Author: SUSAN FERRECHIO, Washington Examiner
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‘Red flag,’ background check legislation lead gun control measures that could get a vote in Congress
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A bipartisan bill to expand background checks and legislation that would flag mentally unstable gun owners are at the top of possible measures Congress could consider in the wake of the two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, and Rep. Pete King, a Republican…
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Retirement wave could sink GOP effort to win back U.S. House in 2020
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Is a 2020 U.S. House Republican majority bid about to get washed out? House Republicans watched their chances shrink in recent days when U.S. Reps. Kenny Marchant and Will Hurd of Texas became the latest GOP lawmakers to announce they won’t run for re-election next November. Marchant is the 11th House Republican to say he…
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Democrats plot Trump investigative path, push off impeachment
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has found a new way to satisfy the most liberal faction within her caucus and the Democratic base while pushing off impeachment of President Trump – for now. Rather than jump into an impeachment inquiry, which lawmakers such as Colorado U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse clamored for after special…
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Gardner backs anti-robocall measure
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A bipartisan effort is advancing in Congress to give the Federal Communications Commission updated and tougher tools to stop the epidemic of spam that now comprises almost half of all phone calls made in the United States. The Senate is expected to take up a measure co-written by Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and…
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Colo.’s senators on opposite sides as confirmation battle brews over Kavanaugh
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The U.S. Senate is gearing up for a major political battle over the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is poised to push the high court bench in a conservative direction for the first time in decades. Kavanaugh was nominated on July 9 and has already met privately with nearly half the Senate,…
