Poverty? Collapsing infrastructure? Underfunded schools? No. We need more war
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Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0.
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Clawback Act would retrieve compensation from bank executives after failures
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The legislation would require federal regulators to claw back up to three years of compensation received by big bank executives.
Kaine: Mountain Valley Pipeline bill provisions have ‘nothing to do with the debt ceiling’
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine said Thursday that he has formally filed an amendment to remove language from the debt-ceiling bill that passed the House this week that would expedite construction on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Youngkin postures for president with move to send National Guard troops to Texas
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin, trying, and again failing, to look presidential, announced Wednesday that he is sending 100 Virginia National Guard troops to Texas.
It’s time to rein in the FBI: Put an end to the bureau’s Gestapo tactics
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The FBI has a long history of persecuting, prosecuting and generally harassing activists, politicians, and cultural figures.
Too many government documents are ‘classified’: ‘The status quo is no longer tenable’
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A 21-year-old Air National Guard member with a history of racist and violent threats who had been warned repeatedly about his “concerning actions” related to classified information was nonetheless able to access reams of top-secret U.S. military intel.
Warner reintroduces legislation to provide benefits for America’s independent workers
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The Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act was reintroduced in the Senate today by Virginia’s Sen. Mark R. Warner.
Spanberger, Warner join in effort to outlaw foreign money in local ballot initiatives
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A group of four members of Congress are trying again to make it unlawful for a foreign national to contribute money to a state or local ballot initiative or ballot referendum.
Growth in sensitive documents pushing security classification system reform
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Legislation was introduced last week to reform the security classification system and reduce overclassification.
Warner, Kaine blast House Republicans on ‘irresponsible’ debt-ceiling brinksmanship
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House Republicans, trying to pretend to be serious about government spending, after four years of spending like drunken sailors at the direction of Donald Trump, are threatening to have the U.S. government default on its debts if Democrats don’t agree to spending cuts that they haven’t exactly spelled out.
