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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;
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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.
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path for senator lawsuits, experts said.
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.
By the President of the United States of America A For two and a half centuries, the United States Marine Corps has stood as a living force
More than 7,900 flights have been canceled across the United States since the FAA began restricting flight capacity at 40 major airports on Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown. FlightAware data shows 1,025 cancellations on Friday and 1,566 on Saturday for flights “within, into, or out of the United States.”