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Congress

Senate Block Mercury Pollution Protections

The S.J.Res. 188 vote was over before it started. On a strict 53–46 party-line tally, the Senate blocked a Democratic attempt to use the Congressional...

Law and Order

White House Defies 50-Year-Old Records Law

A new Congressional Research Service report lands as a federal court orders the Trump administration to comply with a half-century-old records statute it...

Commerce

Committee To Shape Farm Trade

The House Agriculture Committee's June 10 hearing on agricultural perspectives on the future of the USMCA lands at a moment when the stakes for American...