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Feb 15, 2019
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Trump defends signing national emergency to build border wall
President Donald Trump defended his executive action to access $6.6 billion in Pentagon and Treasury Department funds for his southern border barrier, accusing Democrats of opposing it as part of a “big con” and “a lie.”
Trump takes executive action
White House: Wall funds would be ‘back-filled’ in 2020 budget request
Republicans have concerns about Trump’s emergency declaration, too
Why 19 Democrats and 109 Republicans voted against the government funding deal
Democrats will push back on national emergency in Congress and courts
House may vote on resolution to disapprove of Trump’s national emergency
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Green New Deal: Some Democrats on the fence
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Watch: Trump announces national emergency on border, despite likely legal challenge
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Photos of the week: Shutdown averted, national emergency declared
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Capitol Police crackdown on press escalates to physical altercation
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Student charged for wiretapping Rep. Andy Harris’ office for Facebook Live stream
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Beto O’Rourke would ‘take the wall down’ between El Paso and Mexico
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Trade talks with China ‘intensive’ but tariffs still set to balloon on March 1, White House says
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The dead earmarks society
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Most 2020 Democratic candidates opposed spending bill
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House passes appropriations package to avert shutdown, sends to Trump
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Senate leaders interrupt Grassley speech to announce Trump’s support for deal, national emergency plans
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Two protests in Hart end in Valentine’s Day arrests
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Legal fight expected for Trump’s national emergency declaration
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Bill Clinton: John Dingell ‘was a world class doer’
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‘How many more have to die?’: Protesters chant on Hill on Parkland anniversary
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House progressives work on ‘Medicare-for-all’ as debate heats up
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Hoyer: John Dingell ‘raised up the institution of the House’
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‘Rest in well-deserved Peace,’ Boehner’s full eulogy to John Dingell in 6 minutes
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Trump will sign spending bill, declare national emergency
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Congress pauses to remember its longest serving member, John Dingell
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Ocasio-Cortez, other female progressive freshmen will vote against border deal
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John Lewis’ full eulogy to John Dingell in 8 minutes
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Senate confirms Barr amid questions about Mueller report
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Trump’s cryptic ‘funding bill’ tweet momentarily casts doubt over border bill
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Trump takes executive action
White House: Wall funds would be ‘back-filled’ in 2020 budget request
Republicans have concerns about Trump’s emergency declaration, too
Why 19 Democrats and 109 Republicans voted against the government funding deal
Democrats will push back on national emergency in Congress and courts
House may vote on resolution to disapprove of Trump’s national emergency
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Green New Deal: Some Democrats on the fence
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