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Lawmaker introduces bill to impose 1,000% tax on semi-automatic weapons

Weapon used by alleged Uvalde shooter would sell for $18,700 if the bill is passed, instead of its retail price of $1,870.

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Republican congressional candidate suggests that gun stores sell 'fun-sized Snickers' bars for the price of assault rifles to circumvent a potential firearms tax

Errol Webber suggested that a 1,000% tax on AR-15s could be averted by selling a Snickers bar for the same price as the weapon.

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Congress orders plaque to honor police officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

It was mandated as part of the $1.5 trillion government funding legislation passed by Congress Thursday.

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Death of D.C. Police officer who died by suicide days after January 6 attack officially ruled a death in the line of duty

The ruling comes after a yearlong fight by the officer's widow to reverse an earlier decision denying the recognition of a line-of-duty death.

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NASA leasing bill morphs into 'freedom to vote' legislation

Politician who introduced the bill pleased, but 'did not expect this outcome.'

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GOP report shows inflation hurts low-income Americans the most, blames Democrats for price jumps

The report represents the latest attempt by the Republican party to highlight the risks of rising prices less than one year before the 2022 midterm elections.

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Sen. Susan Collins floats GOP support for a debt limit hike in exchange for Democrats abandoning Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending plan

Democrats dismissed Collin's idea as a non-starter. The debt limit standoff intensified with Biden saying its up to McConnell whether the US defaults.

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American, other airlines will require employee vaccinations

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

With Vaccines Now Mandated For Workplaces, Will A Travel Mandate Be Next?

Public health officials and infectious disease experts say requiring vaccination for domestic air and rail travel would help slow the COVID's spread, but the travel industry opposes a vaccine mandate.

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'We can't do enough': Lawmakers flooded by evacuation pleas

Across the county, the offices of members of Congress have become makeshift crisis centers.

'We can't do enough': Lawmakers flooded by evacuation pleas

Across the county, the offices of members of Congress have become makeshift crisis centers.

House passes Asian Americans hate crimes act as Gaetz and Greene among 62 GOP lawmakers refusing to back it

Bill has already passed Senate and will now be sent to president for his signature

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29% of unemployed Americans have been jobless over a year

About 29% of unemployed Americans have been out of work at least a year, a period of joblessness stretching to the early days of the Covid pandemic.

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Congressman Don Beyer calls on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to resign

Congressman Don Beyer calls on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to resign In the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, Congressman Don Beyer, a Democrat from Virginia, is calling on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to resign. McCarthy has said Mr. Trump bears some responsibility, but he opposed impeachment. Beyer joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss.

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Dems nominate Pelosi as speaker again to lead into Biden era

Against that backdrop, many House Democrats have for years impatiently insisted it's time for fresh leadership. To become speaker again, Pelosi will need more votes than House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who’s likely to garner nearly unanimous GOP support. Though she's likely to succeed, it won’t be simple because when Pelosi was elected speaker in January 2019, 15 Democrats opposed her. Pelosi came to Congress in 1987 and has led House Democrats, both as the minority and majority party, ever since 2003. Pelosi has won wide acclaim among Democrats as a leading Trump foe in battles over impeachment, immigration and health care.

Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistance

– Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president's actions were dangerous. But just 71 days before he will be inaugurated, Trump and his allies seemed determined to make Biden's transition as difficult as possible. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, among six world leaders overall, congratulated Biden on his election. Meanwhile, Biden tried to stay focused on health care in the midst of the worst health crisis in more than a century. The closed-door meeting marked the first time a Biden transition official has addressed the Democrats' Senate caucus since last week's election.

Kushner says Black people must 'want to be successful'

WASHINGTON – Presidential adviser Jared Kushner said Monday that President Donald Trump wants to help Black people in America, but they have to “want to be successful" for his policies to work. She said they were trying to distract from Trump's “undeniable record of accomplishment” for Black people. Smith, who is Black, tweeted a photo of himself with Kushner and Vice President Mike Pence. Smith said Kushner has been “a huge advocate" for the issues that affect Black America, and named criminal justice reform, opportunity zones, trade and jobs. Trump, who has been trying to appeal to the Black community, has been promoting his attempts to set up economic opportunity zones, provide steady funding for historically Black colleges and universities, and institute criminal justice reforms.

Congressman seeks to end park's designation as Lee memorial

But Democratic Rep. Don Beyer, whose district is home to Arlington House, said it's time that Lee's name be stripped. Beyer's plans for legislation comes as descendants of a family enslaved at Arlington House have been lobbying for a name change. Surrounding the mansion is Arlington National Cemetery, which draws nearly 4 million visitors a year. Craig Syphax of Arlington is one of the descendants of Arlington House slaves who requested Beyer take action. He said learning his family history in his adult years helped give him a new outlook on life.

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Trump committed to July 4 celebration despite lawmaker alarm

As President Trump has said, there will be an Independence Day celebration this year and it will have a different look than 2019 to ensure the health and safety of those attending, Deere said. Last year's July Fourth event featured tanks, a military flyover and a Trump speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Under recommendations by the mayors Reopen DC task force, large gatherings are prohibited during the first phase of reopening. In Phase Three, gatherings would cap at 250 people, with physical distancing. Large gatherings, like the Independence Day event, would not occur until the District enters Phase Four, "when a vaccine or other cure has been widely administered, or the disease has effectively disappeared.

Coronavirus outbreak requires paid sick leave, food aid for families: House Democrats

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday said any federal economic assistance during the coronavirus outbreak must help people most directly impacted by the disease, not the wealthy, and that any package would not be ready this week. Potential aid should include paid sick leave, enhanced unemployment insurance, food security and affordable testing and treatment, House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark told reporters at a news conference. The American people are the ones who will need the relief if Congress acts, not the millionaires, not the billionaires, not the multi-national corporations, said U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the caucus chairman. We need to put families first.Jeffries added that more details would come out in coming days. U.S. Representative Don Beyer, a Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee and joint economic panel, said their legislative package was still being crafted and that no vote was expected this week.

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In suburban Virginia, divisions over impeachment on display

Most of us did not run for office to impeach the president, Beyer, an early and outspoken advocate of the inquiry, told the mostly pro-impeachment crowd. Were trying to fulfill our responsibility as best as we can.While the majority in the heavily Democratic district seemed to support impeachment, the questions were more evenly divided. I dont think President Trump has been given the same respect, Kevin Stull of Alexandria, an engineer with the Department of Defense, told Beyer. Impeachment supporters decried Trumps actions and wondered why Republicans were so united in support of the president. Carla Schneier, a healthcare worker from Alexandria, said she was a believer in the Constitution and the president is trampling on it.Five days of public hearings in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry concluded on Thursday.

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Democrats target wealth again, this time with a plan to tax income over $2 million

That would hike the top household tax rate from 37% to 47%, while the capital gains rate would rise from 20% to 30%. On Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, both Democrats, released a plan for a new surtax on income over $2 million. Warren first set the bar for her wealth tax at $50 million in assets. Her rival, Sanders followed up with a plan to tax wealth over $32 million. Klobuchar said a wealth tax is "not the only idea" for tackling income inequality.

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