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A Democratic-led committee will probe efforts by the Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice to seize metadata from devices belonging to members of Congress, journalists and the then-White House counsel.
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Florida will gain one seat, for a total of 28 in the 435-member House of Representatives, starting with next year’s elections for Congress.
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Based on population shifts recorded by the 2020 census, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states gaining representation, while California, New York and Pennsylvania are losing influence.
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A 1929 law set up a process for redistributing representation after each census that has pitted states against one another in a once-a-decade fight for power in Congress and the Electoral College.
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The bills, which have an uncertain path in the Senate, would create a process for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to earn permanent resident status and eventual citizenship.
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With Democrats in full control of Congress, lawmakers hope that the legislation will find more support. Efforts to pass tougher gun control laws have repeatedly failed despite recent mass shootings.
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The bill will deliver a new round of aid to Americans almost a year after the pandemic first upended daily life in the United States.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for bipartisan support for the upcoming House vote on the Senate-amended legislation. Such support is unlikely, as Republicans are fiercely opposed to the package.
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The For the People Act would dramatically overhaul the U.S. voting system and seek to limit the amount of dark money in politics. It is not expected to advance in the Senate.
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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is introducing a measure that would require background checks for all gun sales.
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After Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy failed to take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, the House will vote on whether to strip Greene of her committee assignments.
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Ten Republican House members joined with all Democrats to impeach the president for a second time.