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Senate Democrats, still acutely burned after their Republican peers sunk the bipartisan bill to set up a January 6 commission, are now left with the consolation…

Having largely avoided public appearances since departing the White House, former President Donald Trump returned to the political stage on Saturday, delivering remarks touching on subjects ranging from his extended Facebook ban to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The filibuster stands in the way of Democrats passing bills aimed at expanding access to the vote. Meanwhile, the executive branch has lost one of its most powerful tools for intervening.

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to take away the lawmakers’ paychecks for blocking the vote.

© Getty Images PHOENIX — In the chaotic race to finalize a nearly $40 billion state budget, Arizona Republicans are moving to reverse a voter-approved ballot measure that would impose special excise taxes on the wealthy. They’re also trying to undermine the Secretary of State’s authority to administer and defend elections. The two amendments — both stirring controversy in the state House and Senate this week — are of vastly different scales. ADVERTISEMENT The proposed flat tax that w...

by Jenna Bloxom* (Advanced Biofuels USA)  The May 5 th, 2021 Congressional hearing of the CLEAN Future Act: Driving Decarbonization of the Transportation Sector was a veritable marathon of legislative discourse just shy of four hours long as both parties debated what they deemed, in their own succinct if not melodramatic words, as the way to “winning the future”.  This particular test of deliberative endurance was certainly not the first nor the final hearing of the CLEAN Future Act, so t...

Tax the rich? Executives predict Biden’s big plans will flop POLITICO 1 hr ago By Ben White © T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty Images Among other measures, President Joe Biden has proposed raising the top marginal tax rate on individuals to 39.6 percent from 37 percent now. President Joe Biden wants to fund his $4.1 trillion infrastructure and family policy agenda with a huge pile of tax increases on corporations and the wealthy. The business community is dismissing the threat...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- Illinois House and Senate Republicans gathered outside of Governor JB Pritzker’s office Wednesday demanding a bipartisan map. They continue to claim that Democrats are pushing a partisan redistricting process through Springfield. GOP lawmakers criticized Democrats last week for meeting behind closed doors to work on their map. When Pritzker ran for Governor in 2018, he promised to veto any partisan drawn map. However, Republicans now believe he has gone back on that promise...

May 13, 2021 Arizonas new law makes changes to its Permanent Early Voting List while Texas is poised to be the next state to pass a new election reform bill. SHOW TRANSCRIPT While Democrats in Congress are focused on passing their sweeping election reform bill, states across the country are plowing ahead with their own legislation. On Tuesday, Arizona became just the latest state to pass a new voting law.  "Today Im signing SB 1485. This bill is simple. Its all about election integrity," said...