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Congressional Climate Bill Tracking
H.R. 255 – Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2015
S. 177 – Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
H.R. 522 – Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies
H.R. 612 – To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
H.R. 467 – STEM Opportunities Act of 2015
S. 191 – Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2015
S. 108 – Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act of 2015
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GOP debate’s winners, losers
It was the most-hyped presidential primary debate in years, but as the smoke clears
from the GOP encounter in Cleveland, which candidates elevated themselves? And which
contenders are left licking their wounds?
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GOP insiders: Donald Trump is biggest loser
Donald Trump’s first presidential debate was a disaster. That’s the assessment of
Republican insiders in this week’s POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey
of the top strategists, activists and operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire. They
offered their reactions immediately after watching Thursday’s 9 p.m. prime-time
debate in Cleveland.
Forty-four percent called the controversial real estate mogul the biggest loser
of the evening, critiquing everything from his refusal to rule out a third party
run, to perceived misogynistic comments to his acceptance of single-payer health
care in other countries.
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Fox Moderators Force GOP Presidential Candidates to Play Defense in First Debate
In a sea of men, two women stood out during Thursday night’s Republican presidential
debates: Carly Fiorina, who dominated the undercard, and Megyn Kelly, who charged
hard after Donald Trump in the main event.
If Republicans thought that Fox News would go easy on the GOP contenders, Kelly
and her colleagues Chris Wallace and Bret Baier clearly had other things in mind.
They were aggressive from the get-go, consistently asking pointed questions of all
10 candidates on stage, especially-though not only-Trump.
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