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GAVEL DOWN: Closing out the Week in Congress (Oct.…

Short holiday week here…  We're bringing you some congressional procedure as well as what your lawmakers are up to back home! Race for Speaker  |  Congress Goes...
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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

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

Both the House and Senate were out on recess this week. (No, it's not THAT kind of "recess.") A few Senators came back to...
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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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Gavel Down: Closing Out the Week in Congress

Both House and Senate were in recess this week for President's Day. Apple contested a court order involving unlocking the phone of San Bernardino...
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WEEKLY UPDATE: The Week Ahead in Congress

Congress is out for the President’s Day Recess. Attention in Washington has turned to the Supreme Court.   Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) With the...
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Gavel Down: Closing Out the Week in Congress

Senate passed a bill calling for greater sanctions on North Korea. It will get reconciled with the House version before another round of votes....
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Gavel Down: Nov. 9 – 13

Closing Out the Week in Congress Nov. 9 – 13 #Recess There was a collective exhale on Capitol Hill, as frenetic pace gave way to...
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