List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Use of ‘Fiancée’ Visas by Muslims Is a Rare Occurrence
Muslims don't often use the visa used by the San Bernardino shooter to gain entry to the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Puerto Rico Staves Off Default but Dark Clouds Remain
Puerto Rico manages to avoid default.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rabid Dogs and Muslim Databases: GOP’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Reaches Fevered Pitch
GOP anti-Muslim rhetoric heats up after the attacks in Paris.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 House Ignores Obama’s Veto Threat in Demanding Tougher Screening for Refugees
The House ignored presidential veto threats in passing a bill requiring tougher screening for Syrian refugees.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Vows to Veto Syrian Refugee Bill
The White House announced on Wednesday it will veto a Republican bill that will impose stricter requirements for refugees entering the United States from Syria. The bill, scheduled for a vote in the House on Thursday, wouldn’t provide any additional security and would “create significant delays and obstacles in the fulfillment of a vital program that satisfies both humanitarian and national security objectives," said the White House in a statement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 House Republicans Seek to Cut Off Funding for Syrian Resettlement Program
Following the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, House Republicans are proposing to block federal funding for resettling Syrian refugees until a series of new conditions are met, Foreign Policy has learned.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Close Guantánamo, Obama Will Have to Test the Limits of Presidential Power
The president took office promising to abandon George W. Bush’s policy of using executive orders to sidestep Congress. Now he’s doing the same.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senate Bans Transfer of Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay
The Senate just banned the transfer of prisoner from Guantanamo Bay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Leaves the Fate of His Plan for Undocumented Immigrants With the Supreme Court
President Obama takes his immigration reforms to the Supreme Court.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Budgets May Be Tight, but Pentagon Spending Tens of Millions on Pro Sports
The NFL, MLB, NFL, NBA, and Nascar have all cashed the Pentagon's checks to stage patriotic events.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Yellen: U.S. Banks Are Still a Risk to Financial Stability
Fed chief Janet Yellen tells lawmakers big U.S. financial firms are behind on putting in place key safeguards to prevent a repeat of 2008.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Time to End Confrontations Over Federal Borrowing Limits
Recurrent threats to force a U.S. debt default could end in catastrophe. There are better ways for Congress to oversee its fiscal responsibilities — and it’s time to use them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fate of the Export-Import Bank Now in the Hands of the Senate
The Export-Import Bank gets new life in the House. Now, it's fate lies in the Senate.
