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Senate asks chief justice to testify in escalation of Thomas scrutiny

Sen. Dick Durbin said Roberts could designate another justice to testify in his place.

Axios

Durbin lets GOP keep vetoing Biden picks

Top Judiciary Democrat not ready to let go of archaic Senate blue slip tradition

Salon

McConnell: GOP will not support replacing Feinstein on panel (cloned)

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to step aside temporarily from a key Senate panel is in doubt

The Independent UK

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McConnell: GOP will not support replacing Feinstein on panel

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to step aside temporarily from a key Senate panel is in doubt

The Independent UK

Collins helps sink Feinstein replacement

Democrats can't advance Biden judge picks while Feinstein is recovering from shingles

Salon

GOP senators dig in against Feinstein committee swap

If she resigns, Republicans say, it’s a “whole different scenario.”

Axios

Thomas reported $750K from defunct firm

"Any presumption in favor of Thomas's integrity and commitment to comply with the law is gone," law professor says

Salon

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Chicago, here’s a chance for more federal money to jumpstart clean energy projects

City leaders should apply for a share of billions in federal money through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a portion of which must be used in disadvantaged communities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why Sen. Feinstein's absence is a big problem for Democrats

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s monthslong absence from the Senate has become a growing problem for Democrats

The Independent UK

2 House Dems call on California Sen. Feinstein to resign

Two House Democrats are calling on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign after her extended absence from Washington, saying she is no longer able to properly do her job

The Independent UK

Top Dem lets GOP veto Biden judges

"Durbin refuses to revoke the blue-slip tradition that willingly grants GOP the ability to obstruct," critic says

Salon

Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards

The hearing — which will happen "in the coming days," says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose.

WEKU

Scratch misguided legislation that would ban declawing cats

The proposed ban puts the very cats it seeks to protect at risk of abandonment, life in a shelter or euthanasia.

Chicago Sun-Times

Durbin vows action of Thomas' donor ties

"The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards," Senate Judiciary chairman says

Salon

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Agency that investigates child abuse gets $1M in federal funding to expand

The Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center will use the funds to add offices for mental health services at its location in the Illinois Medical District while fundraising for a new building.

Salon

AOC: Impeach corrupt Clarence Thomas

"This is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Reuters

Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court's Thomas

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades accepted luxury trips from a Dallas businessman without publicly disclosing them despite a federal law requiring disclosure of most gifts, a media report said on Thursday, prompting Senate Democrats to call for an investigation.

Chicago Sun-Times

4 takeaways from Chicago’s mayoral election between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson

Chicago’s youth just don’t want to vote. Not even Sen. Bernie Sanders could boost turnout from the youngest voters. But both candidates’ pivot to the center could be a model for the national party in 2024.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 13 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Cubs fans flocked to Wrigley Field for Opening Day 2023, protesters rallied against a proposed rate hike for Peoples Gas, and more in our best photos of the last week.

Ballotpedia

Here’s who is in line to replace your governor in the event of a vacancy

Welcome to the Friday, March 31, Brew.

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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin becomes Paul Vallas’ first congressional endorsement in Chicago mayoral runoff

On March 26, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) endorsed Paul Vallas in the April 4, 2023, runoff for mayor of Chicago. The state’s other senator, Tammy Duckworth (D), endorsed Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the first round and has not endorsed in the runoff. Vallas and Brandon Johnson are running in…

The Times of India

Bill to reform H-1B and L-1 visa programmes introduced in US Senate

WASHINGTON: A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who has endorsed Paul Vallas, Brandon Johnson in the Chicago mayoral runoff?

Updating lists of prominent endorsements from key political figures and organizations for each of Chicago’s mayoral runoff candidates.

The Independent UK

VIDEO FOR YOU: Senators react to Nashville school shooting

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The Independent UK

Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote

The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moment in American history that would have reverberations for decades

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