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Congress
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Pentagon presses Congress to write the ‘Department of War’ name into law in the final defense bill
Both the House and Senate Armed Services versions of the defense bill would make the Department of War name law. The Pentagon and White House want it kept in the final bill,…
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Trump’s $810 million rescission request tests Congress’s budget powers as the 45-day clock runs past Election Day
The White House says its $810 million September rescission package would cut unnecessary and wasteful spending. GAO calls the timing unlawful, and House Budget Democrats want to ban the tactic. The review…
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Golden Dome hits early milestones as senators from both parties press for steadier funding
President Trump’s missile-defense shield has an operational site and two tests behind it, but most of its 2027 money depends on a stalled reconciliation bill. Senate Armed Services members of both parties…
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Kennedy presses DHS on Batavia detention expansion as the administration points to Albany and the 2024 vote
Rep. Tim Kennedy wants answers by Nov. 2 on a roughly $16.7 million ICE expansion in Batavia. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says voters backed mass deportations, and ICE says New York’s…
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Senate Budget chair Ron Johnson’s defense blueprint heads into the lame duck as the deficit nears $2 trillion
Sen. Ron Johnson’s fiscal 2027 budget resolution, which would make room for $60 billion more for the military through reconciliation, has stalled since August. It returns after the election as Treasury reports…
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Trump-backed $1.15 trillion defense bill and Dec. 11 funding deadline await Congress after the election
The House passed a $1.15 trillion NDAA matching President Trump’s request, but the Senate bill stalled 50-46. With a stopgap expiring Dec. 11 and a $60 billion defense reconciliation instruction pending, the…
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Langworthy holds a 37-to-1 cash edge in NY-23 as Gies outraises him again in the final stretch
Rep. Nick Langworthy entered the last weeks of the NY-23 race with nearly $2 million in the bank to Aaron Gies’ $54,000. But FEC filings show the Democrat has outraised the incumbent…
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Could Tom Suozzi really become Democrat Minority Leader? With Pelosi’s help, yes.
By Staff Reporter As the government shutdown enters its fourth grueling day, with furloughed federal workers and shuttered national parks dominating headlines, the real drama unfolds behind closed doors on Capitol Hill.…
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ANALYSIS: AOC likely to trounce Schumer in primary battle for prized Senate seat in 2028
By Staff Reporter NEW YORK — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces an existential threat from within his own party. At 75, the Brooklyn-born power broker is grappling with a resurgent progressive…
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Republicans float Langworthy as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for Speaker
Rep. Nicholas Langworthy is being widely floated as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for the Speakership of the House of Representatives. At age 42 years old, Langworthy would become the youngest Speaker of…
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Tribal leaders ask Pelosi to step aside ahead of midterms
(December 28, 2021) — Clint Halftown, the federally recognized leader of the Cayuga Nation of New York, has privately asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step aside from the Speakership post as soon…
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House earmarks requests: Why, what, and who?
BY KEVIN KOSAR and ZACHARY COURSER This year, after a 10-year moratorium, the majority leadership in the House of Representatives reinstituted the ability of members to submit federal funding requests for projects…
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Senator asks IRS to strip conservative group of nonprofit status over COVID-19
Reminiscent of the Obama Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) witch hunt of conservative groups, a U.S. Senator who sits on the committee that oversees the tax agency is pushing it to revoke a…
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Higgins will ask Republicans to support him in bid for Speakership
Rep. Brian Higgins is planning to run for Speaker of the House of Representatives, challenging Nancy Pelosi‘s grasp of the party at a time when severe election losses leave her weak and…
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McConnell open to Feinstein joining Republican caucus
A Kentucky-based political operative with longtime ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells The Chronicle that McConnell is “very open to the idea” of California Senator Diane Feinstein joining the Republican…
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Yearbook shows Democrat Senate candidate in Arizona dressed as Hitler
A digital publication, The National File, published a series of photos late last week from the 1986 yearbook of Mark Kelly, the Democrat nominee for United States Senate from Arizona, which appear…
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Rumors swirl in North Carolina: Democrat running for US Senate asked woman to ‘tickle my taint’
It could all just be a matter of dirty politics — rumor and innuendo run amuck — but the race for US Senate in North Carolina has been drawing national headlines. The…
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Jacobs, now on House Agriculture committee, tours Lyndonville fruit packaging plant
Congressman Chris Jacobs (NY-27) toured the HH Dobbins fruit packaging facility in Lyndonville, New York yesterday. “As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, I have been focused on touring my district…
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Gillibrand calls for investment in socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers
Push Follows Trump Administration Decision to Divert Funds Away From Section 2501 Program That Addresses Needs of Black, American-Indian, Asian-American, Latino and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of…
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Schumer regrets exclusion of wineries from pandemic relief efforts
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer during a meeting with Finger Lakes Winery industry officials at Three Brothers Winery in Seneca County today announced his push to secure additional funding for Finger Lakes…
