Here s A Look At Congress Incoming Freshman Class
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With 2020 in the rearview mirror, the 117th Congress is now getting under way as members take their oaths of office on Capitol Hill Sunday.
For many, the process will be familiar territory. But for most of the incoming lawmakers, it s the beginning of a brand new chapter.
Here s a look at that group of lawmakers and what their first few days will look like:
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The first day brings with it considerably less pomp and celebration than typical opening day proceedings, where Capitol Hill is flooded with newly elected lawmakers and their families.
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Pompeo weighs plan to place Cuba on US terrorism sponsor list
By Michael Crowley, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt New York Times,Updated December 29, 2020, 9:45 p.m.
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State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden administration to relax increased American pressure on Havana.
With three weeks left until Inauguration Day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must decide whether to sign off on the plan, according to two U.S. officials, a move that would also serve as a thank-you to Cuban Americans and other anti-communist Latinos in Florida who strongly supported President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in the November election.
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WASHINGTON • Officials at the US State Department have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden administration to relax increased American pressure on Havana.
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