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mueller won the right to keep investigating trump, but he may have

Thus, if the courts are powerless to ensure either the special counsel’s independence or to provide that his anticipated final report be made public, it will fall to Congress to do so. . . To date Congress has not acted; an effort to obtain a vote in the Senate on a bill to protect Mueller..

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senate investigators warn of chinese state-run centers at more than

China typically invests $100,000 to $200,000 to build a center and then another $100,000 or so per year to operate it, Senate investigators say. . The institutes are so controversial that at least 10 U.S. schools have announced plans in recent months to shut them down. ..

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party unity on congressional votes takes a dive: cq vote studies

Such a feat can be largely attributed to tight control by party leaders on how legislation reaches the floor: In the 115th Congress, the number of bills that reached the floor without any chance for amendment — so-called closed rules — broke the previous record of 83 set four years ago. . In the..

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