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Gov. Ralph Northam today applauded a unanimous vote by the Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol recommending the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from National Statuary Hall.
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The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass legislation cosponsored by to repeal the administration’s existing executive order blocking travel from several majority-Muslim countries.
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The House of Representatives passed the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act, which included as an amendment the Global Health Security Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH).
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The House voted Wednesday to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, broad transportation and infrastructure legislation.
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The Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act introduced by Reps. Ben Cline (R-VA-06), Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), and Martha Roby (R-AL-02) passed the House of Representatives earlier this week.
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The Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act, which would require uniformed federal police officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles, passed the House of Representatives today.
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit of Enterprise award her support of pro-business legislation.
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Donald McEachin is requesting that the National Defense Authorization Act include language that precludes funding from being used for force against American citizens peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.
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The Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act of 2019 introduced by Eleanor Norton, D-D.C., and Don Beyer, D-Va., has been included in the House’s new sweeping police reform bill, the Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
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Congressman Rob Wittman, R-Va., today joined the lawsuit being filed in D.C. federal district court challenging the constitutionality of H. RES 965, the House Democrat plan to vote by proxy.
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