#House GOP setting up election-year debt limit fight

#House GOP setting up election-year debt limit fight

House Republicans could be setting up another fight over the debt limit — this time, just months before the 2024 presidential election. A sweeping, 320-page bill they unveiled this week would raise the debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can borrow to pay the country’s bills, through the end of next March…

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#Julie Su stares down rocky road to Labor secretary

#Julie Su stares down rocky road to Labor secretary

Julie Su will appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday for her hearing to become Labor secretary as she tries to navigate a field of landmines en route to winning confirmation to the post.  And it’s not just Republican lawmakers standing in the way. Some business groups and coalitions…

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#Supreme Court extends brief pause on abortion pill ruling

#Supreme Court extends brief pause on abortion pill ruling

Access to a common abortion pill mifepristone will remain unchanged through at least Friday after the Supreme Court extended its brief pause until the end of the workweek. Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency requests from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, announced the move in a brief order, extending the administrative pause until Friday at…

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#DeSantis under pressure to dispel GOP concerns over 2024

#DeSantis under pressure to dispel GOP concerns over 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing pressure to rehab his political standing amid new concerns about his strength in a 2024 presidential race. The governor has taken repeated hits from former President Trump over the past several weeks and has already lost out on several high-profile endorsements, including a handful from GOP lawmakers in…

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#Menéndez releases immigration plan reliant on Biden executive action

#Menéndez releases immigration plan reliant on Biden executive action

Sen. Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.) unveiled Tuesday an immigration plan that relies heavily on executive actions to address migration flows in the Western Hemisphere. “For the last year, I have repeatedly expressed concerns over the Biden Administration’s decision to implement short-term deterrence policies that fail to address the cycle of irregular migration at our southwest border,”…

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