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Senator Pushes Bill To Curb ‘Exploitative And Addictive’ Social Media Practices
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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The legislation by a freshman Republican senator would prohibit features like auto-play and infinite scrolling, used by social media companies to keep users on their platform longer.
House Retirement Tracker: GOP Exits Mount, Hurting Chances To Flip Control In 2020
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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Over the past two weeks alone, seven House Republicans have announced they won’t run again, including two of just 13 GOP women in the House and the chamber’s lone African American Republican.
McConnell, GOP Senate Resist Calls to ‘Do Something’
By: Lisa Mascaro | Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting pressure to bring senators back from recess to address gun violence, taking a more measured approach that could very likely result in no legislation, despite wrenching calls to “do something” in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings. President Donald Trump is privately calling up senators… Read More
Senate Passes 2-Year Budget Deal And Sends It To Trump
By: Claudia Grisales | NPR
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The compromise was negotiated between the administration and Hill leaders and avoids a fiscal fight around the 2020 election. The deal suspends the debt limit for 2 years, heading off a default.
6 Questions Congress May Ask Robert Mueller During His Testimony
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven’t read Mueller’s findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg.
Congress Sprints To Pass Border Security Package With Trump’s Support Unclear
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR
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Congressional leaders are prepared to vote Thursday on a $333 billion bipartisan spending package to avoid the threat of a partial government shutdown.
Senate Republicans Rebuke President On Syria And Afghanistan Policy
By: Tim Mak | NPR
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s resolution opposing a “precipitous withdrawal” from Syria was backed by many GOP Senators who disagree with the president’s foreign policy.
Democrats’ Health Care Ambitions Meet The Reality Of Divided Government
By: Alison Kodjak | NPR
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Congressional Democrats want to protect health coverage and protections of the Affordable Care Act. With the Senate in Republican hands, House Democrats will hold hearings and may turn to the courts.
What It Looks Like To Have A Record Number Of Women In The House Of Representatives
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | Sean McMinn | Renee Klahr | NPR
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The 116th Congress has 127 female members — 102 of them in the House. That’s far more than the previous record, but it also is far from gender parity.
Open Or Closed? Here’s What Happens In A Partial Government Shutdown
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The mail will get delivered, Social Security checks will go out, and the National Park Service says it will try to keep parks accessible if there is a shutdown. But most federal agencies would close.