Category: Federal
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Boebert wins Republican primary in CO-03, Tipton is fifth House incumbent to lose renomination this cycle
Lauren Boebert defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R) in the Republican primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. As of 9:15 p.m. Mountain Time on June 30, Boebert had received 54% of the vote to Tipton’s 46% with 85% of precincts reporting. Tipton is the fifth member of the U.S. House to lose renomination this…
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Mitsch Bush wins Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Former state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush defeated James Iacino, the executive chairman of the Seattle Fish Company, to win the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. As of 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time on June 30, Bush had received 61% of the vote to Iacino’s 39% with 69% of precincts reporting. Both candidates said their…
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Hickenlooper defeats Romanoff in Colorado’s U.S. Senate primary
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper defeated former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff to win the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Cory Gardner (R) in the November general election. As of 7:30 p.m. Mountain Time on June 30, Hickenlooper had received 60% of the vote to Romanoff’s 40% with 58% of precincts reporting. The Colorado Sun described…
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U.S. Supreme Court rules application of Blaine Amendment violates the free exercise clause
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue that the application of Article X, Section 6 of the Montana Constitution violated the free exercise clause of the U.S. Constitution. Article X, Section 6, known as the state’s Blaine Amendment or as a no aid provision, prohibited the state from making direct…
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U.S. Supreme Court: CFPB structure is unconstitutional but the agency survives
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Seila v. CFPB that limiting the power of the president to remove the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) violates the separation of powers of the U.S. Constitution. Congress created the CFPB as an independent agency with a director insulated from direct presidential…
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U.S. Supreme Court limits SEC enforcement powers
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 22 ruling in Liu v. SEC limited the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement powers. The court ruled 8-1 that the SEC could ask courts to issue disgorgement orders, which require wrongdoers to give up money gathered illegally, with some restrictions. The court held that valid disgorgement orders must be…
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3,019 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections
As of June 29, 3,019 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 461 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 369—187 Democrats and 182 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…
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Federal Register weekly update; highest weekly final rule total since March
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From June 22 to June 26, the Federal Register grew by 1,410 pages for a year-to-date total of 38,740 pages. Over the same…
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Biden raised $37.0 million, Trump $24.9 million in May
Joe Biden outraised Donald Trump by nearly a three-to-two margin last month, while Trump ended the month with a greater than five-to-four advantage in cash on hand, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission June 20. The Biden campaign raised $37.0 million in May, 39% more than the Trump campaign’s $24.9…
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U.S. Senate confirms Trump’s 200th judicial nominee with Cory Wilson to 5th Circuit
The U.S. Senate has confirmed 200 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 53 appellate court judges, 143 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of International Trade judges—since January 2017. On June 24, the Senate confirmed Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The 5th Circuit…