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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), right, greets Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) before the first hearing of the Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 09, 2023.

New U.S. House weaponization panel to probe FBI, IRS, ATF

BY: - February 9, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats on Thursday urged the GOP lawmakers running the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to work with them on genuine oversight investigations that aren’t political or focused on leveling grievances.  Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said during the panel’s first hearing that the subcommittee “could conceivably […]

Congressional panel debates federal role in preventing youth incarceration

BY: - September 8, 2022

WASHINGTON — Members of a U.S. House Education and Labor Committee panel on Thursday questioned experts and leaders of youth rehabilitation programs about how the federal government could invest in programs to prevent kids from becoming incarcerated. “Although the juvenile justice system is intended to rehabilitate—not punish—young offenders, data shows that the more a young […]