Iran, Trump and Congress
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Three Republican women who had a hand in forcing the resignations of lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct said they are out to name and shame more offenders. It is not clear how far they will go.
Congress returns this week with added pressure to find a deal to end the partial DHS shutdown. It also needs to find a way to end the impasse over FISA surveillance legislation.
I think members of Congress should be held to a higher standard than the average citizen," Congressman Suhas Subramanyam said.
Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett says she is stepping away from Congress at the end of the year and stepping into a new role as a national political organizer. Instead of chasing another office, she plans to build a leadership machine aimed at electing allies across the country.
A spate of alleged wrongdoing has implications for a narrowly-divided Congress, as well as the public's perception of how the institution responds to accusations of corruption and sexual misconduct.
A major alcohol industry trade association says the U.S. House of Representatives’s passage last week of a Farm Bill without including provisions to call off the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products represents a “missed opportunity.
I think a lot of factors there went into this, but certainly not a real great moment here in Congress," said Mitchell Miller.