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Tag: United States Politics and Government
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As Survivors Demand Action, House Passes Gun Bill Doomed in the Senate
On a day of wrenching testimony from victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Democrats pushed through a gun control package facing solid G.O.P. opposition and no path in the Senate.
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The Jan. 6 Committee Has Already Blown It
It needs to safeguard the next election, not relive the last one.
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How South Dakota Voters Won a Power Struggle With G.O.P. Legislators
The state roundly rejected a proposal, meant to block Medicaid expansion, that would have reduced voters’ ability to direct policy. It was just the latest clash between voters and state legislatures.
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Colorado to Examine Lauren Boebert’s Mileage Claims and Tax Liens
The state’s attorney general has referred for review a fraud complaint from the group that targeted Representative Madison Cawthorn, in a sign of trouble for the first-term congresswoman.