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Getty Images Two Senate committees plan to release a flurry of recommendations in a thorough 100-page-plus report about what went wrong on January 6, but they will stop short of examining former President Donald Trump’s role in the run-up to the attack on the US Capitol, which is likely to fuel the partisan debate about whether further investigation is needed. The Senate Rules and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees are expected to release their findings on the security failures that led to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol next week, which includes a detailed look at...

Utility legislation, now law, will protect Oklahoma families, seniors and small businesses Oklahoma State Senate OKLAHOMA CITY – Two Senate bills to help manage huge spikes in energy costs after February’s historic winter storm will protect seniors, families, small businesses and Oklahoma’s economy.  That’s according to Sen. James Leewright, R-Bristow, chair of the Senate select committee created to study the issue.  Both Senate Bills 1049 and 1050 were recently signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.  Leewright, who also chairs the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee, pre...

Quick Hits *** Two Senate committees voted on Wednesday to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden's pick for deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget, Shalanda Young. Her nomination for the somewhat sleepy post of OMB deputy director has assumed new urgency in since Neera Tanden, Biden's pick for OMB director, dropped out of the running after Senate opposition. If confirmed, the Biden administration plans for Young to serve as acting director of OMB, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klainsaid i...