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Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s delayed budget for the upcoming fiscal year due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities, with the debt ceiling deadline looming this summer casting a pall over the entire process.

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Sanders: "Medicare for All" must wait

As new chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Sanders maps out his strategy for negotiating with GOP and Big Pharma

Salon

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall at Washington Hotel

McConnell’s office did not provide additional detail on his condition or how long he may be absent from the Senate, which is also absent Sen. John Fetterman and Sen. Dianne Feinstein due to illnesses.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Business backlash pushing GOP to weaken anti-ESG proposals

Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses

The Independent UK

The election-denying Republicans who aided Trump’s ‘big lie’ and got promoted

In 2022, many Republicans who embraced election denialism were re-elected and, in some cases, elevated to higher office

The Guardian - US

Trump will win the "war" with Fox News

Fox News leaders may secretly hate Trump, but they will always publicly genuflect before the MAGA leader

Salon

Sen. Ossoff of Georgia seeks out common ground to make deals with Republicans

ATLANTA — Some politicians like to talk about their legislative proposals that were signed into law. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff seems to delight in discussing how his bipartisan measures came about.

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As 2023 started, 18 House and Senate campaigns were in debt

FEC disclosures show 18 members of Congress started the year with combined debts totaling nearly $6 million from last year's election.

Roll Call

Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s delayed budget due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities.

Roll Call

Commentary: Book banning: A red flag behavior

“Just the facts, ma’am,” was the infamous introductory phrase Sgt. Joe Friday would use when interrogating a witness in the whodunit TV series "Dragnet." Jack Webb played Sgt. Friday during "Dragnet’s" 1951-1959 lifespan.

Tribune News Service

Mark Z. Barabak: Forget decency. In today's politics it's all about nastiness and party loyalty

Last weekend, the Texas Republican Party voted to punish one of its own.

Los Angeles Times

Biden budget seeks big deficit cuts in challenge to GOP

President Joe Biden is ready to unveil his proposed federal budget, his opening offer in a high-stakes debate about federal finances

The Independent UK

Mitch McConnell hospitalized with a concussion after a fall

The top Senate Republican suffered a concussion and will remain in the hospital for observation and treatment after a fall on Wednesday evening at a D.C. hotel. He had been attending a private dinner.

WEKU

Spokesman: GOP leader McConnell hospitalized after fall

A spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping and falling Wednesday at a hotel

The Independent UK

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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s new priority bills focus on school safety, requiring districts to adopt active-shooter plans

More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Runoff face-off: Johnson casts Vallas as ally of ‘right-wing extremists’ — but Vallas dubs attacks ‘nonsense, again’

Both mayoral hopefuls accused each other of trying to, as Paul Vallas put it, ‘make race the issue’ in the campaign between Black and white candidates where the African-American vote is likely to be decisive.

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson calls critics ‘sociopaths’ and accuses Merrick Garland of lying about Jan 6 officer deaths

Broadcast also casts doubt on relevancy of Washington police officers who died by suicide after Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Arkansas House sends governor trans care malpractice bill

Arkansas lawmakers have sent the Republican governor a bill that would make it easier to sue doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors

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Axios

Frustrated Republicans want to "move on" as far-right revives Jan. 6

"[T]his is not a winning issue with swing voters."

WEKU

Congress overturns D.C. crime bill with President Biden's help

The Senate approved a GOP-led joint resolution that would overrule the Washington, D.C., city council's recent legislation to rewrite the criminal code for the nation's capital.

The Independent UK

GOP aide who accused Matt Schlapp of sexual misconduct comes forward ahead of $9.4m case

CPAC chief has denied all allegations against him

The Independent UK

‘Cowardly’: House Republicans revive national ban of trans women and girls from team sports

GOP lawmakers push alarming anti-trans rhetoric with federal legislation mirroring a wave of state-level measures aimed at trans youth

The Independent UK

Senate voting to block DC crime laws, Biden supportive

The Senate is poised to block new District of Columbia crime laws, voting on a rare motion of disapproval as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide

The Independent UK

Biden looks to back GOP into corner with deficit-slashing budget plan

Mr Biden’s budget proposal will reportedly cut $3 trillion from the US budget deficit

The Independent UK

Congress has found an issue to come together on – White House nepo babies

Legislation could be first real compromise struck under House’s new GOP majority

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