Key lawmakers flex new positions to bolster shipbuilding industry | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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- June 13, 2023
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GULF COAST — On an overcast day in April, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson hopped off a large gray van to show off the Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard. Wilkinson oversees the largest shipbuilder on the Gulf Coast, and during this tour hosted a special set of guests: Senate staffers. The 800-acre yard employs 1,500 workers and […]
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5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they were first elected in the 1990s, they were often overlooked, or even talked down to. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, remembers that men would avoid asking her questions, addressing other men in the room instead. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., says […]
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Susan Collins, Republican senator, calls police over abortion rights message written outside her Maine home | #alaska | #politics
Collins, a moderate, has drawn particular scrutiny — and anger — over her votes to confirm several Supreme Court justices who appear poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. The message, which read “Mainers want WHPA -→ vote yes, clean up your mess,” was written in chalk and appeared on the sidewalk. The Women’s Health Protection […]
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