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Newsweek
April 1, 2018
Yet for years, in interviews, social media posts and opinion articles, Kucinich, a former congressman from Ohio, has argued that the U.S. needs ease up on Russia. Now with ... Dennis Kucinich, pictured here in 2010 as a United States congressman from Ohio, is running for governor. Lately he has been oneÃâà...
NPR
April 1, 2018
And I think that he clearly needs a strong deputy secretary who has a lot of administrative skills in terms of managing an organization that is over half the size of the United States Army. MARTIN: Some of the veterans organizations, and frankly, some members of Congress, suspect that the real agenda hereÃâà...
San Antonio Express-News
April 1, 2018
U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, speaks about the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, before a luncheon sponsored by the Free Trade Alliance .... Hurd said his entry into artificial intelligence has two goals: keeping the United States the leader in a rapidly-developing technology; and fosteringÃâà...
News 12 Connecticut
March 31, 2018
Republicans are calling on United States Rep. Elizabeth Esty to resign from Congress over abuse allegations against a former top staffer. When Esty learned in May 2016 that her chief of staff was accused of hitting a fellow staffer and threatening to kill her, she launched an internal investigation instead ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
Outspoken ‥MeToo advocate Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty finds herself in the awkward position of apologizing for not protecting female staffers from alleged violence, threats and sexual ... Some Republicans and the state's largest newspaper, The Hartford Courant, have called for Esty's resignation.
The State
March 30, 2018
"I'm a Christian, I believe in intelligent design and I also understand that when we're talking about oil or fossil fuels in general," U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-Laurens, told a Lander University audience on Wednesday, according to the Greenwood Index-Journal. "God gave us the ability to discover there areÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
March 30, 2018
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio explained: "[Fired FBI assistant director] Andrew McCabe, he didn't lie just once, he lied four times. He lied to James Comey, ... Strzok and Lisa Page talk about Andy's Office where they talked about an 'insurance policy' in case Donald Trump becomes President of the United States.
KUAR
March 30, 2018
Mass shootings in schools, concerts, and even army bases are a familiar specter in the United States of America over the last decade or so and there is a lot of daylight between how a Democrat and a Republican 2nd District Congressman would address it. KUAR's Jacob Kauffman asks the faces – someÃâà...
Newsweek
March 30, 2018
Updated | A top fundraiser for President Donald Trump helped the wife of an influential Republican congressman obtain a State Department job, ... or with WH Personnel regarding the Assistant Secretary for Education and Cultural Affairs position at the US Department of State," Marie Royce told Broidy.
Food Safety News
March 30, 2018
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), livestock and poultry account for over half of U.S. agricultural case receipts, often exceeding $125 billion per year. Additionally, the United States is the world's largest producer of beef and poultry and a top producer and exporter of dairy products.
TASS
March 30, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 30. /TASS/. Moscow's Trade Representative in the United States Alexander Stadnik is among Russian diplomats to be expelled from the country, he confirmed in a telephone conversation with TASS. Stadnik, who is currently in Russia, said he found out that he had been included inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 29, 2018
Phil Bryant, unseen, the new Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate ... candidates — Democrat Mike Espy, a former congressman who was President Bill Clinton's first secretary of agriculture, and Republican state Sen.
U.S. News & World Report
March 28, 2018
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce is seeking to recover $160,000 in legal costs from a dispute with state election regulators over the transfer of campaign cash that he ... Pearce campaign spokesman Kevin Sheridan said Wednesday that it is appropriate for the state to pay those legal costs based a decision by theÃâà...
Roll Call
March 28, 2018
In a background briefing with reporters, senior administration officials said the agreement in principle to the Korea-United States (KORUS) trade agreement will reduce South Korean regulatory and policy barriers that limited U.S auto sales. The U.S. Trade Representative's Office is the lead negotiator onÃâà...
WV News
March 28, 2018
FAIRMONT — U.S. Rep. ... McKinley was asked about how much conversations are going on about the energy deal between the United States and the China Energy Investment Corp., which plans to invest ... Some of these things are out there, but they're just not telling us when they're pulling the trigger.".
Dallas News (blog)
March 28, 2018
The census, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau once every 10 years, is supposed to count everyone who lives in the United States for purposes such as allocating congressional seats and distributing federal funds. The bureau also conducts the annual American Community Survey, gathering moreÃâà...
