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Senator Josh Hawley says the legislation he proposes will send $600 tariff rebate checks to Americans, but not to “Biden voters,” only to “Trump blue-collar voters.”.

open image in gallery Josh Hawley says not all Americans should benefit from his proposed rebate ( Getty ).

Hawley’s plan, like the pandemic stimulus checks of the first Trump administration, has strict caps on who is eligible for a rebate payment. »

Announcing the Magnitsky sanctions, Bessent accused Moraes of being “responsible for an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights and politicized prosecutions – including against former president Jair Bolsonaro”.

“Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch-hunt against US and Brazilian citizens and companies,” Bessent claimed.

Legal experts and human rights activists voiced astonishment and consternation that such sanctions had been used to target a judge in Latin America’s largest democracy. »

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.

Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill. »

Across several committees Wednesday, Democrats brought up amendments on whether the government’s files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should be released.

A motion by Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., to compel the Justice Department to release files tied to Epstein was approved in a House Oversight subcommittee hearing.

Several Republicans have shot back at Democrats, asking why they did not pursue the Epstein files while President Joe Biden was in office. »