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The Senate Rules and Administration Committee voted along party lines 10-9 to favorably report out of committee a resolution to change procedures for the consideration of presidential nominations. Members considered other committee business as well, however the majority of the debate focused on this resolution. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also took part in the vote and debate. S. Res 50, as it's formally known, is co-sponsored by the chair, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK).

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The Senate Health Committee held a hearing to examine pain management alternatives to opioids. President Trump declared a public health emergency to address the opioid addiction epidemic. Witnesses who testified included two physicians, a pharmacist, and an addiction advocate. All agreed no one perfect solution exists to resolve this epidemic, but there are several approaches to address it.

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Thee House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the political situation in Venezuela and the status of U.S. humanitarian aid efforts in the country. Witnesses included U.S. Special Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams and other State Department officials. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) pressed Ambassador Abrams over his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair and his two guilty pleas for withholding information from Congress, saying "I fail to understand why members of this committee or the American people should find any testimony you give today to be truthful."

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor talked about her life and career during an event hosted by the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She spent much of the program discussing the differences between her work on a district court and in the Supreme Court, and also offered details about an upcoming children's book she was authoring. After the moderated discussion, she took questions from and greeted the audience.

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Former President Bill Clinton, Representative John Lewis (D-GA), and former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) were among the leaders and colleagues who eulogized former Representative John Dingell (D-MI), the former dean of the House of Representatives and longest-serving member of Congress in history.

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THe LBJ Tapes: President Johnson's August 1964 calls, including the Democratic National Convention.

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Federal Judge Richard Gergel recalled the blinding of African American World War II veteran Isaac Woodard by South Carolina police in 1946 and the subsequent political and judicial response. Judge Gergel was joined in conversation by Isaac Woodward's nephew, Robert Young, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill.

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House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) talked about the party's legislative agenda at an event hosted by AXIOS in Washington, DC. Rep. Jeffries touched on a number of topics including preventing future government shutdowns, criminal justice reform, climate change, and the "Green New Deal."

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democrats held a bill signing ceremony in the Speaker's Ceremonial Office. The ceremony came after the House passed a bill to fund the government and border security.

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President Trump delivered remarks in the White House Rose Garden to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. The president also addressed trade negotiations with China, the U.S. economy and his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam.

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Stacey Abrams, former Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, spoke about minority voting rights, voter suppression and political power at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. She also responded to the president's emergency declaration along the U.S. southern border with Mexico calling it a political stunt that the press should not give 24/7 air time to. Abrams also talked about the upcoming 2020 elections and what her criteria will be for endorsing a Democrat.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May fielded several questions on Brexit negotiations during Question Time. Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn pressed the prime minister on the handling of a government "no-deal Brexit" contract with an Irish freight company that was later scrapped. Prime Minister May also answered questions on mental health awareness, equal pay for female soccer athletes, and clarifying the rules around the consumption and sale of dog and cat meat in the U.K.

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Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a possible 2020 presidential candidate, answered reporters questions at a "Christian Science Monitor" breakfast. He spoke about taxes, climate change, jobs, and his faith. He said he would make a decision about a presidential run in March 2019.

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Journalist Alice Driver covers migration, human rights and gender equality for Time Magazine, National Geographic and other media. She spoke about and showed photos from inside a migrant caravan that's heading to the U.S. border, at an event hosted by Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

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Senior Judge Jed Rakoff from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York joined a panel discussion on corporate scandals and accountability at Stanford University. Other panelists included Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer, and Fahmi Quadir, a New York hedge fund manager and investment officer.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor talked about her life and career during an event hosted by the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She spent much of the program discussing the differences between her work on a district court and in the Supreme Court, and also offered details about an upcoming children's book she was authoring. After the moderated discussion, she took questions from and greeted the audience.

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