The industry has used its muscle to prevent federal, state and local governments from penalizing companies that park freight trains across roads for hours or days.
Tag: House of Representatives
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Lawmakers Seek More Long-Distance Flights From Reagan National Airport
Dozens of lawmakers are seeking to loosen a law that limits long-distance flights to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. For some of them, success could mean a shorter commute.
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Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry
A vote to send the Homeland Security Committee impeachment articles against President Biden for his border policies has underscored rifts in the G.O.P. about whether to try to remove him, and for what.
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G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies’ Premier Surveillance Tool
With hard-right Republicans attacking federal law enforcement agencies and unwilling to extend their broad powers, a major warrantless surveillance program targeting foreigners overseas may face new limits from Congress.
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House Republicans Demand Deep Cuts to Spending Bills They Rarely Support
G.O.P. leaders are tailoring their government funding legislation to far-right lawmakers who are insisting on deep cuts, but who hardly ever vote for spending bills. That’s raising the chances of a fall shutdown.