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The Senate-passed bill to end the record-long government shutdown moved to the full House for a final vote after a key House panel advanced it early Wednesday.
Whether “willfully” in 2 U.S.C. § 192 – which states that anyone who is “summoned … by the authority of either House of Congress” and “willfully makes default” on the subpoena has committed a crime – requires the government to prove the defendant knew his conduct was unlawful;
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path for senator lawsuits, experts said.
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House Republicans balk at Senate provision letting lawmakers sue over ‘Arctic Frost’ phone records
House Republicans blast a last-minute provision in the Senate-passed government funding bill allowing senators to sue over the "Arctic Frost" probe.
The deal is now being debated by House lawmakers, where a final vote could be expected as early as Wednesday evening. So what's in the deal now? Let's VERIFY.
Government funding bill includes provision that would create pathway for senators to sue the government if their phone records are investigated without their notice.
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers have not been paid for at least six weeks during the shutdown. So, why is Congress still getting paid?
A provision limiting the sale of intoxicating hemp products made its way into legislation to reopen the federal government just a day before the Senate approved the bill.