The House will vote on reopening the federal government Wednesday after lawmakers’ funding bill survived a key hurdle earlier in the morning. The bipartisan deal to end the 42-day government…
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Republican erupts at Democrat during shutdown hearing: ‘My people aren’t getting paid thanks to you’
Tensions flared at a House hearing to advance legislation aimed at ending the government shutdown on Tuesday night, with two senior lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle trading barbs…
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Dominik Lett On November 9, Senate Republicans reached a deal with eight Democratic senators to end the government shutdown. Although Congress and the president have yet to formally approve the package, it seems likely that the…
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Senators believe that after reaching a deal to end the longest shutdown on record, they won’t be in the same position early next year. The bipartisan package that advanced from…
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Jeffrey A. Singer Last night, the Senate passed a continuing resolution along with three appropriations bills, one of which, an agriculture appropriations bill, effectively shut down the US hemp industry.…
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Frustration is boiling over among Democratic ranks against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after walking away from the longest government shutdown on record largely empty-handed. Some argue that Schumer…
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Likely end of government shutdown in sight as House lawmakers poised to clear final hurdles
The House of Representatives appears to be on a glide path to ending the longest government shutdown in history, with lawmakers racing back to Capitol Hill after six weeks out…
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How Setting the Grand Teton Speed Record Nearly Landed a Dog Dad in the Doghouse
Mike Fox When fellow Husky owner Michelino Sunseri broke the Grand Teton speed record, his athletic achievement should have been cause for celebration. Instead, it fueled a lengthy legal battle with…
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Barnes v. Felix Brief: Juries, Not Judges, Need to Decide the Reasonableness of Force
Matthew Cavedon In 2016, Ashtian Barnes was killed by Harris County, Texas, Deputy Constable Roberto Felix, following a traffic stop for unpaid tolls. As Barnes apparently tried to drive away,…
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NEW Book: School Choice Long Preceded Friedman and Brown, and Remains for Reasons Well Beyond Them
Neal McCluskey It’s curious: Both opponents and proponents of school choice—government funding myriad options families select, not just government schools—often write like the educational freedom movement started in the 1950s.…
