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What can Democrats achieve in Congress & how can they hold Trump to account? From the ‘lame duck’ session to the new Congress, we unpack the rules, powers & deadlines that will shape their legislative ambitions & the battles ahead in Washington.
Wherever you get your podcasts.👇
Wherever you get your podcasts.👇
The election is over. But the outgoing Congress still holds power until January.
What happens when electoral restraint disappears and defeated members stop turning up?
Daniel Schuman explains the “lame duck” Congress, with a government shutdown deadline looming. (1/2) 👇
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Another American drawing crowds like this? In HIS hemisphere? Somewhere in Mar-a-Lago a man is demanding a recount and asking to see the Pope’s birth certificate.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
🚨🇦🇷🇻🇦 2.5 MILLION people gathered in Buenos Aires to welcome Pope Leo XIV.
The Pope has arrived in the homeland of his predecessor, Pope Francis, marking Argentina's first papal visit in nearly 40 YEARS.
Leo is calling for greater economic justice, protection of the poor, and stronger bonds between communities.
He's also challenged Argentina's leaders to remember those struggling to get by.
For millions of Argentinians, it's a visit they've waited almost four decades to see.
Source: GeoPolitics Watch / Writer: Oliver
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Fantastic if this happens. 15 years ago, @HansardSociety set out ideas to transform the area around Parliament. It should be one of the world’s great civic spaces: welcoming, accessible, alive with education & engagement. But it needs vision and ambition to make it happen. 1/2
This would be magnificent.
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Our report, A Place for People, set out proposals for pedestrianisation, better visitor facilities and spaces for democratic debate. Many remain relevant today; the case for ambition is stronger than ever. 2/2
hansardsociety.org.uk/publications/r…
hansardsociety.org.uk/publications/r…
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1/ The Budget debate resumes this afternoon. Tomorrow, MPs face decisions on 108 motions, but can amend only one.
When and where might votes come, and what happens next?
Our Parliament Matters Bulletin explains - the link is in the next post.
When and where might votes come, and what happens next?
Our Parliament Matters Bulletin explains - the link is in the next post.
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I don't think I've ever heard the chair speak so openly about how they manage the House of Commons chamber as @Nus_Ghani does in our conversation with her for this week's Parliament Matters podcast. 👇
1/3 What’s it like to chair the Commons when everyone wants to speak?
In an exclusive Parliament Matters interview, Deputy Speaker @Nus_Ghani takes us behind the scenes of the Budget debate: how she prepared, what she was thinking and how she managed proceedings. 👇
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The Budget Resolutions are out. All 108 of them.
The first, on income tax, is the formal focus of the four-day Budget debate: it’s the motion MPs debate and can amend.
All 108 must be approved next Tuesday evening at the end of the 4-day debate. Technically, they are Ways and Means motions until approved by the House, when they become resolutions and form the basis for the Finance Bill that follows.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…
The first, on income tax, is the formal focus of the four-day Budget debate: it’s the motion MPs debate and can amend.
All 108 must be approved next Tuesday evening at the end of the 4-day debate. Technically, they are Ways and Means motions until approved by the House, when they become resolutions and form the basis for the Finance Bill that follows.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…
Watching #Budget2026?
What’s a Provisional Collection of Taxes motion? What does “Ways and Means” mean? And what happens after the Chancellor's speech?
Our guide explains the next steps as MPs considers the Government’s tax plans.
buff.ly/z55OcT6
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Ruth Fox retweeted
How do you spot what the Chancellor would rather you missed?
Treasury Committee Chair Dame @Meg_HillierMP joins us to explain how she will test the Budget promises behind the headlines.
🎧 Listen to the latest Parliament Matters podcast episode here: buff.ly/ZeflGUz
Treasury Committee Chair Dame @Meg_HillierMP joins us to explain how she will test the Budget promises behind the headlines.
🎧 Listen to the latest Parliament Matters podcast episode here: buff.ly/ZeflGUz
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1/ The Courts and Tribunals Bill returns to the Commons today for Report Stage.
But MPs are no longer being asked to scrutinise quite the same criminal courts policy that went through its Public Bill Committee in the spring.
There is a serious procedural question...
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But MPs are no longer being asked to scrutinise quite the same criminal courts policy that went through its Public Bill Committee in the spring.
There is a serious procedural question...
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There’ll be chat tomorrow about increasing the sentencing powers of Magistrates to TWO years.
This is, in a crowded field, a monumentally awful idea.
But don’t take it from me - here’s what the Justice Committee made of it 👇🏼
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13/ The time for Report & 3rd Reading today will also be reduced because there are 2 Urgent Questions and 2 Ministerial Statements all of which will consume time that would otherwise be spent on the Bill.
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