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A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate - Roll Call

A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate - Uncategorized

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US senator introduces online porn ban proposal to 'safeguard American families', making a tired old 'won't somebody think of the children' argument familiar in videogames

Senator Lee says the new definition is "for the internet age so this content can be taken down and its peddlers prosecuted."

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Bill to make pornography a federal crime introduced by GOP senator

Republican Mike Lee seeks to redefine ‘obscenity’ in order to empower prosecutors to punish those who make and distribute ‘extreme’ content online

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Republicans Want To Redefine Obscenity

A new bill would ban sharing visual content that might "arouse" or "titillate."

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This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage - Roll Call

Three key House committees plan to meet this week to mark up Republicans' budget reconciliation plans.

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A Public Lands Sell-Off Just Got Snuck Into a House Budget Proposal

Rather than any sort of real hard look at the federal budget, one done so that actual fraud, waste, and abuse is rooted out in order to balance the budget—DOGE absolutely doesn't count—the current makeup of the House, Senate, and Presidency wants to sell your public lands. I mean, how…

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Trump administration’s attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on ‘national security’ grounds furthers the GOP’s long-held anti-union agenda

As the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal workforce, slash nonmilitary spending and curb opposition to its policies, it is taking steps beyond the firing and furloughing of thousands of government workers.

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Elon Musk's DOGE Controls Your Public Lands Now

DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—controls your public lands now. I wish I was kidding, but on April 17th, supposed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum handed Elon Musk the entirety of America's accumulated public lands. That includes national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and Forestry lands, as well as the…

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Fiscal hawks show a change of heart toward spending bills - Roll Call

There are now only two Republicans in Congress who have never backed a regular appropriations or stopgap spending law.

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Here’s What I’m Sending Utah's Senators About Preserving Public Lands, You Should Join Me

Earlier this week, I had the fortune to speak at length with Randy Newberg, who I consider to be the preeminent conservationist of our time. We talked about what's working, what's not, and how best we can all come together in order to save public lands from those who want…

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Democrats, like Trump, have sought public lands for housing - Roll Call

President Donald Trump’s pledge to use public lands to help address the housing crunch has some rare bipartisan support.

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Elon Musk responds after Republican senator alleges GOP lawmakers are scared of Trump and DOGE

‘We cannot be cowed into not speaking up’ Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski told reporters Tuesday

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House majority rules: When a 'calendar day' isn't what it seems - Roll Call

It can seem like a day on Capitol Hill never ends. Last week the House Rules Committee made that feeling a reality.

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Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?

When Donald Trump’s benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it should perhaps have been more surprising.

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US senator joins Elon Musk in calling for withdrawal from NATO

Utah Sen. Mike Lee posted ‘get us out of NATO’ on X on Saturday

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Utah Senator Suggests Allowing 'Pirates' to Take On Cartels: 'Fairly Common at the Time of the American Revolution'

Senator Mike Lee also made the proposal back in January, with Elon Musk responding: "this would work very fast"

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Bicameral Legislation Introduced To Fast-Track Government Reorganization Plans

Legislation introduced by Comer and Lee aims to streamline government operations and enhance efficiency through an expedited process for Trump's reorganiza...

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Senator accuses Kash Patel of directing FBI personnel ‘purge’ - Roll Call

Sen. Richard J. Durbin accused FBI director nominee Kash Patel of acting to direct a “purge” of career officials at the agency.

The Independent UK

Joe Scarborough unloads on JD Vance after VP says judges can’t check president’s power: ‘This is all planned’

The vice president’s tweet ‘made no sense because the legitimate powers of the president of the United States is not determined by the president of the United States or the vice president,’ Scarborough argued

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Elon Musk lays out plans for DOGE's cost-cutting in late-night, freewheeling conversation on X

The billionaire hosted a rambling 50-minute conversation on X Spaces in the early hours of Monday with Republican senators Joni Ernst, Mike Lee and former DOGE co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy

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