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Americans can’t tire of Biden’s warnings: Democracy is under siege

What does it say about the state of the nation when a president, with decades of experience in politics, feels compelled to make speech after speech reminding us that we all have a stake in protecting the American experiment?

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Senator drags Jussie Smollett case into U.S. attorney confirmation fight

It appears Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, is not dealing in good faith, given his shifting explanations for denying April Perry a vote to be the next U.S. attorney in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers - Roll Call

Efforts to pass a stopgap funding measure before Saturday night's deadline were sputtering in both chambers Friday.

Roll Call

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Confirmation for next U.S. attorney in Chicago gets tougher with anonymous senator blocking a vote

The senator or senators who are blocking a confirmation vote for April Perry are not known. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said he would lift his hold on Perry if she got an up-or-down vote.

Chicago Sun-Times

“Hillbilly Elegy” senator hardens block on a confirmation vote for new U.S. attorney in Chicago

Sens. Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer sharply criticized both Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who has been preventing a vote on April Perry and three other U.S. attorney nominees, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who has been holding up military promotions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Duckworth blasts ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ senator for blocking vote to confirm U.S. attorney in Chicago

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is scorching Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. for their holds on military and Justice Department nominees.

Chicago Sun-Times

Norfolk Southern announces details of plan to pay for lost home values because of Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February

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J.D. Vance’s plan to block confirmation of April Perry as U.S. attorney is politics at its worst

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance plans to block the vote on Perry’s nomination to be U.S. attorney based in Chicago, as well as holds on other Justice Department appointments, because he’s angry about investigations into Donald Trump.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ohio’s Democratic senator fights to keep one of the party’s most threatened seats

Sherrod Brown is popular among blue-collar workers and people of color, but seat is not assured in increasingly Republican state

The Guardian - US

As Democrats back auto workers, GOP spots a divide over EVs - Roll Call

Democrats and Republicans are declaring solidarity with striking autoworkers, but the GOP sees electric vehicles as wedge issue.

Roll Call

Combo appropriations package hits the skids in Senate - Roll Call

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

Roll Call

The Democrats must keep the Senate at all costs – and the coalmine canary is Ohio

Sherrod Brown is a true-blue, pro-union progressive beloved by many Ohioans. But Republicans are preparing for a ‘dogfight’

The Guardian - US

What Mitt Romney not seeking re-election means and who might run in his place

Departure of 76-year-old may make room for further Trumpism in the Republican Party

The Independent UK

‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed

Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel

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Frank LaRose, GOP Senate candidate in Ohio, fires a top staffer for tweets critical of Donald Trump

The most prominent Republican in the race to unseat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown next year has fired a top aide after social media posts surfaced in which the staffer criticized Donald Trump

Roll Call

Some members of Congress using donor money to repay themselves

Nearly $2.3 million in contributions raised by 16 House and Senate members this cycle went to repay the lawmakers for loans to past campaigns.

The Independent UK

Diehard Trump supporter Kari Lake eyes Arizona Senate bid after failed campaign for governor

Former president Donald Trump’s campaign said it would welcome a run from her

Salon

Republicans lose on abortion again

Republicans want to impose their policies on unwilling voters, just like they'll force childbirth on women

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Six months after East Palestine derailment, Congress deadlocked on new rules for train safety

Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters

The Conversation

With yet another indictment, Donald Trump takes us into 'unprecedented' territory once again

How many different ways are there to say “unprecedented”?

The Independent UK

Trump has spent $40m from his campaign funds on his legal costs, report says

Ex-president faces 74 criminal charges in state and federal court

The Conversation

Challenges to free trade reveal a big change in conservative ideology

The pursuit of greater economic integration through expanded free trade has long been central to the economic policy of most western democracies, including Canada.

Reason

Progressives and Populist Republicans Are Coming for Your Credit Card Rewards

New legislation would intervene in the credit card market to help businesses like Target and Walmart, who don't like the fees they have to pay to accept credit card payments.

The Independent UK

Biden's 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval

President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors pledged to fight inflation during a confirmation hearing that drew only modest pushback from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Senators are undermining their own power

The slow decline of the United States Congress continues. The latest example is a practice that has helped individual senators wield disproportionate influence: the “hold.” Once a justifiable way for senators to bring attention to a problem or issue germane to their state, senators are increasingly using the hold as…

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