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A night of firsts for the First State, as Delaware elects McBride, Blunt Rochester

Sarah McBride will be the first trans member of Congress, and Lisa Blunt Rochester will be Delaware’s first Black and woman senator.

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President Biden Endorses Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester For Senate

President Biden endorses Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for Senate in Delaware, boosting her campaign. They had breakfast before Biden cast his early voting ballot.

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Senate Democrats Urge 'Bold' US Push On Palestinian State

More than a third of the US Senate's Democrats called on President Joe Biden's administration Wednesday to take "bold" action toward establishing a Palestinian state, in the latest pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions

The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.

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EPA sets out rules for proposed 'methane fee' for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies

Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration

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Previewing Louisiana’s Nov. 18 elections

Welcome to the Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Brew.

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Seven Senate retirements are the most in a decade

Since Oct. 17, 12 members of Congress—10 House members and two Senators—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2024. The 10 House members include five Republicans and five Democrats. The two retiring Senators are both Democrats.

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Fifteen U.S. House members and five U.S. Senators have announced they won’t seek reelection in 2024

On Sept. 23, Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J) became the 15th U.S. House member not to seek reelection in 2024. Kim, in office since 2019, is retiring to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).

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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) is sixth U.S. Senator to announce they would not run for re-election in 2024

On Sept. 13, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) became the sixth U.S. Senator to announce they would not run for re-election in 2024.

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Previewing the first Republican presidential primary debate

Welcome to the Thursday, August 17, 2023, Brew.

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Number of U.S. Senators not running for re-election tied with 2022; number of House members not running below 2022 and 2018, tied with 2020

As of Aug. 15, 18 members of Congress—five Senators and 13 Representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2024.

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Number of U.S. senators not running for re-election in 2024 tied with this point in the 2022 cycle

The number of senators not running for re-election in 2024 is tied with the number who had announced they would not run at this point in the 2022 cycle, and higher than the numbers for 2020 and 2018. On the House side, the number of members not running is lower…

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A look at how key primaries in Virginia played out

Welcome to the Thursday, June 22, Brew.

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Democratic Senator Tom Carper won’t seek re-election, opening up seat in liberal Delaware

Democratic Sen Tom Carper of Delaware says he will not seek re-election to a fifth term in the US Senate

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Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won't seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware says he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate

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Sen. Tom Carper will not run for fifth term in Delaware next year - Roll Call

Sen. Thomas R. Carper won't seek another term. He is the fourth Democratic senator to announce plans to retire.

The Independent UK

Biden vetoes bill that sought to toss EPA water protections

Defending his administration’s actions on clean water, President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a congressional resolution that would have overturned protections for the nation’s waterways that Republicans have criticized as overly intrusive

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Railway CEO apologises for toxic train crash at US Senate hearing

Norfolk Southern chief says he is ‘terribly sorry’ but stops short of fully backing Senate bill to boost safety rules.

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Senators grill the Norfolk Southern CEO over the East Palestine rail disaster

The CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad faced pointed questioning over the hazardous train derailment and fire that released toxic fumes last month, as well as his company's safety culture.

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern CEO bringing apology, aid to Senate hearing

The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is coming to a Senate hearing with an apology and a commitment to send millions of dollars to the village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border disrupted last month by a fiery derailment

The Independent UK

EPA moves to restore rule on mercury from power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants

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‘I had my son on my hip’: How this congresswoman from Delaware landed her first internship

WASHINGTON — When Lisa Blunt Rochester went to a town hall meeting in the late 1980s, she wasn’t necessarily looking for a job. She just wanted to hear what her elected officials had to say.

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