Congressional articles
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Louisiana has no congressional map, but there's a simple solution
Louisiana is once again without a valid congressional map following a new federal court ruling issued Tuesday evening, and it's not yet clear how the matter might get resolved. But proposals put forward earlier in the complex litigation that has led up to this moment show that there are readily available options that should satisfy the competing legal principles at play. One group of Black voters and civil rights organizations who originally challenged the map the state adopted in 2022 after...
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Student art celebrated in Congressional Art Competition
Student art was celebrated in Sharon Friday.
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Democrats have become the most powerful minority in congressional history
Welcome to the second edition of my twice-weekly newsletter. We're still checking some boxes before we unveil the name, but in the meantime I hope you enjoy, and tell your friends to subscribe! (Even the haters and losers.) Sincerely, Christopher Bedford Congress returned to Washington this week a changed body. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) had long struggled with a slim majority (whining about it is among his favorite party tricks), but after the foreign aid bill, he is...