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Here’s What Democratic Legislators Chanted During the State of the Union Address
About 45 minutes into President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers shouted over him: “HR 3! HR 3!”The reference was to a Democratic House bill on drug pricing, also known as “the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.” It passed in the House after being introduced by the late Rep. Cummings, but hasn’t been taken up by the Senate yet.Also Read: At Least 8 Congressional Democrats Will Skip Trump's State of the Union TonightTrump had just finished speaking
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CBS News ‘Deeply’ Regrets Mixing Up Congressmen Elijah Cummings and John Lewis
CBS News apologized Monday night for mistakenly showing viewers a photograph of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) during a segment on Rep. John Lewis’ recent cancer diagnosis.“Tonight on the 6:30 p.m. ET broadcast of the CBS Evening News, one photograph was misidentified as Congressman John Lewis. We have replaced the photo in all broadcasts and platforms. We deeply regret the error,” tweeted the CBS Evening News account after the program.Replies to the apology used words like “unaccept
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‘Morning Joe’ Overwhelmed After ‘One of the Most Significant News Days’ in Trump Presidency
The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” broke down for viewers Friday what it’s like to select a lead story for a morning show in the wake of a big political news day, which saw the death of a sitting congressman and the continued fallout from President Trump ordering that U.S. troops be withdrawn from northern Syria.Spoiler alert: It’s hard.Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked, “What do you lead with this morning?”Also Read: 'The President Show' Star Anthony Atamanuik Reads That Trump Letter to Turkey's Pr
