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RENÉE LOTH They are closer to the people than most federal office-holders.  SCOT LEHIGH Silly claims about the Green New Deal show how juvenile conservatives have become on climate.   WASHINGTON — Andrew G.

RENÉE LOTH They are closer to the people than most federal office-holders.  SCOT LEHIGH Silly claims about the Green New Deal show how juvenile conservatives have become on climate.   WASHINGTON — Andrew G.

RENÉE LOTH They are closer to the people than most federal office-holders.  SCOT LEHIGH Silly claims about the Green New Deal show how juvenile conservatives have become on climate.   WASHINGTON — Andrew G.

RENÉE LOTH They are closer to the people than most federal office-holders.  SCOT LEHIGH Silly claims about the Green New Deal show how juvenile conservatives have become on climate.   WASHINGTON — Andrew G.

The House on Wednesday easily passed a bill that would require MORE to withdraw U.S.

Back pay for federal contractors impacted by the recent partial government shutdown did not make it into a funding deal expected to be filed later Wednesday, a source told The Hill. A Democratic source, asked if the provision made into the agreement, said "nothing extra was included [because] Republicans refused to do back pay." In addition to back pay for contractors, an extension of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is not expected to be included in the funding deal.

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Trump campaign chairman MORE multiple times in the course of his cooperation with the government. Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Wednesday evening that Manafort intentionally misled investigators on a range of subjects, including his contacts with a Russian business associate, Konstantin Kilimnik, and a separate Justice Department investigation being run out of another district. Jackson, who is overseeing Manafort’s Washington, D.C., case, ruled that the special counsel “established by a preponderance of the evidence” that Manaf

Lawmakers are rushing to pass a bipartisan border deal that would prevent a looming government shutdown and resolve the long-standing impasse over MORE’s border wall. The Senate will go first and vote Thursday. Then, Democratic leaders said, the House will take up the funding package Thursday evening and send it to Trump.

Lawmakers introduced a bill late Wednesday night to prevent a second partial shutdown days before the deadline. Rep. filed the legislation to fund approximately a quarter of the federal government roughly 48 hours before the funding lapse deadline.  “We cannot repeat the disastrous government shutdown, so it is incumbent on Congress to come together to responsibly fund our government.

This week, Trump reiterated for the third time in a few weeks that he believes the U.S.