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A bipartisan bill introduced this week in Congress would provide $180 weekly payments to people who find new jobs after being unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The House voted 268-101 this week to repeal the 2002 Iraq War Authorization for Use of Military Force, which had authorized U.S. military action against the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein – remember him?
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The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought by a group of Republican-led states and the former Trump administration, preserving healthcare coverage for millions of Americans.
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Virginia Advanced Energy Economy hosted lawmakers Tuesday for the unveiling of Powhatan Elementary School’s recently completed solar energy rooftop array.
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The U.S. Senate voted 54-35 Friday in favor of creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, falling six votes short of blocking a threatened Republican filibuster.
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Bipartisan legislation would help provide federal surplus and retired computers to non-profit computer refurbishers, who would then repair and distribute these computers to veterans, low-income individuals, students, and seniors in need.
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Former U.S. Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2009, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.
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The U.S. House voted 364-62 on Tuesday to pass legislation that would condemn all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, racism, and discrimination in the face of a troubling rise in COVID-19-related hate crimes.
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Republicans, who spent years using congressional subpoena powers to go on several anti-Democrat witch hunts (“Benghazi!”), are calling foul on this Jan. 6 commission, saying it reeks of politics. Something here reeks, and it ain’t the Jan. 6 commission.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration is taking action against pharmaceutical manufacturers that refuse to provide rural healthcare providers with discounted prescription drugs.
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