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Bipartisan consensus elusive on government retirees' benefits - Roll Call

​There are renewed signs of life for an overhaul of much-maligned Social Security policies that cut some public workers’ retirement benefits.

Roll Call · Nov 28, 2023

He has a theological degree. Here’s how Rep. Landsman sees faith in Congress

“I use my faith to connect to people,” the Ohio Democrat says. What about Speaker Mike Johnson? “He uses his faith to separate folks.”

Roll Call · Nov 28, 2023

Schumer to bring spending package on Israel and Ukraine to Senate floor

Senate leader says ‘biggest holdup to the national security assistance package right now is the insistence by our Republican colleagues on partisan border policy as a condition for vital Ukraine aid’

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls abortion ‘an American Holocaust’ in resurfaced video

Louisiana congressman was virtually unknown outside of Washington before becoming third in line to the presidency

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

House speaker Mike Johnson likened abortion to ‘American holocaust’

CNN airs clip from May last year in which then Louisiana congressman – a leading anti-abortion voice –made comparison

The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2023

Kamala Harris: abortion bans passed by ‘extremist’ people causing ‘chaos, confusion and fear’ - as it happened

Vice president releases statement to condemn abortion bans that are passed by ‘extremist so-called leaders’

The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2023

Rather than visiting Trump, House speaker should have stayed home

If there’s anyone a purportedly serious and newly installed House speaker should avoid, it’s a disgraced, coup-plotter of an ex president.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 22, 2023

GOP's Jan. 6 release could backfire

Whatever, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Lee — no one actually thinks the FBI was behind January 6

Salon · Nov 22, 2023

Backstop in debt limit law flips script on spending endgame - Roll Call

Budget scorekeepers flip the previous debt limit plan. Spending cuts now would disproportionately hit nondefense programs.

Roll Call · Nov 21, 2023

I tried Mike Johnson’s favorite anti-porn app. It didn’t go well

The US House speaker is a longtime user of Covenant Eyes, in which an ‘accountability partner’ tracks the content on your phone

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2023