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GOP's rhetoric about spending cuts sparks worry among housing advocates

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ vow to use the debt ceiling negotiations to extract spending concessions from Democrats has housing advocates worried about cuts targeting crucial programs amid a strained supply and elevated rents.

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House GOP rhetoric worries housing advocates about HUD funding - Roll Call

House advocates worry that House GOP comments about cutting spending will hit key programs just as rents are rising.

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5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

It’s the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women

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Francis Wilkinson: Sinema will have to be partisan to be independent

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

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Murray becomes first female president pro tempore in Senate

Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate

The Independent UK

What are the final revelations from the January 6 investigation?

US House committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews about January 6 attack and former President Donald Trump.

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Commentary: Congress’ fix to presidential votes lights the way for broader election reform

A massive eleventh-hour spending bill stuffed with thinly vetted backroom deals might seem proof of our political dysfunction. But the omnibus bill approved by Congress last week has democracy fans cheering — because it includes changes to presidential vote counting that could literally save our democracy. Thankfully, the old Electoral…

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Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos.

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Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk - Roll Call

Changes to the presidential transition process were included in the omnibus package Congress passed on Friday.

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GOP seeks unity on spending restraints under divided government

Conservatives peeved about an omnibus bill are looking at ways to restore some fiscal and process discipline to the appropriations process.

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Biden signs same-sex marriage bill in musical White House ceremony

President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriages at a White House ceremony Tuesday.

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How senators 'defied political gravity' on same-sex marriage

Passing legislation to protect same-sex marriages in the Senate was a monthslong effort, building on a decadeslong push

The Independent UK

Must-pass spending bill likely place for electoral count overhaul measure, Manchin and Klobuchar say

WASHINGTON — Legislation to overhaul how Congress counts presidential electoral votes should be attached to the must-pass spending omnibus bill on its way out of the Senate, Sens. Joe Manchin III and Amy Klobuchar said Wednesday.

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Manchin and Klobuchar: Omnibus likely place for electoral count overhaul - Roll Call

Time is running out for Congress to prevent another debacle like Jan. 6, negotiators warn. They want action in the lame duck.

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Handful of GOP lawmakers openly criticize Trump for dinner with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes

NEW YORK — Some Republican lawmakers criticized former President Donald Trump by name Monday for his meeting with white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

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Stock Market Closes Higher As Strong Retail Earnings Outweigh Slow Home Sales

The stock market closed higher Friday positive earnings from retailers offset a slowdown in housing.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As election nears, John Fetterman, Josh Shapiro, and Mehmet Oz campaign in Bucks while Mastriano stumps in Philly

A day after he rallied with President Donald Trump and state Sen. Doug Mastriano in heavily Republican Latrobe, Mehmet Oz held an event with centrist Republicans in Bucks, a perennial swing county.

Axios

3 presidents target Pennsylvania for 2022 closing arguments

The late-campaign rallies are designed to juice up base turnout on both sides.

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Warnock pushes insulin cost caps as campaign nears finish line - Roll Call

Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock's race with Republican Herschel Walker is rated a Toss-up and could decide Senate control.

Salon

What pollsters learned from 2020 failure

Are election polls even worth the bother?

The Guardian - US

Samuel Alito assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of respect for Roe, diary reveals

Excerpts reported by late senator’s biographer show Alito, who wrote June ruling that outlawed abortion, said he was ‘big believer in precedents’

The Conversation

With memories of embarrassments still fresh, election pollsters face big tests in 2022 midterm elections

When it became clear his poll had erred in the 2021 New Jersey governor’s race, Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, acknowledged:

Roll Call

Biden: Codifying abortion rights to be top priority if Dems keep Congress

President Biden vowed to send Congress a bill next year to codify abortion protections if Democrats win the House and Senate next month.

The Guardian - US

Paul LePage: is Maine ready to welcome back the ‘Trump before Trump’?

The Republican ex-governor was known for his offensive, belligerent attitude – but this time, he says he’s reformed

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Collins set for top GOP spot on Defense appropriations panel

WASHINGTON — In the next Congress, Susan Collins of Maine is expected to be the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s powerful Defense panel, sources say.

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