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Cigar smoke, dogs and no metal detectors: The bizarre first two weeks of a Republican-controlled House

Representatives will play when the Senate is away — but the party can’t last forever. Eric Garcia reports on a strange two-week period from Washington, DC

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Biden to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 7 after accepting McCarthy’s ‘kind invitation’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to the newly divided government on Feb. 7 after the new Republican speaker extended a formal invitation.

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Missouri House faces backlash over women’s dress code. What are the rules for both genders?

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the GOP-controlled Missouri House are embroiled in national controversy this week over a rule that would have tightened the dress code for women lawmakers.

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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: January 13, 2023

Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information:

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Marjorie Taylor Greene fronted an anti-trans rally outside Congress and only a dozen people showed up

Georgia Republican has long history of anti-trans attacks

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Idaho Republican legislator apologises for comparing women’s reproductive care to milking cows

Rep Jack Nelsen said experience working with cattle gave him ‘some definite opinions’ about ‘the women’s health thing’

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For ultraconservatives in McCarthy’s red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome

HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and asked for a show of hands.

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2023 rundown: Public-sector union legislation in the states

Welcome to the 2023 legislative session! Forty state legislatures are currently in regular session. Today, we’ll look at bills related to public-sector union policy that have been introduced so far this year.

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Republican's wife voted 23 times: DOJ

Kim Taylor, the wife of Iowa GOP official Jeremy Taylor, was arrested on Thursday over alleged voter fraud scheme

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Special elections to fill three vacancies in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives scheduled for February 7

Special elections to fill vacancies in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Districts 32, 34, and 35 are scheduled for February 7, 2023. The Allegheny County Democratic Party voted to nominate the District 32 candidate on December 11 and the District 34 and 35 candidates on December 17. The Republican Committee…

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For Biden, probe of classified documents is a political snag

Special counsels are investigating both Donald Trump and Joe Biden over their handling of classified documents.

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Congresswoman shares story of stillborn son with US House

Florida’s Frederica Wilson relives experience of being forced to carry a dead baby as Republicans push for anti-abortion measures

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Wisconsin voting groups criticize GOP minority turnout email

Comments by a Republican state election commissioner applauding GOP strategies for helping depress Black and Hispanic turnout in Wisconsin’s largest city came as little surprise to groups seeking to organize minority voters there

The Independent UK

Debt limit battle set to dominate 2023 fiscal agenda

WASHINGTON — Lifting the statutory debt ceiling is set to dominate this year’s budget agenda. Republicans first need to agree among themselves on what to ask for in exchange.

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House Republicans united on border policy focus

WASHINGTON — Despite Republican Conference divisions laid bare by a dayslong internal battle for speaker, the party has emerged united on plans to focus this year on immigration issues and oversight of the Biden administration’s border policies.

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Biden to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 7 after accepting McCarthy’s ‘kind invitation’ - Roll Call

It will be President Joe Biden’s first address with Republicans in control of either chamber of Congress.

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Republican journalist brands royal family a 'hideous cartel' on BBC

A REPUBLICAN journalist and lecturer tore into the royal family on BBC Question Time branding them a “hideous cartel”.

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The myth of the "moderate Republican"

During last week's House fiasco, the media rediscovered "moderate" Republicans. But they're rarer than Bigfoot

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Editorial: Of course the DOJ should investigate Biden’s classified documents

After months of bashing the Justice Department for going after the former president, Republicans are welcoming an investigation into the current one.

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Republicans want to cut Medicare. Here's how real leaders would handle the deficit

Our population was getting older and broker.

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House Republicans united on border policy focus - Roll Call

Republicans appear united on plans to focus this year on immigration issues and oversight of the Biden administration’s border policies.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom is the luckiest California governor ever. But is his good fortune running out?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is arguably the luckiest California governor ever. But some of that luck will run out with the Republican takeover of the U.S. House.

The Independent UK

Biden political future clouded by classified document probe

Virtually everything was going right for President Joe Biden to open the year

The Guardian - US

Bills to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ died in Congress – with Republican help

Lobbying industry flexed muscle to ensure bills that aimed to set stricter standards on PFAS compounds went nowhere

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

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