Voice of America
March 28, 2018
It occurs when state lawmakers piece together sometimes geographically contorted boundaries to create congressional districts that are likely to resort in victories for either Democrats or Republicans, depending on which party oversees the drawing of squiggly boundary lines to include or exclude votersÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 28, 2018
Saavedra had said, “Parkland student says at the #MarchForOurLives rally: 'When they give us that inch, that bump stock ban, we will take a mile! ... Fifteen minutes later, she shared a web page labeled “Indoctrinating Youth” from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and posted an Adolf HitlerÃâà...
CNBC
March 28, 2018
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said a deal with South Korea reforms three separate areas of the trade relationship: steel, currency and the 6-year-old pact known as KORUS. ... "The president's view has been — and I agree with it — it has not been particularly good for the United States. We'veÃâà...
WDET
March 28, 2018
Judge Goldsmith stated in his Opinion: “The United States Constitution requires a state's governor to call an election to fill vacancies in that state's representation in the United States House of Representatives, thereby ensuring that its “[m]embers [are] chosen … by the People of the several States.” U.S.Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 27, 2018
Election Panel Leaves US Rep. Meadows' Aide off County Board. A Republican member of a North Carolina county elections board didn't get re-appointed after a closely divided state elections board chose other GOP nominees. March 27, 2018, at 6:07 p.m.. Election Panel Leaves US Rep. Meadows' Aide off County Board.
U.S. News & World Report
March 27, 2018
Pierce, 45, joins a crowded field of expected candidates for the state's only open congressional seat, which Gowdy won in 2016 with 67 percent of votes cast. The former South Carolina prosecutor was first elected in the 2010 tea party wave that returned control of the House to Republicans. U.S. Rep.
New York Times
March 22, 2018
The proclamation issued late Thursday declares that Mr. Trump will consult with the director of the National Economic Council, along with United States trade representative Robert Lighthizer and others, in determining any possible quotas. It also said Mr. Trump would decide by May 1 whether to continue toÃâà...
The Epoch Times
March 22, 2018
U.S. House Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) speaks during a news conference on May 19, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) ... Under the existing Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), foreign entities operating in the United States who represent the interests of foreign powersÃâà...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
March 22, 2018
Among the expected speakers will be former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, civil rights icon Rep. ... support Louise and pay her our respects," said Schulman, who is a former national commander, of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States and a member of David J. Kauffman Post No.
New York Times
March 22, 2018
“This legislation fulfills our pledge to rebuild the United States military,” Mr. Ryan said after the bill was unveiled, while conceding, “No bill of this size is perfect.” The spending spree comes on the heels of the Republicans' tax overhaul, which was projected to add $1.5 trillion to federal budget deficits over aÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 22, 2018
FILE - In this May 24, 2017 file photo, Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., ranking member on the House Budget Committee listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Carl B. Nett, a former Secret Service agent who says he is a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Kentucky has apologized for aÃâà...
New York Times
March 22, 2018
Less than two days before the Trump administration plans to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, its chief trade representative said ... Mr. Trump spoke this week with President Emmanuel Macron of France about how Europe and the United States “might come together over tariffs,” a WhiteÃâà...
CNBC
March 22, 2018
The United States is in talks with the European Union, Argentina and Australia on granting possible exemptions to steel and aluminum tariffs, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Wednesday. Lighthizer told the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee that he expected a decisionÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 21, 2018
Deerfield computer consultant Douglas Bennett has won a three-way GOP primary in Illinois to challenge U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, who ran ... race in U.S. history. Rauner, a wealthy private-equity investor, won the Republican nomination Tuesday over the insurgent candidacy of conservative state Rep.
New York Times
March 21, 2018
Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state's Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district that includes part of Chicago and its suburbs, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Jones, 70Ãâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
The United States did not grant native people full citizenship and the right to vote in federal elections until 1924, and for years they were mostly absent from federal government, according to Mark Trahant, a professor at the University of North Dakota who writes extensively about Native Americans in politics.
CNN
March 19, 2018
(CNN) Representatives of North Korea, South Korea and the United States are set to meet in Finland for talks on denuclearization, according to South Korean and ... Lahdevirta described the meeting as a "track 1.5 academic meeting ... involving representatives from North Korea, South Korea and the US.".
