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A group of House lawmakers are proposing legislation that would take the clemency process out of the Justice Department and create an independent clemency board.
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Narrow margins in both the House and Senate and significant philosophical divisions inside the party mean Democratic leaders face a difficult task steering the massive bill.
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The Senate has passed an infrastructure package worth more than $1.2 trillion dollars. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat of Massachusetts, about the hurdles ahead.
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Her close congressional allies New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib all recently endorsed Bernie Sanders.
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Four freshman lawmakers, all minorities, targeted in a series of tweets by the president on Sunday denounced his remarks as racist and responsible for "stoking white nationalism."
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The next Congress will include the first Muslim women, the first Native American women, and the youngest woman ever elected to that body.
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The Boston City Council member defeated Rep. Michael Capuano, 10-term incumbent, in a Massachusetts congressional primary.