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Thanks to Mueller, foreign agents come under greater scrutiny

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The special counsel’s nearly two-year probe of Russian interference in the 2016 elections may have let the president himself mostly off the hook, but one sector emerged positively scathed: international lobbying. Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation resulted in the convictions of onetime lobbyists, of course, but more consequentially, it put an unprecedented glare on the…

National, state leaders issue statements regarding Louisiana church fires

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National and state leaders have spoken up regarding four church fires in Louisiana, one in northwest Louisiana. Investigators suspect a small fire that damaged Vivian United Pentecostal in north Caddo Parish March 31 was intentional. Three historically black churches in less than two weeks have caught fire, where officials say they found “suspicious elements,” in St. Landry…

U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise presses for vote on abortion bill; GOP members of Louisiana delegation back him

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U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is leading the charge on a long-shot effort to force a vote on a measure that would punish doctors if they don’t try saving the lives of infants born after botched abortions. The bill, dubbed the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," is unlikely to get the 218 signatures it needs to get to override the Democratic…

Congressman Johnson and colleagues fight for lives of unborn children with petition in House

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 Today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and more than 150 of his colleagues signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the House. The petition was brought forward by Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01) and remains active until the end of this Congress. It needs 218 signatures to move forward. “Every…

Johnson, others sign discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

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Today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and more than 150 of his colleagues signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the House. The petition was brought forward by Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01) and remains active until the end of this Congress. It needs 218 signatures to move forward. JOHNSON RELEASED THE FOLLOWING…

House Republicans plan another push to force a vote on anti-infanticide legislation

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House Republicans are making another move to get the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the floor of the chamber for a vote, but there’s another big hurdle they’ll have to clear. Tuesday morning, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise announced that a discharge petition for the bill, which failed in the Senate, will be filed on April 2. The catch? It’ll have to…

EXCLUSIVE: House conservatives' 13-page takedown of Green New Deal

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal runs 14 pages long. The Republican Study Committee is countering with a 13-page takedown. The RSC, the caucus of conservatives in the U.S. House, has produced a background briefing document cataloguing the struggles and costs of meeting the Green New Deal’s lofty promises. Among the difficulties is that using 100…

Mueller is 'beyond reproach;' a congressional investigation would be 'silly': Louisiana Republican

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Rep. Mike Johnson said Tuesday it would be “silly” for any congressional committee to re-investigate topics covered by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. “I think it’s silly for anyone to suggest that any congressional committee here…could find something that Robert Mueller did not in 22 months of investigation, with 25 million…

Mike Johnson on Mueller findings: Dems will drag this out again

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United States Congressman Mike Johnson from Louisiana's 4th Congressional District talks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL's Robert J Wright and Erin McCarty about the Mueller Report released last Friday. The report, which ended an investigation of more than two years, found that there was no collusion between President Donald Trump or the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Johnson tells…