Hacker News with Generative AI: Congress

The Situation: On Rudeness (lawfaremedia.org)
The New York Times reports today that a “Republican lawmaker abruptly adjourned a congressional hearing on Tuesday after being challenged for referring to Representative Sarah McBride, Democrat of Delaware and the first openly transgender lawmaker in Congress, as a man.”

Politics, Transgender Issues, Media, Congress

5 points by hn_acker 20 days ago | 1 comments

House and Senate Democratic Boycott Grows Against Trump Address (politicususa.com)
House and Senate Democratic leadership have decided to leave it up each of their members to decide whether or not they will attend Trump’s Tuesday night address before a join session of Congress, but many Democrats are not going to attend the speech. Others are planning to walk out, or bring guests that will highlight the pain that Trump is causing.

Politics, US Politics, Trump, Congress, Boycott

7 points by Jacquie11 29 days ago | 0 comments

Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over impoundment (npr.org)
A constitutional conflict is brewing over Congress' power of the purse and whether the president can refuse to spend what Congress has directed him to spend.

Politics, Law, United States, Congress, Presidency

17 points by dan353hehe 31 days ago | 5 comments

The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump's Grip on Congress (vanityfair.com)
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

Politics, United States, Trump, Congress, Violence

18 points by throw0101a 41 days ago | 0 comments

House Oversight Committee votes to not subpoena Elon Musk (newrepublic.com)
The Democrats on the House Oversight Committee attempted to subpoena Elon Musk on Wednesday, only for Republicans to block the move, refusing to even entertain debate on having the tech mogul testify before Congress.

Politics, Elon Musk, Congress, Technology

10 points by basementcat 56 days ago | 0 comments

Congress funds removal of Chinese telecom gear as feds probe home router risks (msn.com)

Congress, Telecom, Cybersecurity, National Security, China

4 points by jnord 104 days ago | 1 comments

Trump DOJ obtained phone, text logs of 43 staff, 2 members of Congress (nbcnews.com)
Seeking to investigate leaks of classified information, the Trump Justice Department in 2017 and 2018 secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and two members of Congress in a far broader probe than previously known, according to a new report by the department’s internal watchdog.

Politics, Government Surveillance, Law Enforcement, Journalism, Congress

6 points by ceejayoz 113 days ago | 0 comments

Experts testify at UFO hearing in Congress (text.npr.org)
Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us here on Earth? Has the U.S. government been covering up unexplained phenomena, and using secret extraterrestrial discoveries to boost its own technology?

UFOs, Government, Extraterrestrial Life, Congress

41 points by samizdis 140 days ago | 99 comments

Congressional letter sent to Amazon and Twitch for amplification of antisemitism (twitter.com)

Antisemitism, Congress, Social Media, Amazon, Twitch

5 points by josephh 154 days ago | 2 comments

CrowdStrike exec will testify to Congress about July's global IT meltdown (theverge.com)

Cybersecurity, Congress, IT, Security Breaches

7 points by hassanahmad 215 days ago | 0 comments

Congress accidentally legalized THC six years ago (theatlantic.com)

Congress, Law, Marijuana, Politics, United States

192 points by fortran77 262 days ago | 182 comments

Boeing Emails Handed over to Congress in January 2020 (archive.org)