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Congress wants to bury time capsule to be opened in 2276
Congress wants to create a time capsule that won’t be opened until July 4, 2276, when the United States of America turns 500. The capsule will be buried on the Capitol’s west lawn in 2026, when America celebrates its semiquincentennial. “One of my favorite lines in the musical ‘Hamilton’ — ‘Legacy? What is legacy? It’s… -
Congress has a big to-do list before it leaves for holidays
Government funding runs out Friday, Dec. 20, at midnight and there’s still no bill on the table for lawmakers to consider. Congress is going to have to pass a continuing resolution into 2025 to prevent a government shutdown. However, once lawmakers leave at the end of the week, they’re not scheduled to return to Washington… -
Apple, Google told to be prepared for TikTok ban on Jan 19
Congress is ordering Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores by Jan. 19. In a letter to the tech giants, lawmakers said they must comply with a soon-to-be-enacted law requiring parent company ByteDance to divest the video app or essentially be banned in the United States. That law was signed by President Joe… -
Meet the man who wrote the law used to prosecute Diddy and Epstein
If Sean “Diddy” Combs is convicted of sex trafficking by force, he will go to prison for a minimum of 15 years and he could receive a life sentence. The criminal code regarding trafficking in the United States is comprehensive and carries significant punishments thanks to an almost entire rewrite of the statutes that became… -
Biden commutes sentence of judge who sent children to jail for kickbacks
A former judge who received millions in kickbacks for sending children to for-profit detention centers had his sentence commuted by President Joe Biden. Michael Conahan was one of two former judges convicted in the “kids-for-cash” scandal that took place from 2003 to 2008 and impacted 2,500 kids. Conahan pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges in… -
Senator calls for New Jersey drones to be shot down
As mysterious drones continue flying over New Jersey, frustrated members of Congress are calling for the federal government to take them down. The calls come just days after a New Jersey representative asked the Pentagon to get involved. “They should be shot down if necessary,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said. “We should be doing some… -
House passes bill to create anti-communism education for high schoolers
The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to create a civic education program to teach high schoolers around the country about the dangers of communism. The Crucial Communism Teaching Act was approved 327-62. “Sadly polls show today that 1 in 5 millennials and 1 in 3 members of Gen Z have a positive viewpoint of communism.… -
Members of Congress received more than 700 threats last month
In the last month there have been more than 700 threats against members of Congress and 50 swatting incidents, according to the chief of the Capitol Police. Chief Tom Manger made the comments during a hearing regarding recent improvements to security at the Capitol, but he said his department still needs more resources as it… -
Biden threatens to veto bipartisan bill that would let Trump appoint more judges
President Biden is threatening to veto a bipartisan bill that would expand the number of federal judgeships, and in turn, give President Donald Trump more vacancies to fill. The JUDGES Act would create 63 new district level positions to help with an increased workload and Trump would be allowed to fill 22 of them. The… -
Mystery drone sightings: New Jersey requests assistance from Pentagon
New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, R, requested U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provide a state military base with the tools it needs to take down mystery drones spotted across the Garden State. Authorities spotted unmanned aerial systems by the dozen over sensitive security locations and critical infrastructure. “This is a national security issue of the… -
Congress hopeful a DACA deal can be reached during Trump administration
Members of Congress are optimistic about a deal for immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. The immigrants, known as “Dreamers” based on never-passed proposals in Congress called the DREAM Act, got a boost in their chances after President-elect Trump said he wanted them to stay. “This is going to be a… -
Senate scheduled to work 5 days a week in 2025, a big increase in workload
The Senate is scheduled to be in session five days a week in 2025, an uncommon workload for lawmakers on Capitol Hill who typically work three to four days. The calendar was released by incoming Majority Leader John Thune who posted on X: “Get ready for work.” “Most people in America need to work five… -
Democratic senator opposes Biden’s preemptive pardons. Here’s why.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he “strongly opposed” President Joe Biden’s consideration of preemptive pardons for President-elect Donald Trump’s political rivals. Blumenthal described it as a “terrible idea.” “It would, in effect, be an implicit acknowledgment of some culpability or guilt,” Blumenthal told reporters. “And it would apply only to the top officials, probably leaving…
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