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Ohio man arrested for sending poop-filled letters to Jim Jordan and state Republicans: ‘Another crappy day’

The letters were allegedly sent by a paranoid former court employee

The Independent UK

In the first vote of its kind in years, the House wants to revive ban on certain guns

The legislation is likely to stall in the Senate, and Republicans have dismissed it as an election-year strategy by Democrats.

WEKU

US House of Representatives passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

France 24

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Ban on some semi-automatic weapons passes House

The high-powered firearms are now widely blamed as the weapon of choice among young men responsible for many of the most devastating mass shootings. Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of the weapons had passed in 1994, but were allowed to expire a decade later,

Chicago Sun-Times

House passes assault weapons ban in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines, for the first time since a similar ban lapsed in 2004.

Tribune News Service

House passes assault weapons ban in wake of mass shootings

The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines Friday.

Roll Call

Democrats delay votes on police, gun control legislation

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders pulled back on planned votes this week on a package of public safety bills that included police grant funding and an assault weapons ban, amid division within their caucus.

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Democrats delay votes on police, gun control legislation - Roll Call

House Democratic leaders pulled back on planned votes this week on bills that include police grant funding and an assault weapons ban.

Roll Call

Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy

WASHINGTON — As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a federal data privacy bill last week, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee were looking to plug a gap in the law that allows government agencies to conduct broad surveillance without obtaining warrants or subpoenas to do so.

Tribune News Service

Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy

Lawmakers say government purchases of data from private companies violates the Fourth Amendment and are looking to close the gap.

Roll Call

Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House

WASHINGTON — When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of House Republicans to the U.S.-Mexico border this year, he had a warning for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about what Republicans would do if they were in charge.

Tribune News Service

Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House - Roll Call

GOP lawmakers already planning how they’ll handle immigration issues if they emerge victorious in November and win control of the House.

Roll Call

No, same-sex marriage is not "settled"

Most powerful voting bloc in the nation pushes the Republican Party into contentious culture wars before midterms

Salon

House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Tuesday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide, part of the legislative response from Democrats to recent Supreme Court decisions.

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House passes same-sex marriage bill in wake of abortion ruling - Roll Call

The bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide passed 267-157.

Salon

GOP plots deluge of Biden investigations

House Republicans plan to kill the Jan. 6 investigation and probe Biden's family instead

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: If Republicans retake the House, steel yourself for the New McCarthyism

It is unbelievably depressing to contemplate the sheer amount of buffoonery that will be unleashed on the country if Republicans take back the House in November.

Salon

GOP witness: If rape, "not an abortion"

Catherine Glenn Foster was a Republican witness before Chairman Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee

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Jordan called out for calling rape a lie

California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu called out Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio to his face

The Guardian - US

Man charged with rape of 10-year-old who had abortion after rightwing media called story ‘not true’

Police say Ohio man confessed to raping a girl who went to Indiana for abortion, following the right’s attempts to discredit story

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan deleted tweet claiming story about 10-year-old girl forced to travel for abortion was ‘another lie’

Republican congressman joined right-wing figures discrediting the case

Benzinga

Republicans Will Target 'Bidens' Shady Business Dealings' After Taking Over The House In November

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Judiciary ranking member Jim Jordan, and House Oversight ranking member James Comer have written an op-ed in the New York Post declaring that if the GOP takes over the House in Novemb

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Damning testimony brings Trump closer to the prospect of jail time

Tuesday’s blockbuster testimony before the House Jan. 6 Select Committee brought the American public directly into former President Donald Trump’s inner White House sanctum to understand his thinking and motivation as the Capitol insurrection was being planned and launched. The evidence and testimony strongly suggest that he knew an attack…

Salon

Lawyer schools Jordan on "hearsay"

“It’s literally all hearsay evidence. What a joke," Jordan-led House Judiciary GOP said of Hutchinson's testimony

Roll Call

Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington’s football team - Roll Call

Brandon Wetherbee, managing editor of District Fray, joins the podcast to discuss the long history of controversy surrounding Washington’s NFL team.

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