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House GOP aims to tie oil reserve sales to public land drilling

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday may begin consideration of a bill that would alter the president’s authority to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. President Joe Biden has said he would veto it.

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House GOP aims to tie oil reserve sales to public land drilling - Roll Call

The House is expected to consider legislation that would limit sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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Aviation industry in crosshairs for next biofuel push

WASHINGTON — Congress and the Biden administration aim to boost the use of sustainable fuels for the emissions-heavy aviation industry, setting up a new front for the debate over biofuels.

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Aviation industry in crosshairs for next biofuel push - Roll Call

Sustainable aviation fuel, meant to target the emission-heavy aviation industry, is set to become the next big biofuel topic on Capitol Hill.

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Social Security benefits to see biggest boost in four decades - Roll Call

Tens of millions of retirees and disabled workers will see benefits rise by 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Security Administration reported.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Possible challenge to Cornyn, from the right

Some people outside Texas may have been less surprised by the recent report that the state’s respected senior senator, John Cornyn, may be facing a 2026 Republican primary challenge than by the fact that the threat is coming from Rep. Ronny Jackson.

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Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows

WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration doles out historic levels of wildfire mitigation funding, fights are breaking out on Capitol Hill about how to spend the money.

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Fight over strategy intensifies as wildfire funding grows - Roll Call

As the Biden administration doles out historic levels funding to curb wildfires, partisan fights are breaking out over how to spend the money.

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Trump can't declassify documents by thinking about it: GOP Sen. John Barrasso

Barrasso joins other GOP senators who have rejected the former president's declassification comments.

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Senate approves treaty that would limit potent greenhouse gases - Roll Call

The Senate voted 69-27 Wednesday to approve the Kigali Amendment, a treaty that would limit highly potent greenhouse gases.

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US mining advocates look north and like what they see

WASHINGTON — When members of Congress speak glowingly of Canada, it is most typically progressive members envious of the nation’s gun laws or single-payer health care system. But many members who have expressed their frustrations with the U.S. mining permitting system have pointed to the Great White North as a…

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US mining advocates look north and like what they see - Roll Call

Advocates for an overhaul of U.S. energy permitting rules say Canada's system offers a model to be emulated.

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Democrats celebrate law aimed at combating inflation amid focus on abortion

Biden and Democrats celebrate "inflation reduction" law as CPI report tanks markets. Meanwhile, GOP proposes national abortion limits.

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“This was fundamentally important”: John Cornyn says gun deal shows U.S. Senate can still function

More than any other senator, Cornyn is responsible for shepherding the landmark legislation through the chamber. He did so by embracing compromise and his own political risk.

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Senate Republicans still want vote on border expulsion policy

WASHINGTON — Pandemic border restrictions under the public health directive known as Title 42 are staying in place for now, but Republican lawmakers said they don’t plan to let up pressure on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats over the policy.

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Senate Republicans still want vote on border expulsion policy - Roll Call

Republican lawmakers said they don’t plan to let up pressure on the Biden administration and Hill Democrats over the Title 42 policy.

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Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other Republican senators and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks.

The Independent UK

Biden order to boost mining may not have quick payoff

President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles

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‘Ready to fight’: how a Russian uranium ban would threaten Native American tribes

Ban would shift US uranium production into overdrive – posing environmental and spiritual threats to Indigenous communities who live near the mines

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Republican Hawley’s attack on supreme court nominee Jackson is wrong, says senator

Senate judiciary committee chair Dick Durbin says Hawley’s attacks should be ignored in confirmation hearings this week

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U.S. Senators introduce bill to ban U.S. imports of Russian uranium

(This March. 17 story, in paragraph 8, corrects description of HALEU to high-assay, low-enriched uranium)

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