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That's a tool that allows rank-and-file House members to circumvent leadership and bring bills to the floor.
Last week, the House Oversight Committee released documents that show President Trump may have known more about Epstein than he has said he did.
Trump has lashed out at Republicans who've demanded the documents be released.
and he's ordered his attorney general to investigate Epstein's ties to Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton.
Even if the bill passes the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate and a potential veto from the president.
Mara Liason, NPR News, Washington.
Virginia Democrats will discuss redrawing the state's congressional district maps to favor Democrats.
This follows an unusual mid-cycle partisan redistricting effort by Republicans in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri.
After President Trump called on red states with trifectas...
that is, with Republican governors and state legislatures in the same state, to create more seats favorable to his party.
Three other blue states, California, Illinois, and Maryland, have responded in kind and are looking at ways to increase seats favorable to Democrats.
Normally, redistricting happens every 10 years after the census is taken, but that custom appears to be yet another political norm cast aside during the Trump era.
Virginia Democrats will discuss redrawing the state's congressional district maps to favor Democrats.
This follows an unusual mid-cycle partisan redistricting effort by Republicans in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri.
After President Trump called on red states with trifectas,
that is, with Republican governors and state legislatures in the same state, to create more seats favorable to his party.
Three other blue states, California, Illinois, and Maryland, have responded in kind and are looking at ways to increase seats favorable to Democrats.
Normally, redistricting happens every 10 years after the census is taken, but that custom appears to be yet another political norm cast aside during the Trump era.