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Union workers at General Motors appear to have voted down tentative contract deal

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DETROIT (AP) — A tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat. The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at five large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by … Read more

Jamie Raskin Explains Why He Voted Against Expelling George Santos

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he voted against removing Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the House of Representatives because it would be “a terrible precedent to set.” The vote failed 179 to 213, with 31 Democrats joining 182 Republicans in voting against the resolution. It would have required a two-thirds majority to pass. Santos has … Read more

8 Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy ‘unleashed furies’ in GOP conference

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dug into the eight Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), claiming the lawmakers “unleashed furies” in the GOP conference. “Well right now, [the House] can’t govern, and I think that the eight people who betrayed the conference and joined the Democrats to defeat the 96 … Read more

Explainer-New Zealand voted for change, what happens now?

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s centre-right National Party will head the country’s next government after Saturday’s general election, but it will be several weeks until vote counting is finalised and for now the country is in transition. WHERE ARE THINGS WITH FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT? National won 50 seats and the right-wing, free-market ACT Party … Read more

Longtime Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who helped make the NRA’s lobbying arm right into a political drive, privately sought to repeal the 1994 assault weapons ban that he voted for: report

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John Dingell.AP Picture/Paul Sancya The late Rep. John Dingell performed a significant position within the rise of the NRA’s lobbying operation in DC. Within the Nineteen Seventies, Dingell advocated for the NRA, in an period the place many Democrats backed the group. The New York Occasions examined a trove of paperwork which outlined Dingell’s relationship … Read more

Riot delays aggressive League of Legends season after gamers voted to stroll out

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The gamers, who’re represented by the LCS Gamers Affiliation (LCSPA), voted to stroll out following Riot Video games’ announcement that LCS groups wouldn’t must area an novice group within the North American Challengers League (NACL) beginning with the summer time season. Within the days after, many groups stated they wouldn’t area an NACL groups, with … Read more

League of Legends esports gamers voted ‘overwhelmingly’ for a walkout

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Gamers within the North American League of Legends esports league have voted to stroll out in protest of Riot Video games’ resolution to now not require franchises to area an beginner crew. Since Riot’s announcement, many franchises have already dropped their beginner groups for the summer time season, slicing off an necessary growth pipeline for … Read more