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House Clears Bill to Avert Shutdown

The House passed legislation on Friday to prevent a government shutdown. The continuing resolution will give lawmakers an extension until the middle of next week to pass the appropriations spending bill.

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Bernie Sanders Tops With Time Magazine Readers

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) is the winner of the reader’s poll for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. The Democratic Socialist received 10.2 percent of the vote. In second place was Malala Yousafza, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, with 5.2 percent. Pope Francis came in third with 3.7 percent of votes.

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Exclusive — Congress Likely To Defund Obama’s Housing Rules

The administration’s housing regulation, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), gives the federal government the power to decide the racial composition of communities in America. The regulation allows for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to withhold money from cities and municipalities that fail to address racial disparities in their communities. Congress is likely to defund Obama’s housing rules in the forthcoming omnibus spending bill.

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Rand Paul: Marco Rubio Is The Weakest Candidate On National Defense

Sen. Rand Paul calls his presidential competitor Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) “the weakest” of the Republican presidential candidates when it comes to national defense. “Rubio has never been very good with border security, he’s pretty much has been an open

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Obama Announces No New Strategy For Defeating ISIS

President Barack Obama addressed the nation Sunday night and offered no new initiatives for defeating ISIS, despite new polling data showing that Americans are unhappy with his current strategy.

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GOP Reps: Office of Refugee Resettlement Is Violating Federal Law

Four members of Congress, U.S. Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) have sent a letter to Health and Human Service Secretary, Sylvia Burwell, telling her the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is violating federal law.

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Syrian Refugee Resettlement Funding Divides GOP Field

Many GOP presidential candidates say Congress should defund President Obama’s Syrian refugee resettlement program following Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) revelation that the spending bill – scheduled for a vote by Dec. 11 – would allow Obama to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States.

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Ambassador John Bolton: National Security Should Decide The Next President

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton is aiming to influence the 2016 GOP presidential election, so he’s releasing a new campaign advertisement on Tuesday to encourage voters to make national security their priority when choosing the next president of the United States.

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