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posted onDecember 7, 2017
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capital source City Council President Michelle Wu has proposed preserving a pilot city ordinance that allows stores to host acoustic performances any day of the week.  CAPITAL SOURCE Mayor Martin J.

Moore gets boost from Bannon in final days of campaign | TheHill

posted onDecember 6, 2017
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Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Tuesday hit the campaign trail for Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, blasting the GOP establishment and vouching for the embattled candidate one week before election day. “This election’s going to boil down to something very simple. Do you support the program of Donald J. Trump that Judge Moore supports? Or do the good folks in Alabama support the program of MORE, already rejected on Nov.

Right scrambles GOP budget strategy | TheHill

posted onDecember 6, 2017
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House GOP leaders’ strategy to avert a government shutdown was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday amid growing demands from conservative hard-liners and defense hawks. While no final decisions had been made as of late Tuesday, one option gaining traction would be for lawmakers to pass a two-week continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through Dec. 22. Under that scenario, the House then would pass a longer-term defense spending bill before the end of the year.