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President Joe Biden delivered a stark warning to the nation on Tuesday, painting a dire picture for the future of American democracy in the face of Republican opposition to voting rights legislation. Speaking in Atlanta, a city at the heart of the civil rights movement, Biden expressed frustration at the
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As Joe Biden visits Atlanta to call for immediate passage of national voting rights legislation, a coalition of influential activists in Georgia is refusing to attend his speech, citing a lack of a concrete plan to advance the bills. "We will not be attending," said a joint statement
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The plan by senators to override President Muhammadu Buhari's veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill has hit a snag, with lawmakers failing to muster the required two-thirds majority to do so. The Senators, who had collected signatures to override the president's decision, were thwarted by
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The National Assembly has passed the Finance Bill 2021, proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari, which aims to make significant changes to various taxation laws in Nigeria. The bill, which was transmitted to the National Assembly on December 7, 2021, proposes updates to 12 different Acts, including the Capital Gains Tax
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House Democrats have secured a range of critical provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22 NDAA), which has just passed the Senate. The legislation strengthens America's security, meets the needs of servicemembers, veterans, and military families, and bolsters the country's defense
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In a pressing effort to support and protect law enforcement officers, a group of lawmakers has introduced the Protect Our Law Enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2021, also known as the POLICE Act of 2021. This legislation aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly
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U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Carol Miller, R-W.Va., Kevin Hern, R-Okla., and Terri Sewell, D-Ala., introduced the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Reinstatement Act to provide financial support to small businesses that retain or rehire workers laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ERTC was designed to
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Twenty years have passed since China joined the World Trade Organization, a move that Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) now believes was a "grievous mistake." The communist government's growth in power has been accompanied by a deterioration in human rights, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing transparency in the federal judiciary. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the legislation to require online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and mandate periodic
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Coons (D-DE). The legislation aims to increase transparency in the federal judiciary by requiring online publication of financial disclosure reports for federal judges and mandating
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Iowa Representatives Cindy Axne and Randy Feenstra, members of the House Agriculture Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to address the issue of fairness in the cattle marketplace dominated by four major meat packers. The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act aims to provide meaningful reform to the cattle industry, ensuring that
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U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) have successfully pushed through bipartisan legislation to expand in-state tuition eligibility for the families of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities. The Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act, which passed the Senate on June 25, 2021, aims
