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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Less than a week before taking over control of the House of Representatives, Republican leaders have announced plans to implement a new rule they say will impact debate on every substantive measure generated by lawmakers in that chamber of Congress. Starting this month, the sponsor of each new bill will have to identify, chapter and verse, the constitutional underpinning for the exercise of congressional power contemplated by the proposed measure. In other words, one part of the legislative branch will initially offer its own interpretation of the constitutionality of its pending work before ...
After a two-year investigation, the House Committee on Standards and Official Conduct announced Thursday that it will essentially put Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel on trial for numerous ethics complaints against him. Rangel has been accused of failing to pay taxes, of using his House position for personal financial gain and of filing improper financial disclosure reports. The move means that investigators believe the congressman violated House rules and will now work to prove their case to House members. "At long last, sunshine has pierced through this cloud that has been over my head for ...
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