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Paul eyes floor votes on firefighter bill after committee spat - Roll Call

The Senate will vote to begin debate on a bill to reauthorize federal grant programs for local fire departments.

Roll Call

Aide to Sen. Rand Paul is recovering after an assault in Washington, D.C.

Paul described the attack as brutal, and said a suspect had been arrested. The incident comes as a House panel this week holds the first in a series of oversight hearings on D.C., including on crime.

WEKU

Aide to Senator Rand Paul critically wounded in Washington DC stabbing

Suspect in custody after member of Republican’s staff attacked in apparently random incident

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Senator Rand Paul staffer ‘repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight’ in Washington DC

Police named the victim as Phillip Todd, a staffer on the Senate Homeland Security Committee

The Independent UK

Sen. Rand Paul says staff member was ‘brutally attacked’ in DC - Roll Call

Paul said a suspect was arrested and thanked responders. Police said a man has been charged with assault with intent to kill with a knife.

Roll Call

Sen. Bernie Sanders shows fire, but seeks modest goals, in his debut drug hearing as health chair

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rose to national prominence criticizing big business in general and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, claimed the spotlight Wednesday on what might at first seem a powerful new stage from which to advance his agenda: chairmanship of the Senate health committee.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Rand Paul: 'Dr. Fauci Is Disingenuous. He Is Conflicted.'

The Kentucky Republican also expressed disappointment that Congress has not repealed the war on terror authorization of military force.

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Senate votes to keep 2001 authorization for war on terror

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure

The Independent UK

Lawmakers say reliance on China exacerbates drug shortages - Roll Call

The number of active drug shortages in the U.S. reached a peak of 295 by the end of 2022, according to a Senate committee.

Roll Call

GOP return to anti-Clinton playbook

Rep. James Comer is running the same game Rep. Dan Burton played when Bill Clinton was in the White House

Salon

McCarthy says Iraq military authorizations will first go to House committee

Ahead of expected Senate passage of a measure that would repeal two decades-old Iraq-related military authorizations, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he sees a strong chance the Republican-controlled House will pass a similar bill.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy says Iraq AUMFs will first go to House committee - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicates support for Iraq authorizations to use military force, but says House action will start in committee.

Roll Call

Dr Fauci met with cheers and wild conspiracies as he goes door to door encouraging Covid shots

New documentary profiles leading public health expert’s long career in Washington

The Independent UK

‘It’s a very difficult thing to pin down’: Did Covid-19 originate from a ‘lab leak’?

Some US government agencies think Covid may have originated from a lab leak, but there needs to be far more evidence to really know where pandemic came from, Josh Marcus

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

As McConnell pushes for more Ukraine aid, Republican opposition grows louder

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell returned from an overseas trip to Europe and the Middle East steeled in his conviction to plow more U.S. investment into defending Ukraine, at a moment when the vocal populist wing of the Republican Party is calling an open-ended commitment unacceptable.

Axios

Republicans break with another historical ally: doctors

Some Republicans are now openly contemptuous of the AMA.

Reason

If Republicans Want To Cut Spending, They Should Start With the Pentagon

Sen. Rand Paul says Republicans "have to give up the sacred cow" of military spending in order to make a deal that will address the debt ceiling and balance the budget.

Salon

Vital medical tests evade regulation

Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny

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U.S. Will No Longer Require Animal Testing for New Drugs

Plus: From jokes to jail, Google urges SCOTUS to protect Section 230, and more...

WEKU

The FDA no longer requires all drugs to be tested on animals before human trials

In a victory for animal rights advocates, drugmakers can take their products to human clinical trials using alternative testing methods that don't involve animals.

Reason

Rand Paul Complains That Democrats Squandered Their Opportunity To Enact Marijuana Reforms

The prospects in the next session, when Republicans will control the House, are iffy.

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…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

Reason

The Senate's Passage of the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill Is a Bipartisan Failure

A rushed process once again created a bad result.

Tribune News Service

Hopes dim for quick omnibus spending passage amid Title 42 dispute

WASHINGTON — Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the massive fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package.

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