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White House Refuses to Support Laken Riley Act, Says ‘Get on Board’ with Senate Bill

On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” White House chief of press secretary Olivia Dalton answered a question about whether President Joe Biden supports the Laken-Reilly Act, which passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis. , said: To do that, we should really join a bipartisan border security agreement. ” Host Blake Berman […]

Delaware House pass gun bill requiring fingerprinting, training before purchase

Delaware’s Democratic-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday to approve a bill that would require anyone who wants to buy a handgun to first be fingerprinted, undergo training and obtain a permit from the state. . Thursday’s vote comes just as a federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments over Maryland’s […]

Joe Biden Claims Border Security Bill Was ‘Toughest… Ever’

Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in his State of the Union address that the border bill that Senate leaders introduced in February is “the toughest border security reform we’ve ever seen.” Verdict: False. Mr. Biden argued: “In November, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators. The result is a bipartisan bill […]

Bill would require chip-enabled SNAP EBT cards to prevent skimming

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced Thursday that fraudsters can’t steal recipients’ benefits. introduced legislation to strengthen cybersecurity protections for SNAP cards. Microchips and other security features in cards have been common in credit and debit cards for years, but SNAP cards don’t have those features. “There is no […]

Bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok clears House panel unanimously

A bipartisan bill that would force Chinese government-aligned ByteDance to sell TikTok passed a House committee vote unanimously on Thursday. Lawmakers resisted the app’s full-scale pressure campaign, and disgruntled users tried to repeal the bill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill to protect Americans from foreign enemy regulatory applications by a 50-0 […]

House Passes ‘Laken Riley Act’: Immigration Bill Named After Slain Georgia Student

Sen. Joni Ernst holds up a poster with photos of murder victims Sarah Root and Laken Riley and speaks after a policy luncheon at the Capitol on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Washington. (R-Iowa). (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) OAN’s James Myers2:19 PM – Thursday, March 7, 2024 The U.S. House of Representatives passed an immigration bill […]

Bill shielding press from feds could reach Biden’s desk this year, Schumer says

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tells the Post that he may send the country’s first federal press shield law to President Biden’s desk after it quietly passed the House by voice vote in January. He said there is. “Yes, I’m looking forward to it. [that it will pass this year]” the Brooklyn Democrat […]