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A rare actual bipartisan vote in the U.S. House created a new committee to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s growing global influence.
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The House voted Thursday to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, sending the bill to President Biden for his signature to make it a law.
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Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House last Thursday would create greater authority for the United States to protect global access to uncensored information.
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Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Act of 2021 passed the U.S. House this week.
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Democrats held on to two of their three closely contested congressional seats in Virginia, with Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton winning their Northern Virginia races against Republican challengers, and Elaine Luria, a member of the House Jan. 6 committee, losing in Hampton Roads.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that beginning this month, SNAP benefits will increase by an average of $26 a month, per person, to keep pace with inflation.
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The Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act is one step closer to United States law.
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The U.S. House voted 217-213 Friday to pass an assault weapons ban that would reinstate the ban on military-style rifles, high capacity magazines, and other assault weapons modeled on firearms designed for use on the battlefield.
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The U.S. House voted in favor Thursday of getting the United States back into the semiconductor game and back into the global technology competition.
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On Monday the House of Representatives voted 394 to 18 to express support “for the sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as calling on all members of NATO to ratify the protocols of accession swiftly.”
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