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Iowa Democrat Appears to Flip State Legislative Seat in Upset Victory – The New York Times

Iowa Democrat Appears to Flip State Legislative Seat in Upset Victory  The New York Times Democrats flip Iowa state Senate seat, breaking GOP supermajority  The Hill Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority  The Des Moines Register A special election could undo Republicans’ Iowa Senate supermajority  Iowa Public Radio The senate race in Iowa that could signal a blue wave …

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Colorado governor calls special legislative session to deal with nearly $1B budget hole, artificial intelligence law

Colorado governor calls special legislative session to deal with nearly B budget hole, artificial intelligence law

Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered state lawmakers back to the Colorado Capitol on Aug. 21 for a special legislative session aimed at addressing the nearly $1 billion hole punched in the state budget by the so-called big, beautiful bill, congressional Republicans’ federal tax and spending measure. In his executive order calling the special session, Polis also ordered state agencies …

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California’s Democratic legislative leaders appear ready to follow Newsom’s lead on redistricting

California’s Democratic legislative leaders appear ready to follow Newsom’s lead on redistricting

California’s Democratic legislative leaders are not ready to talk publicly about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to have lawmakers redraw the state’s congressional maps to try to send more Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives, but behind closed doors they appear ready to follow his lead. Newsom is eyeing a special election in November of this year to ask voters …

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House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

House passes Trump’s  billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

CNN  —  House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump. Congress passed the package — which is part of Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency efforts — under an obscure presidential budget law used to …

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House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

House passes Trump’s  billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president

CNN  —  House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump. Congress passed the package — which is part of Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency efforts — under an obscure presidential budget law used to …

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Americans were following Trump’s big legislative win closely — and they say they don’t support it – Politico

Americans were following Trump’s big legislative win closely — and they say they don’t support it  Politico Roughly 6 in 10 Americans oppose Trump’s megabill, CNN poll finds  CNN Trump Approval Rating Reaches Low Point In Latest Survey  Forbes 6 in 10 oppose ‘big, beautiful bill’: Survey  The Hill Spending Cuts, Iran Strikes, Epstein Row: Where Americans Stand On Trump’s Actions?  News18 Source link

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