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Kentucky Rep. Comer meets with Elon Musk on DOGE mission
Dec 6, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Rep. James Comer met with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy at the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon to discuss the duo’s plan to drastically reduce the size and scope of the federal ...
MAGA Republicans call for retirement after McConnell falls
Dec 12, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Mitch McConnell’s fall this week in the U.S. Capitol — his fourth public health episode in the past 21 months — is spurring fresh calls from Republicans for his resignation ...
Ky. senators Paul, McConnell split again on big defense bill ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Rand Paul was one of just 14 senators and three Republicans to vote against the annual bill passed by Congress on Wednesday that decides how the U.S. armed forces are funded for ...
GOP picks Hill over Barr for key House committee post | McClatchy ...
Dec 12, 2024 · Washington, D.C. Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr lost a Republican caucus vote to run a key House committee on Thursday, instantly increasing the odds he’ll turn his attention to running for U.S. Senate ...
Historians rank best and worst US presidents in CSPAN survey ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Franklin D. Roosevelt came in third with a score of 841. His strongest quality was public persuasion, 94.8, followed by vision and setting an agenda, 92, and crisis leadership, 91.6.
Fact check: What Trump really said about Ku Klux Klan
Mar 2, 2016 · WASHINGTON. What Donald Trump said – and did not say – about the Ku Klux Klan and former Klansman David Duke has emerged as a major controversy in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz to visit Louisville, Kentucky ...
Oct 22, 2024 · Walz’s foray into Louisville grants Kentucky a rare top of the ballot visit in a presidential election year. Kentucky has consistently voted overwhelmingly Republican in presidential elections ...
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What is a CR and what does it do? - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Mar 6, 2013 · Q. What if neither the spending bills nor the CR passes before the funding runs out? A. Much of the government shuts down. The record is the 21-day partial closing in 1995-96.