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US Senate committee passes resolution recognising Arunachal Pradesh as integral part of India

WASHINGTON: Less than a month after the historic visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, a Congressional Senatorial Committee has passed a resolution recognising Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India.

The Times of India

Study: Banning Investors From Buying Homes Leads to Higher Rents, More Gentrification

Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable rental housing disappeared.

Reason

Inmates continue to die in tribal jails despite promises of reform

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

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Democrats, worried about a Biden-McCarthy deal, push a backup plan to avoid default

Progressive Democratic lawmakers raised the alarm over comments Biden made earlier this week suggesting he's entertaining possible changes to federal safety net programs.

WEKU

Democrats Calling On The Use Of The 14th Amendment If Negotiations With Congress Fail

A group of Democratic Senators plans to urge President Joe Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling crisis.

Zenger

Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one. - Roll Call

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

Roll Call

SAFE Banking Act Gets New Life: This Week in Cannabis Investing

A bipartisan effort has given the SAFE Banking Act, which helps improve cannabis companies' access to finance, a shot to reach the Senate floor.

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‘Growing coalition’ open to a stock ban, lawmakers say

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers say support is growing for a full ban on members trading or owning individual stocks and stronger penalties for those who engage in insider trading.

Tribune News Service

‘Growing coalition’ open to a stock ban, lawmakers say - Roll Call

Lawmakers say support is growing for a full ban on members trading or owning stocks and stronger penalties for those who insider trade.

Roll Call

‘Ridiculously ashamed’: Kansas man with long list of convictions sentenced in Capitol riot

Kasey Hopkins got right to the point in his recent letter to U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan expressing remorse for his involvement in the Capitol riot.

Tribune News Service

Blinken to visit Vietnam next week, US senator says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam next week, Senator Jeff Merkley told a news conference in Hanoi on Saturday, as part of Washington's efforts to move diplomatic relations with Hanoi on to a higher level this year.

Reuters

Federal judge at center of FDA abortion drug case has history with conservative causes

U.S. District Matthew Kacsmaryk was once deputy counsel for the First Liberty Institute, the Plano-based conservative Christian law firm.

The Texas Tribune

US recognises Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and condemns China’s attempts ‘to change status quo’

China claims the northeastern state as its own and calls it ‘Zangnan’ or ‘South Tibet’

The Independent UK

GOP wants to impose 30% US sales tax

The bill would also eliminate corporate income taxes and abolish the IRS

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Capitol riot far-right internet personality gets 60 days

A far-right internet personality who streamed live video while he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two months of imprisonment for joining the mob’s attack on the building

WEKU

Congress tasks a federal watchdog to examine Indian Affairs' troubled tribal jails

The jails program has come under fire for numerous deaths. NPR and Mountain West found a previous review was managed by a retired official who oversaw the facilities when some of the deaths occurred.

Roll Call

Senate adds breastfeeding worker protections to omnibus - Roll Call

The Senate adopted an amendment to the omnibus spending bill to require employers to provide space for workers to pump breastmilk on the job.

Tribune News Service

Senate Democrats: Reduce harm of drug laws to open cannabis banking

Negotiations over provisions that would allow cannabis companies to access banking services were among the sticking points holding up the release of the fiscal 2023 defense reauthorization bill text Tuesday, senators said.

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Lawmakers exclude cannabis language from defense authorization text

Senate Democrats will let banks work with cannabis businesses but only for fairer treatment for those caught up in the war on drugs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suburban man gets 18 months probation for entering U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

David Wiersma, 68, was arrested in Posen and charged along with Dawn Frankowski in September 2021. He pleaded guilty in late August to misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

The Independent UK

Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot

Voters approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime

Tribune News Service

Schumer mulls filing cloture for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

Tribune News Service

Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

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Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill - Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps to set up a vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

Benzinga

Is SAFE Banking Act Getting Closer To Passage? Senators Agree Public Safety Issues Are At Play

Sponsors of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act recently discussed the urgency of enacting cannabis reform this session, reiterating the public safety imperative of providing the industry access to the financial system.

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