The House returns and will take up bills to officially call violence by ISIS "genocide", to grant observer status to Taiwan in the International Criminal...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: The Week Ahead in Congress

This week: Energy Policy in the Senate It’s going to be a light week in Congress, with the House staying out due to the...
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Issue Spotlight: President Obama Oval Office Address on Security…

On Sunday night, President Obama addressed the nation. In the speech, he discussed the tragedy of San Bernardino, which he called “an act of...
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Should Congress authorize the use of force against ISIS?

  February 2015: President Obama requested authorization from Congress (Read the President’s letter to Congress.) By April, House GOP leaders said that there was...
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The Week Ahead in Congress: November 23rd-27th

With Congress in recess this week for Thanksgiving, here’s a look at bills related to military action against ISIS, safeguards and funding for admission...
Rachna Choudhry
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Issue Spotlight: Refugee Policies and U.S. Strategy for Combatting…

The horrific attacks in Paris have intensified ongoing discussions about the American strategy for combatting ISIS — or “ISIL” or “D’aesh. (See: Why John Kerry...
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