Washington Today (7-20-23): Senate committee approves Supreme Court ethics bill on party-line vote

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July 20, 2023
Washington Today (7-20-23): Senate committee approves Supreme Court ethics bill on party-line vote
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Senate Judiciary Committee passes a bill along party lines to require the Supreme Court adopt an ethical code of conduct and reform the rules for disclosures of gifts and recusal from cases where there is a conflict of interest.

We will hear from the committee's top Democrat and Republican and talk about today's markup session with CQ Roll Call reporter Michael Macagnone. (7)

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a Democratic Presidential, testifies before the House subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal gov't at the invitation of the republican majority, saying his free speech rights on what he saw as potential dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines were censored. Democrats on the subcommittee question him about comments he made recently on the vaccine and racial and ethnic minorities.

House passes a five-year FAA reauthorization bill in a bipartisan vote. One amendment that was defeated would have added more flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

President Joe Biden speaks at a shipbuilding company in Philadelphia talks about creating clean energy union jobs to build offshore wind farms.

Senate passes an amendment to the defense policy bill to prohibiting Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil sales to China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.

Pentagon says North Korea has not yet responded to inquiries about U.S. Army Private Travis King, who ran across the border from South Korea earlier this week.
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