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Matthew Fleming
Testimony from a State Department official Thursday did little to dispel claims that an annual human-trafficking report was driven by politics.
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Simone Pathé
Grant Starrett, 27, doesnt think Rep. Scott DesJarlais has been conservative enough for Tennessees 4th District. DesJarlais thinks his voting record speaks for itself. If he wants to run to the right, theres not much room, the Republican lawmaker told CQ Roll Call last week.
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Niels Lesniewski
Its hard to get through a political event in New Hampshire these days without someone mentioning heroin.
Hill Life
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Bridget Bowman
Nearly all members of the Senate Democratic Conference are calling for Capitol food service workers to receive higher wages and improved working conditions, according to a letter obtained by CQ Roll Call.
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Niels Lesniewski
A longtime ally of Sen. Rand Paul who at one point served as the 2014 campaign manager for now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been indicted for alleged campaign finance fraud.
Hill Life
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Bridget Bowman
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, reiterated his call Thursday for the chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management to step down in the wake of data breaches that affected millions of federal employees.
Politics
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Emily Cahn
The Florida Senate released a draft of a new congressional district map Wednesday that, if approved, would likely lead to Democrats netting one House seat in 2016.
Politics
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Nathan L. Gonzales
Former Republican state Sen. Tom OHalleran announced Tuesday he was running as a Democrat in Arizonas 1st District. Its not the first time party strategists have crossed the aisle to recruit, and OHalleran isnt even the only party-switcher running this cycle.
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Kyle Trygstad
Sen. Thomas R. Carper kicked off his Senate floor tribute to retiring Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., in December by noting the two of them, along with presiding officer Joe Manchin III, were all recovering governors.
Hill Life
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Hannah Hess
The Marine Corps congressional fellow arrested Tuesday on Capitol grounds was carrying two loaded guns, 114 rounds of live ammunition, a military ballistic vest and two knives in his car, court documents state. Following an arraignment, he appears headed for a new assignment, off the Hill.
Hill Life
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Hannah Hess
Two former Secret Service agents and an architect walk into a board room. Theyre charged with finding a replacement, and soon, for outgoing Capitol Police Chief Kim C. Dine.
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Rebecca Gale
Even if Congress takes no action on amending the Congressional Accountability Act to add overtime protections for staff, individual offices can lead the way and implement changes for their own staff, much as they have done for workplace protections such as maternity and paternity leave.
Politics
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Eli Yokley
Among her peers in Arizonas congressional delegation, there was a time when Rep. Kyrsten Sinema seen as a top prospect to carry the Democratic Partys mantle against Republican Sen. John McCain when he seeks re-election next year.
Hill Life
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Rebecca Gale
Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., was one of five members present in July 2002 when the House Administration Committee made the Student Loan Repayment Program a reality for the House of Representatives.
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Niels Lesniewski
Remember what happened the last time Congress acted to raise the debt limit?
Politics
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Eli Yokley
In Arizonas 1st District, Democrats may turn to a former Republican as they try to hold on to outgoing Rep. Ann Kirkpatricks seat.
Politics
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Stuart Rothenberg
The news that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is giving serious consideration to running for president spread like wildfire over the weekend.
Politics
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Ivan Levingston
The Democrat who challenges GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin in New Yorks 1st District will face a close race. But the eventual nominee will have a primary shaping up to be just as competitive, political handicappers say.
Politics
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Simone Pathé
New Englands only Tossup election got a little more complicated last week, when Maines Joe Baldacci, the brother of former Gov. John Baldacci, filed to run as a Democrat in the 2nd District.
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Steven T. Dennis
Planned Parenthood funding will continue despite outrage mostly from Republicans over videos showing officials discussing the sale of aborted body parts.
Hill Life
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Bridget Bowman
For the second time on Capitol Hill, staffers, lawmakers and citizens gathered in the Rayburn foyer, removed their shoes, donned orange head scarves and participated in a centuries-old Sikh tradition.
By
Nicole Puglise
Lawmakers across the political spectrum have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act over the past week none more than Sen. Orrin G. Hatch.
Hill Life
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Hannah Hess
By the looks of the most recent report from the Office of Congressional Ethics, the first six months of 2015 were some of the busiest since the agency launched six years ago, at the beginning of the 111th Congress. But lawmakers remain lax about policing themselves.
Politics
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Emily Cahn
In his bid for Senate in Florida, the biggest thing standing in Democratic Rep. Alan Graysons way is . . . Alan Grayson.
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Matthew Fleming
Even though Senate support for a medical marijuana bill is building, its not getting the backing it needs to advance.
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John M. Donnelly
In a few weeks, the Pentagon will announce the companies picked to develop Americas next bomber jet, sparking a budget war that will last for years and reshape the defense industry, experts say.
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