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Congressional staff passes through a metal detector and security screening as they enter the House chamber, new measures put into place after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Retiring AP reporter chronicles 4 decades covering Congress
By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press
Mon,08/29/22-5:05AM , 103 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the waning moments of Democrats' four-decade hold on the House, I saw a gesture that seems unthinkable today. On the evening of Nov. 29, 1994, they let the top Republican preside, briefly, over the chamber.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., pay their respects as the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. "Woody" Williams, lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Washington. Manchin has told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that he will oppose a economic measure if it includes climate or energy provisions or boosts taxes on the rich or corporations. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP)

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Dem says Manchin blocking energy, tax provisions in big bill
By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press
Thu,07/14/22-9:31PM , 7,430 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, June 22, 2022. Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare, the latest step in the party's election-year attempt to craft a scaled back version of the economic package that collapsed last year, Democratic aides have told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Dems want to tax high earners to protect Medicare solvency
By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press
Thu,07/07/22-4:12AM , 117 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare, the latest step in the party's election-year attempt to craft a scaled-back version of
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leads the passage of the gun safety bill in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press
Fri,06/24/22-12:12AM , 176 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent President Joe Biden the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated
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