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Senators agree to strip hemp language from ag funding bill – Politico

Senators agree to strip hemp language from ag funding bill  Politico GOP Senator Successfully Blocks Federal Hemp THC Ban In Key Spending Bill  Marijuana Moment How It Really Works: The Unfair Fight Between Legal Cannabis and Unregulated ‘Gas‑Station’ Hemp  Independent Voter News War between intoxicating hemp and marijuana industries resumes in St. Louis  STLPR Kentucky business concerned about effects of federal bill re­stricting hemp-based …

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Senators eye passage of three-bill bundle for ‘minibus’ funding package – Politico

Senators eye passage of three-bill bundle for ‘minibus’ funding package  Politico Thune’s plans for the fall shutdown fight  Politico Schumer faces ‘no-win situation’ with far-left Dems ahead of government shutdown battle, Sen. John Thune says  Fox News Both parties promise bipartisanship to pass spending bills before shutdown deadline  ABC News Senate Dems preserve shutdown leverage over Trump, GOP  Axios Source link

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Thune prepares senators to work first August weekend – Axios

Thune prepares senators to work first August weekend  Axios Senate GOP faces tough call over Trump’s demand to cancel recess  The Hill ‘All the options’: GOP eyes cutting August recess to move dozens of Trump nominees stalled by Dems  Fox News Trump to Hill Republicans: I Will Make Your Summer Hell  The Bulwark Lawmakers typically get a month off for ‘August recess.’ Trump wants …

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GOP senators voice concern about $9B spending-cut bill they say they will vote for

GOP senators voice concern about B spending-cut bill they say they will vote for

WASHINGTON — Some key Senate Republicans are expressing serious reservations with a package of spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump as they barrel toward a final vote as soon as Wednesday evening. But several of those senators say they’ll still vote for the bill, which slashes $9 billion in previously approved funding for foreign aid and the Corporation for …

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US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts

US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts

Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/Aids programme Pepfar from cuts, amid a larger effort to reduce government spending. Senators said they would end a plan to cut $400m (£300m) from the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief programme, leaving total proposed cuts at $9bn. The proposition was made in a Senate amendment to …

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GOP senators tout Russia sanctions bill as ‘sledgehammer’ for Trump to end war

GOP senators tout Russia sanctions bill as ‘sledgehammer’ for Trump to end war

CNN  —  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal are urging quick action by the US as Russia escalates its war in Ukraine, including the passage of a bipartisan bill they’ve introduced implementing sanctions on Moscow that they say could be the “sledgehammer” President Donald Trump needs to end the conflict. The legislation, which would allow the president …

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US senators warn Nvidia CEO about upcoming China trip – Reuters

US senators warn Nvidia CEO about upcoming China trip  Reuters U.S. senators warn Nvidia CEO Huang about his upcoming China trip  CNBC China’s AI Dreams Lead to Data Centers in Once-Restive West  Bloomberg Nvidia’s Jensen Huang plans Beijing trip ahead of new China AI chip launch  Financial Times Bipartisan senators press Nvidia CEO over China trip  The Hill Source link

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