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While U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, was successfully amending the Defense Appropriations bill to prevent U.S. military installations - regardless of their locations - from purchasing energy from Russia, thereby aiding Pennsylvania coal producers and employees, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-17, Moosic, was introducing legislation that would prohibit the practice of self-bonding of coal companies nationwide. Mr. Barletta debated on the House floor that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a history of using his energy reserves to gain political influence over other nations, and that the U.S. armed forces should not be subjected to similar pressure.
It's encouraging to see state officials acknowledge that Atlanta isn't the only community in Georgia that has serious transportation problems and needs help from the state. On Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Chatham Area Transit is one of nine systems in the state to receive grant funding from Georgia's $75 million GO! Transit Capital program.
Party unity will keep US Democrats from opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership , despite both of the party's leading presidential nominees saying they are against the deal. Members of the Democratic National Convention platform committee have decided to move against including a specific opposition to the TPP in the platform that would have added language to the agreement rejecting the deal.
Following a day-long sit-in protest on the floor of the House of Representatives over gun control, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette brought the battle back home to Colorado for a rally on the steps of the Denver City and County Building on Sunday. "Every time there's a shooting, we have a moment of silence in Congress, and I pray for the victims and their families," DeGette said.
The New York City Pride Parade began Sunday with a moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub and honored them with a flag for each person killed in the attack. The parade was led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio with presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Rev.
Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Colorado is seen as wide open in one of the only Republican targets this cycle. Michael Bennet Colorado GOP Senate race to unseat Dem incumbent is wide open Ted Cruz chooses sides in Colorado Senate primary The Trail 2016: Reversal of fortunes MORE Ted Cruz Colorado GOP Senate race to unseat Dem incumbent is wide open O'Malley gives Trump a nickname: 'Chicken Donald' Va.
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell accepted gifts such as golf outings, a Rolex watch and $15,000 for catering at his daughter's wedding from a wealthy businessman. But whether he returned the favors by taking "official action" to promote the businessman's interests is the question at the heart of a closely watched public corruption case the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on Monday.
It's hard to remember that feeling deeply moved and disgusted all at once is not only possible, but occasionally healthy. That's how I felt last week during the longest sit-in by politicians in American congressional history.
The public might never know who at the Ohio Democratic Party helped John Raphael funnel money from red-light-camera vendor Redflex to the campaign of Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. In mid-October 2011, Redflex gave Raphael a $20,000 "success fee," part of a series of payments that company officials later admitted were intended as bribes.
California Rep. Edward Royce had the temerity Wednesday to ask Janet Yellen whether the Fed was propping up stock prices. Imagine that! In fact, he hit the nail on the head when he characterized the Fed's unrelenting intrusion in financial markets and constant dithering on rate normalization as a "third pillar", and one found nowhere in its statutory authorities: ROYCE: I'm worried that the Federal Reserve has created a third pillar of monetary policy, that of a stable and rising stock market.
The nation's leading veteran services organizations are rallying behind the Department of Veterans Affairs and its beleaguered health-care system, touting the experience of staff, the breadth of services and its holistic approach to care delivery that they argue the private sector cannot match. The VSOs are warning of politicians and groups with agendas that constantly criticize VA health care, refuse to acknowledge reforms and thus advance a camouflaged campaign to dismantle VA health care.
Two companies proposing to build what would be the nation's largest oil-by-rail marine terminal along the Columbia River in Washington see it as an opportunity to link domestic crude oil from the Midwest to a West Coast port. Critics, however, see an environmental and safety catastrophe waiting to happen, especially after a train carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and burned on June 3 in Mosier, Oregon, just 70 miles upriver from the project site in Vancouver, Washington.
She describes herself as a country girl who helps take care of horses, but also a hipster who is a beer and coffee snob. Vargas hopes to be the future of politics, replacing what she not-so-affectionately calls the "khaki-pants wearing men's club."
"We must never ever give up, or give in," Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who led the charge for a vote on gun violence, announced. "We must keep the faith and we must come back here on July 5 more determined than ever before."
A 17-year-old Chinese Crested Chihuahua with legs bowed out like a frog and an oozing sore is the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest. SweePee Rambo took home the title at the annual Petaluma World's Ugliest Dog contest Friday night at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds after besting 15 other malformed pooches, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Saturday .
MIKE: WELCOME BACK TO "UPFRONT" AND OUR EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN. ABOUT THE BETTER WAY AGENDA YOU AND REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN LAYING OUT.
MIKE: WE'RE BACK ONE LAST TIME TODAY WITH THE HOUSE SPEAKER, WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN. YOU ARE FACING AN OPPONENT IN THE PRIMARY, HE HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF YOU.
Some have wondered if the killer used ISIS as a cover for a different motivation involving a possible struggle with his own sexual identity, but the massacre was terrorism against LGBT people, regardless of motive. North Carolina State Rep. Dan Bishop , the primary sponsor of the "bathroom bill."