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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House

WASHINGTON — When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of House Republicans to the U.S.-Mexico border this year, he had a warning for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about what Republicans would do if they were in charge.

Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022

"A constitutional joke": Raskin's lesson

Democratic Rep. Raskin called out GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas for his views on using guns against the government

Salon · Jul 21, 2022

Burn pits legislation nears finish line with House approval

The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2022

Texas Republicans criticize, tune out primetime hearing on Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — Dramatic new footage, startling revelations and graphic testimony made Thursday night’s opening salvo from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection must-see-TV for many Americans.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

House adopts red flag bill to confiscate guns in cases of ‘extreme risk’

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to allow confiscation of guns from individuals deemed an “extreme risk,” the morning after agreeing to ban teens from buying semi-automatic weapons like the one used by the 18-year-old who killed 21 people at a Uvalde elementary school.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Republicans behind Jan. 6 texts revealed

"POTUS needs to calm this sh*t down," lawmakers pleaded with Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

Salon · Jun 2, 2022

LZ Granderson: After the Buffalo shooting, Republicans nationwide have blood on their hands

Last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion access featured, shall we say, some interesting moments. Such as Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans United for Life, testifying that aborted fetuses help power streetlights in Washington, and Republican Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina trying to create a gotcha moment…

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022

House Judiciary Committee debates future of abortion rights

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee contemplated the overturning of Roe v. Wade at a hearing Wednesday, where doctors testified about the potential for prosecution of miscarriages, one House member told an unusually personal story of her pregnancies and Republicans called for the end of “abortion on demand.”

Tribune News Service · May 18, 2022

House Judiciary Committee debates future of abortion rights - Roll Call

The hearing offered a preview of the explosive debates in Congress and statehouses if the justices overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Roll Call · May 18, 2022