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From Capitol Hill to White Castle

This week's tech-politics roundup: Tiny burgers in big trouble; Bollywood credit-card scam; Twitter canary silenced

Salon

Adam Schiff's bid to bolster his progressive credentials for California Senate run hits some resistance

WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff's effort to bolster his progressive credentials in preparation for his statewide bid for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat has hit some resistance on Capitol Hill.

Los Angeles Times

With eye toward the future, Rep. Ro Khanna takes on the heartland from Silicon Valley

Ro Khanna was first elected as a whiz kid evangelist for Silicon Valley, the heart of his congressional district and home to Apple, Cisco and Intel’s headquarters. Today, though, the Californian's stumping for a different crowd.

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Fetterman, Feinstein absences force Vice President Harris to break Senate ties

WASHINGTON — After a two-month reprieve from the albatross of breaking ties in the closely divided Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris was back on Capitol Hill this week to tip the scales again due to two health-related Democratic absences.

Los Angeles Times

Lawmakers best lobbyists again at hockey charity event - Roll Call

Rep. Tom Emmer and players with a connection to Capitol Hill faced off against lobbyists in the Congressional Hockey Challenge.

Roll Call

Bell eyes facility expansion even as new Army helicopter contract draws scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell is laying the foundation for new facilities in Grand Prairie after its new tilt-rotor V-280 Valor won a competition for the U.S. Army’s next long-range assault aircraft.

Tribune News Service

As Republicans start investigating Biden, the White House war room is ready to fight

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

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These rural schools face a financial 'cliff.' Will partisan bickering cut off a lifeline?

WASHINGTON — Anmarie Swanstrom had driven four hours along twisting mountain roads, through the fire-scarred Shasta-Trinity National Forest, to Sacramento to catch a red-eye flight.

Los Angeles Times

Capitol Hill finds rare bipartisan cause in China – but it could pose problems

Experts fear this moment of agreement in Washington could escalate tensions with Beijing and increase the risk of conflict

The Guardian - US

Garth Brooks, industry pros blame resellers, not Ticketmaster, for problems

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the U.S. Senate held hearings last month on the Taylor Swift-Ticketmaster fiasco, the consensus on Capitol Hill was overwhelmingly Taylor Swift, good, Ticketmaster, bad.

The Orange County Register

350 doctors lobby Capitol Hill for pay

Over 300 physicians lobbied Congress in hopes of increasing Medicaid pay for doctors

Salon

Chief of staff exerts quiet power at center of White House

The White House chief of staff is at the fulcrum of the federal government as gatekeeper to the most powerful leader on Earth

The Independent UK

Nicholas Goldberg: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution aloud for 43 minutes

To hear the Republicans tell it, the U.S. Constitution has been beaten, buffeted and willfully misconstrued by radical socialists and liberal Democrats who hope to twist it to encourage abortions, promote transgender rights and confiscate Americans' guns.

Los Angeles Times

Newcomer’s placement on Pentagon spending panel attracts notice - Roll Call

Rep. Mike Garcia's rapid ascent to a seat on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee is turning heads in Washington.

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Los Angeles Times

40 years after 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton is still fighting for literacy

LOS ANGELES — Sitting in a booth at a Hollywood coffee shop across from LeVar Burton, there's no denying the passion in his eyes when he talks about literacy and how reading is not only a tool that unlocks doors to success but also a civil right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she won’t run for reelection in 2024

Dianne Feinstein has been a trailblazer, dating back to her tenure as the first female mayor of San Francisco and stretching to the Senate, where she’s served since 1992.

Roll Call

DeLauro's Appropriations panel staff director heads downtown - Roll Call

Robin Juliano is going to lobbying firm Cornerstone Government Affairs, which is stocked with Capitol Hill and appropriations veterans.

Tribune News Service

‘Smut smear inquisition.’ White House, allies begin to push back on Comer’s offensive.

As James Comer was about to unfurl two Oversight Committee hearings on Capitol Hill this week, the White House issued a complaint.

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At the Races: Sunshine State sunset debate - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Tribune News Service

Not couch cushion money: Former members sitting on $54 million

Members of the 117th Congress who have since left Capitol Hill still hold nearly $54 million in leftover political money — cash they may tap to make contributions as lobbyists or bank for future runs.

The Guardian - US

Ilhan Omar’s removal from panel was ‘stupidest vote’, says Republican – report

Ken Buck reportedly makes remark in Capitol Hill elevator as another Republican, Mike Simpson, agreed

Salon

Email busts "new" Prayer Breakfast

An email inadvertently sent to TYT reveals new event's leaders striving to preserve unity with The Family

WEKU

Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group

Lawmakers have taken more control of the National Prayer Breakfast from the group that ran it for seven decades after concerns rose over influence peddling and attendees, including a Russian spy.

Tribune News Service

Karl Smith: Republican tax proposals aren’t as bonkers as they sound

Among the many concessions Kevin McCarthy agreed to in order to become speaker of the House is one that would give the so-called Fair Tax Act a full hearing on Capitol Hill. To describe the bill as radical would be an understatement. Not only would it abolish the Internal Revenue…

Tribune News Service

White House to send its budget to Congress in early March

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will send its budget for the next fiscal year up to Capitol Hill on March 9, according to a memo from top White House aides.

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