congressional

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Mullin said the agency suffered a blow to morale because of the historic 76-day shutdown of ICE and CBP after a congressional stalemate over funding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

For example, a justice might explain how a merits decision from the court, like April’s Callais case, regarding Louisiana’s congressional maps, might not cover an Alabama map because of different facts on the ground.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Steve Dettelbach, who served as director under Biden, joked in a 2024 congressional hearing that the ATF might be “the only customer of Adobe Acrobat that pays money to remove search function.”

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Last week, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that his department also was working on a special $250 note with Trump's face – although putting a living president on currency would require congressional approval.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

One month after the parade, she gathered a group of 531 women—two women from every state, plus one from each congressional district—and they walked the parade route in reverse.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling