As Ranking Member of both the House Appropriations Committee and of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittee, I oversee funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the largest department in the U.S. government. This pillar of our government administers the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency that provides health …
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The House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, concluding that he violated Florida’s statutory rape law. This was one of 20 instances where he paid for sex or drugs, according to the final draft of the panel’s report, which was obtained …
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A gun with three bullets; one man dead on the pavement, one man in custody. From a distance, the death of Brian Thompson looks like any other in a uniquely violent America. But the circumstances surrounding his murder were unimaginable just two weeks ago: A reclusive gunman partially built a …
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While the country is focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, such as Kash Patel for FBI director or Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, the fossil fuel industry is surely celebrating a pick that has mostly flown under the radar. Trump has chosen Lee Zeldin to …
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Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who has missed 100 percent of votes in the House since July 24, has been in an assisted living and memory care home, according to a report. Her staff denies that she is in memory care, with communications director Valerie Nelson telling Rolling Stone via email, …
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Sen. John Fetterman said that Kash Patel, Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the FBI, assured him he will not be targeting Trump’s enemies. Patel has “talked about going after Trump’s enemies,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl said to Fetterman during an interview that aired Sunday on This Week. Fetterman recently met with …
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Donald Trump in a wide-ranging speech touted his line about Hannibal Lecter as helping him win the election, promised to “figure out” what’s “going on” with autism and “stop the transgender lunacy,” and claimed he isn’t intimidated by Elon Musk. Trump’s remarks — his first rally-style event since he won …
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Disgraced former congressman Matt Gaetz is openly contemplating the possibility of running for Senate and trying to fill the Florida Senate seat that may be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Trump has tapped to be his secretary of state. “Many have asked which perch I will be fighting from …
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The House approved a funding bill to avert a government shutdown — just hours before the midnight deadline. The bill will now move to the Senate for consideration. Thelegislationpassed by a vote of 366 in favor to 34 against, with 196 Democrats and 170 Republicans supporting the bill. All Democrats …
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A new 20-month Senate investigation into ethical conflicts and legal violations at the Supreme Court has uncovered and underscored a raft of dubious behavior by justices both living — and dead. The new 95-page report reveals that deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia — who expired in 2016 on a …
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