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At https://www.GovTrack.us, we're tracking the United States Congress. Research & track the bills, votes, and members in the 🇺🇸 Congress. A civic engagement & government accountability project since 2004. #opengov

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Top news app in US has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with the help of AI | Reuters | If any of our followers has downloaded this app or knows anyone who uses it, be aware that it publishes AI-generated fiction.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/top-news-app-us-has-chinese-origins-writes-fiction-with-help-ai-2024-06-05/

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A reasonable counterpoint!
https://social.coop/@jimkreft/112563806589153460

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Votes held by Congress yesterday: 2 on Nomination, 2 on Cloture https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes 🏛️

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H.R. 7606 by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew [R-NJ2] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1087 Route 47 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey, as the “Carlton H. Hand Post Office Building”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr7606 🏛️

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Your GovTracker is going to put back on her government publications librarian hat to rant about sloppy language in reporting. There are several specific categories of Presidential Documents(https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents). The main ones are Executive Orders and Proclamations, but they are not the same. What Biden issued today was a proclamation (still only on the White House site: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/06/04/a-proclamation-on-securing-the-border/). The meat is in a DHS regulation: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2024-12435/securing-the-border which is a whole other thing!

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It matters because if you’re trying to find the text of the Biden border materials for today and search for Executive Orders, you’re not going to find it. But that’s how everyone talked about it. And, since most of the articles today were written pre-publication, there were no links to help the average person see what was happening. We’ve found the American Immigration Council’s X account helpful, along with this fact sheet about limiting entry: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/understanding-ina-section-212f-president-authority-suspend-entry-migrants / rant over

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H.R. 1098 by Rep. Chris Pappas [D-NH1] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East Derry Road in East Derry, New Hampshire, as the “Chief Edward B. Garone Post Office”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr1098 🏛️

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Things I’ve learned from @GovTrack #1:

The U.S. Senate mostly just renames post offices. 🇺🇸

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@skoobasteeve Not quite true. Both chambers do this. It’s constituent service; they’re usually totally uncontroversial and don’t take much floor time. Not renaming them wouldn’t solve the other logjams, so the logic is “why not”? What the Senate actually spends most of its time on is nominated positions and as many judicial ones as they can.

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@skoobasteeve Oh yeah, the uncontroversial part is a huge factor! But it’s been a source of irritation for both our users and even some Congressional leaders over the years. John Boehner, ~2012, tried to put limits on the renamings and other commemorative resolutions. Didn’t take tho :)

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H.R. 1555 by Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA5] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2300 Sylvan Avenue in Modesto, California, as the “Corporal Michael D. Anderson Jr. Post Office Building”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr1555 🏛️

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H.R. 7199 by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald [R-WI5] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the “Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr7199 🏛️

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Lawmakers expensed millions under new program that doesn’t require receipts - The Washington Post | Everyone grouses when Congress gives itself raises and baroque arrangements like this, ripe for abuse, are what they pass instead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/house-representatives-expenses-receipts-lodging/

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@gooba42 I don’t think anyone would argue that Congressional pay won’t alter whether someone is willing to take a bribe, but never giving themselves raises just means that over time ever fewer non-wealthy citizens can run for and be in Congress. The body is already disproportionately full of extremely wealthy people; why not try to make it viable for more representative Representatives?

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@gooba42 The majority of the country doesn’t have to maintain two residences in order to do the job though. Public financing of campaigns would have no effect on this.

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@gooba42 You, along with every other US citizen, have the right to advocate with your representatives on issues important to you. If you want to spend your time pushing Congress to punish itself, have at it. But you might have more success, and certainly a greater impact if successful, by advocating with your representatives for improving the lives of everyone else in the US.

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H.R. 6750 by Rep. Donald Davis [D-NC1] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 Mercer Street Southwest in Wilson, North Carolina, as the “Milton F. Fitch, Sr. Post Office Building”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr6750 🏛️

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H.R. 6651 by Rep. Thomas Tiffany [R-WI7] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 603 West 3rd Street in Necedah, Wisconsin, as the “Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr6651 🏛️

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This is why we noted that the actual document on the border hadn’t come out yet: per Dara Lind on X, “(The meat of Biden's border announcement isn't anything that's come out yet; it's the "interim final rule" that the White House says will be published today, but isn't yet on the Federal Register site. Most likely that will happen in the 4p hour? But who knows really?)”

If it’s an “interim final rule”, then it wouldn’t be an Executive Order afaik. So, indeed, the AP article may well be wrongish

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Normally, we don’t talk much about actions by the other branches of the federal government. However, the Executive Order that Biden is supposed to be releasing today that cuts back on asylum seekers is the subject of much discussion by members of Congress: https://apnews.com/article/biden-asylum-migration-immigration-mexico-border-dec5f83b468b5795479bf1f5e49799d5 We have no reason to think the AP is mis-describing the EO, but the Administration hasn’t made any versions public so it might differ from the article. It should be listed here when released: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2024

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H.R. 5712 by Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI6] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Fremont Street in Kiel, Wisconsin, as the “Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr5712 🏛️

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18 bills were introduced in Congress yesterday. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse#sort=-introduced_date 🏛️

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H.R. 6983 by Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA8] passed the House yesterday (→Senate). To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office”. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr6983 🏛️

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This week, Congress works on funding the government: https://www.govtrack.us/posts/420/2024-06-04_congress-works-on-funding-the-government-this-week

Also, two corrections to our post from Friday. They don't change the substance, but we always regret when we err:
https://www.govtrack.us/posts/419/2024-05-31_what-is-accountability-in-congress?

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H.Res. 1215 by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL25] was agreed to yesterday. Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to join in efforts to educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish American community. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres1215 🏛️

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Votes held by Congress yesterday: 1 on Cloture, 1 on Passage under Suspension https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes 🏛️

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