Gray TV
March 13, 2018
... all of us,” said Estes. Estes says Kansans should be proud to have a leader looking out for Kansas values on the world stage. Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) says Pompeo is a good choice at this critical moment for international affairs. “As Secretary of State I think he's always going to look for United StatesÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 13, 2018
John George Jr., 71, who was also a former state representative, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice before U.S. District Court Senior ... During three separate seizures at the end of December in 2015, United States Marshals Service seized $1,801,219 from five safe deposit boxes NewÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 13, 2018
(AP) — Colleagues are applauding longtime state Rep. Tyrone ... Representatives recognized the Starkville Democrat Tuesday for his 37 years of service in the House. ... Ellis tells representatives that God told him it was time to move on from his decades-long career and spend more time with his family.
The Oakland Press
March 13, 2018
State Rep. Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield, recently introduced legislation that would prohibit price gouging on essential goods and services during a state of ... in the National Terrorism Advisory System by the United States Department of Homeland Security or the state of emergency declared by the governor.
MLive.com
March 13, 2018
LANSING, MI - There are close to 55,000 residents in Highland Park and Detroit who are under-represented at the state and federal levels. It was two resignations - one from former U.S. Rep. John Conyers and another from former state Sen. Bert Johnson, whose districts overlap - that put residents in a bindÃâà...
Press Herald
March 13, 2018
Chellie Pingree, a Democrat who represents Maine's 1st District, was critical Tuesday of the way President Trump first fired U.S. Secretary of State Rex ... “Under the Constitution of the United States it is the President's choice on who serves in the cabinet while my responsibility is to help Maine with newÃâà...
Roll Call
March 13, 2018
Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone asserted that his political opponents "hate" the president, the United States, and even God. ... directed at Tuesday's special election in southwestern Pennsylvania — all for a district that likely won't exist come November due to a state Supreme Court rulingÃâà...
Southern Poverty Law Center
March 13, 2018
The non-binding document advanced a “states' rights” argument that, in effect, claimed states have the right to refuse to comply with any federal laws or policies enacted deemed “unconstitutional.” (The states' rights argument has a documented history of being used to perpetuate slavery before the U.S.Ãâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2018
Mr. Trump announced he would replace Mr. Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director and former Tea Party congressman, who forged a close relationship with the .... Mr. Tillerson supported the continuation of the Iran nuclear deal; Mr. Trump loathed the deal as “an embarrassment to the United States.
Big Island Now
March 10, 2018
The bipartisan legislation would reauthorize federal funding for nursing workforce and education programs to help grow and support nurses across the United States. The congresswoman has also hosted a congressional briefing focused on the severe shortage of nurses in Hawai'i and across the country.
MyStatesman.com
March 10, 2018
U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio. • “Despite the media's portrayal of President Trump, he has once again shown his leadership in making the world safer by bringing Kim Jong Un to the table. The North Korean nuclear threat has been a concern for the United States for many years. I am glad Kim JongÃâà...
WAFB.com
March 10, 2018
On Friday evening, a crowd showed up to hear from popular United States congresswoman, Maxine Waters, who is from California. Waters spoke about the phrase "reclaiming your time," saying if you're going through a rough patch, now is the time to pick yourself up and move forward. She also had anÃâà...
Patriots Point
March 10, 2018
During the symposium, fellow South Carolina Representative Lin Bennett presented Representative Hosey with a resolution signed by all other members ... On a dare from his cousin, who said he “wasn't tough enough for the Marines,” Hosey enlisted with the United States Marine Corps and set off for bootÃâà...
New York Times
March 10, 2018
Mr. Lighthizer, the United States trade representative, will spend the next 14 days deciding which countries, if any, will be exempt from the stiff and .... “His own description might be that he's very keen on seeing that the rights of U.S. firms are not trampled on, and that international competition is fair andÃâà...
The Economist
March 9, 2018
Republican state representative and Harrisburg insider Rick Saccone will face off against a former marine and assistant US attorney, Conor Lamb. Republicans have spent more than $9m to preserve control of a district President Donald Trump won by 20 points. They have reason to worry even that sumÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 9, 2018
Chicago IL: Press Conference for media was held On behalf of United States Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, at Mysore Woodlands on 2548 W. Devon Ave. Chicago, IL. At this press conference Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi covered a wide range of significant topics including his legislativeÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
Pearce had filed the lawsuit after Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, instructed him that only $11,000 of the more than $900,000 in campaign cash could be transferred. Oliver cited a state law that limits campaign contributions to $5,500 in a primary election and again in the generalÃâà...
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