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Biden Urges Lawmakers to Pass Gun Safety Measures
President Biden called on Congress to pass new federal gun legislation, including stopping the sale of assault-style weapons, expanding background che [...]
Biden Will Urge Lawmakers to Pass Gun Laws in Speech on Mass Shootings
WASHINGTON — President Biden demanded on Thursday that lawmakers respond to communities turned into “killing fields” by passing far-reaching limits on [...]
Community fires back at anti-crypto letter sent to US lawmakers
The increase of crypto lobbyists recently sparked an effort from anti-crypto individuals in the tech space to urge regulators through a letter to resi [...]
Pro-gun lawmakers want to arm teachers, but there’s little evidence these programs work
In 2020, while the US grappled with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country was experiencing another crisis: gun violence topped the lead c [...]
‘A dereliction of duty:’ U.S. lawmakers grill FDA commissioner over baby formula shortage
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and [...]
Ginni Thomas Urged Arizona Lawmakers to Overturn Election
But she has adamantly opposed a fuller inquiry into the insurrection. Last December, she co-signed a letter calling for House Republicans to expel Rep [...]
Ted Cruz just convinced the Supreme Court to make it easier to bribe lawmakers
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has been at war with campaign finance laws for more than a dozen years, stretching at least as far back a [...]
What the Jan. 6 Panel Wants to Learn From 5 G.O.P. Lawmakers
WASHINGTON — In deciding to take the highly unusual step of issuing subpoenas to five Republican members of Congress, the House committee investigatin [...]
U.S. lawmakers struggle with how to get a Covid aid package passed over an immigration fight.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill continue to struggle with how to advance a pandemic aid package amid an election-year dispute over immigration, even as Cong [...]
Jan. 6 Panel Seeks to Interview Three More G.O.P. Lawmakers
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent letters on Monday seeking interviews with three Republican member [...]
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Give CFTC Crypto Spot Market Oversight
U.S. Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Digital Commodity Exchange Act Thursday, which would create a co [...]
Europe’s Lawmakers Set to Advance Discussion of Controversial Crypto AML Rules
Lawmakers could be swayed by the risk of a legal challenge, Schrepel believes – but in practice it may be difficult to get them to retreat from a posi [...]
McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, feared in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack that several far-right members of Congress wo [...]
New York Lawmakers Advance Mining Moratorium Bill to Full Assembly
The bill would place a two-year moratorium on new permits for proof-of-work mining operations in former power plants.
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US lawmakers sound alarm to EPA over environment concerns of crypto mining
United States House of Representatives member Jared Huffman and 12 other lawmakers have requested the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, assess [...]