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House passes GOP energy bill - Roll Call

The House on Thursday passed energy, permitting and infrastructure legislation that Republicans have described as a top priority.

Roll Call · Mar 30, 2023

Tennessee is among half of US states with a permitless concealed carry law. GOP lawmakers want to expand it

State lawmakers are pushing legislation to expand the state’s ‘constitutional carry’ law while under scrutiny for a surge in gun deaths over the last decade

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Why Ted Cruz’s next reelection path looks smoother with Beto O’Rourke behind him

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will be up for reelection next year, now a seasoned senator and established conservative leader. But Democrats are still holding out hope they can repeat the sensation of Beto-mania.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 30, 2023

Editorial: Once again, teachers are the target of a school shooter — and the GOP

In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. On Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and three adults in a Tennessee grade school, the latest in an almost-weekly parade of carnage in America’s classrooms. Days earlier, House Republicans, who…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 30, 2023

Anatomy of a political takeover at Florida public college

Florida’s Republican Gov_ Ron DeSantis has targeted a tiny, public liberal arts college on the shores of Sarasota Bay, as a staging ground for his war on “woke.”

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

House GOP pushes sprawling bill to 'unleash' American energy

House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that counters virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

LGBTQ food stamp lawsuit by GOP states dismissed

A Biden administration rule barring states from discriminating against poor LGBTQ people in the distribution of food stamps and other nutrition assistance programs survived a legal challenge by almost two dozen Republican-led states.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Kentucky and West Virginia the latest states to step up anti-trans push

W.V. moved to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and Kentucky GOP lawmakers voted to override the Dem governor's bill veto.

Axios · Mar 30, 2023

Biden won't veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency

President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national COVID emergency

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Democrat lawmaker interrupts Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic rant to raise assault weapons ban

Far right has latched on to identity of Nashville shooter to fuel transphobic hatred

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2023