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Democrats revive the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo -- facing an unlikely uphill battle to get it enshrined into law

Democrats in Congress are making a new push to get the long-dormant proposed Equal Rights Amendment enshrined into law. As legislation, it would guarantee sex equality in the Constitution and could serve as a potential legal antidote to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,…

The Conversation

New Crypto Bill Aims To Circumvent SEC's Regulation-by-Enforcement Strategy

Plus: Steep drop in confidence in higher education, what The Bear can teach us about dynamism and bureaucracy, and more...

Reason

Senators Lummis and Gillibrand finally unveil their revamped crypto bill

The legislative proposal inserts the Senate back in the conversation and empowers the CFTC.

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‘We’re out for revenge’: Media looks to bounce back at congressional softball game

Congress’ team pulled off an upset last year, and the Bad News Babes want redemption in 2023 at the annual charity game.

Roll Call

‘Most comprehensive proposal to date’: Lummis and Gillibrand to reintroduce landmark crypto bill

The long-awaited legislation would tackle thorny questions like market structure and stablecoin oversight.

Fortune

Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost

Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it's the worst frost damage they've ever seen

The Independent UK

Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators - Roll Call

New Senate Republican earmark requesters are angling to fill the shoes left by the retirements of four longtime senators.

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Biden blasts debt limit plan in New York district the GOP flipped

After meeting with top congressional leaders, President Joe Biden headed to New York to make the case for a clean debt limit increase.

Roll Call

AOC calls on Dianne Feinstein to resign

The call comes as the Democratic Senator continues to be absent

The Independent UK

AOC says Feinstein’s refusal to retire is ‘causing great harm’ to US courts

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the California Democratic senator should retire, amid a long absence from Congress due to ill health

The Guardian - US

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘not planning’ to run for Senate seat in 2024

Decision clears way for incumbent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand to run for re-election unopposed by congresswoman

The Guardian - US

At the Races: Democrats’ Senate forecast brightens? - Roll Call

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

Roll Call

Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget

WASHINGTON — In a rare open hearing Wednesday on the Pentagon’s so-called UFO office, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., panned the Biden administration for not sufficiently funding the outfit’s research.

Tribune News Service

Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget - Roll Call

Pentagon office tasked with monitoring UFOs should have a bigger budget, key senator argues following Chinese surveillance balloon incursion.

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Feinstein needs to decide her future in Senate soon, Klobuchar says

WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein, who has been absent from the U.S. Senate for weeks due to illness, needs to make a decision soon about her fate if she doesn’t recover enough to return for key votes in the closely divided chamber, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said.

The Guardian - US

Democratic senators condemn federal judge’s ruling to block abortion drug

Lawmakers from New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin decry the ruling, now on hold by supreme court until at least 19 April

Tribune News Service

Congress may boost Puerto Rico food assistance under plan backed by NY Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer

WASHINGTON — Americans who need food shouldn’t get vastly less help than other citizens just because they live in Puerto Rico, lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Wednesday as they introduced a bill that would level the scales for the island territory.

Fortune

Ether and stablecoins are commodities, CFTC’s Behnam argues

Contradictory views on cryptocurrencies are setting up a regulatory clash.

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Salon

9/11 heroes still fight for health care

Funding for 9/11 health program is set to run out of funding without congressional action

Ballotpedia

Current presidential candidate field a quarter of the size of 2020’s at this point last cycle

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) announced on Feb. 14 that she was running for president of the United States. In a video, she said, “It’s time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride,…

Los Angeles Times

USDA tells Senate panel it's struggling to feed needy families

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.

Roll Call

At the Races: Citizens, disunited - 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

NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announces 2024 reelection campaign

NEW YORK — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has said she will run next year for her third full term, pledging to stage a sturdy campaign capable of boosting the state’s Democrats in down-ballot races.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: World Trade Center Health Program is left short by Senate shenanigans

Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trillion omnibus bill as senators wrapped up for the year. The $3.6 billion measure is needed to shore up the World Trade Center Health Program, providing…

Tribune News Service

Congressional negotiators agree to add $1 billion for 9/11 health fund in end-of-year spending bill

WASHINGTON — A last-second deal in the massive government funding bill will add $1 billion to the World Trade Center health program and buy several years before it runs into a budget crunch, the New York Daily News has learned.

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