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... for fetuses, declaring that "the full value of a child begins at the point when a detectable human heartbeat exists." Republican Rep. Ed Setzler, the bill's author, said in an interview after the bill passed the state House that it's a "common sense" measure that seeks to "balance ...
States that have introduced legislation to restrict non-medical exemptions saw quick upticks in vaccination rates. After the 2014-2015 measles outbreak in Disneyland that infected at least 147 people, California passed Senate Bill 277, a vaccination law requiring students entering kindergarten and seventh grade to be fully vaccinated. In ...
... there's a fair floor in the workplace, that we actually have to address immigration, too. Your organization has done advocacy around a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. What is a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights? There's been this long history of exclusion from really basic protections under the ...
... this country." READ MORE: How Trump’s family separation policy has become what it is today Former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said in a weekend interview that the child separation interview could be dangerous for Trump. He said the president "should be immediately fixing this problem." "This is a fuse ...
... over the spending bill led to the restoration of $108 million for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for fiscal year 2018. The House passed the bill and forward it to the Senate, who has until the end of the day Friday to vote. Congress must pass the bill Friday to ...
... You can't create an economy overnight. Paul Solman: Now, for the full-on defense of Trump's policies, we were trying to secure an interview with the head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett. But, though he was at the conference, no luck. So, instead ...
... 42.3 percent in the second and 42 percent in the third. That’s an uptick from last year but far from a record. Quarterly rates this year for the total U.S. population: 63.6 percent, 63.7 percent and 63.9 percent. READ NEXT: Every moment in Donald ...
... an anchor. In short, we are on the verge of a debt crisis.” READ NEXT: What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill? But on Friday, as the Senate debated its version of tax legislation, which it passed early Saturday, a rather different Republican Party was in ...
The 216-212 vote permits Republicans to begin work on a follow-up $1.5 trillion tax cut and move it through Congress without fear of blocking tactics by Democrats.
WASHINGTON — A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump said he's come under "enormous pressure" both to quit and to remain at the White House following the administration's widely criticized response to violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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