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Senators hear the case for cutting Americans’ work week to 32 hours

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 Capital News Service

In 1955, Walter Reuther, head of what was then known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW), told a Senate hearing that coming technological advancements would make a four-day workweek possible.

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Hogan’s run for U.S. Senate is all the buzz among former Capitol colleagues

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Capital News Service

Hogan was one of the Republican party’s more outspoken critics of former president Donald Trump, who is likely to be at the top of the ticket in the fall. Hogan even claimed he voted for late former president Ronald Reagan over Trump in 2020.

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Anti-war protesters confront House hearing on Houthi threat

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Capital News Service

As lawmakers reviewed increasing Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, anti-war protesters confronted a House hearing Wednesday over U.S. military involvement in the Middle East.

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Cardin and Van Hollen back new foreign aid bill after bipartisan immigration deal dies

February 9, 2024 Capital News Service

Maryland Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen have criticized Republican colleagues for blocking the bipartisan package that included border security and military aid to Ukraine. 

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Commentary Missing the Point 

Missing the Point – Your National Debt

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 Les Cohen

As of this writing, the national debt of the United States – money our country has borrowed to cover expenses

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Commentary Missing the Point 

Missing the Point – The Republicans’ Problem With Majority Rule

October 25, 2023 Les Cohen

Republicans don’t believe in majority rule.  Recent votes in the House Republican Conference are proof positive of this heresy, this lack of commitment to a fundamental principle of our democracy.

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Speaker fight fallout: Pelosi, Maryland’s Hoyer lose Capitol hideaways

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Capital News Service

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, and House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-California, were evicted Tuesday from their United States Capitol hideaway offices in the aftermath of the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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Raskin leads effort to recognize Banned Books Week

September 29, 2023 Capital News Service

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced a bill Wednesday calling for the national recognition of Banned Books Week, which is Oct. 1-7, and the condemnation of banning books in school libraries. 

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Commentary Missing the Point 

Missing the Point – Flaw in the system.  Easy to fix

August 9, 2023August 10, 2023 Les Cohen

So, you want to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t get re-elected?  The solution is remarkably simple.  All Congress needs to do is pass a law that requires that general election Presidential candidates qualify for a TS/SCI security clearance.

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Cardin gives racial and religious profiling bill another chance

April 28, 2023 Capital News Service

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, has reintroduced his bill to ban racial and religious profiling in all levels of law enforcement, just months after protests over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died of injuries after being stopped and beaten by Memphis Police officers. 

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U.S. National Debt

The current U.S. national debt:
$39,016,762,910,245

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