House looks to take up climate, taxes, health care bill next Friday
The House is planning to reconvene next Friday and take up the Democrats’ sprawling climate, tax and health care bill, pending Senate passage of the multibillion-dollar package in the coming days. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) office sent out a floor update on Friday announcing that votes are expected on Friday, Aug. 12. The House is currently out of session for August recess. “Members are advised that pending Senate action on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the House is expected to meet on Friday, August 12th, to consider the legislation," the floor u
Read MoreBiden on Griner case: 'I'm hopeful. We're working hard'
President Biden on Friday said he’s “hopeful” about Brittney Griner’s situation after the WNBA star was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia. “I’m hopeful. We're working hard,” Biden told reporters when asked about Griner, who a day earlier was sentenced by a Russian judge on charges that she illegally brought drugs into the country. White House officials declined to say if there were specific developments that led Biden to say he felt hopeful about Griner’s situation. “He’s the president; he has to feel hopeful, right? This is something that is importan
Read MoreWatch live: CPAC Day 2
The Conservative Political Action Committee continues its convention in Dallas with appearances by Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and former White House strategist Stephen Bannon. Coverage is ongoing. Watch the live video above. Source: TEST FEED1
Read MoreFreedom Caucus chair drags Cornyn at CPAC Texas for crafting gun bill
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, publicly criticized Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for helping craft a gun law while Perry was in Cornyn’s state at CPAC Texas on Friday, drawing boos from the audience. In a speech on House Freedom Caucus successes, future plans and tactics, Perry said that Republicans in Washington have “got to know which team you're on.” “The red flag law that came out of the Senate and came to the House of Representatives, Sen. Cornyn not only — look, we understand that sometimes you got a bad vote. You know, you’ve got
Read MoreOlder age, smoking deemed most important risk factors for any type of cancer: study
Story at a glance Although a host of studies on risk factors for individual cancers exists, data are lacking with regard to developing any type of cancer at all. A new investigation of more than 425,000 individuals found older age and smoking were the greatest cancer risk factors. Over the course of five years, 15,226 cases of invasi
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