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  • H.R. 7077 is a bill aimed at helping repair the harms caused to Ukraine by Russia's actions. It proposes to expand the types of properties that can be forfeited and used for this goal, including those linked to individuals and activities under U.S. sanctions against Russia...

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    H.R. 7077 is a plan to help Ukraine by using things taken from people who didn't follow U.S. rules about Russia. The government will report on how they use these things to fix the damage.

  • H. RES. 995 appoints a group of representatives to oversee the impeachment trial of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, who is the Secretary of Homeland Security. The resolution names specific individuals who will act as managers during the trial, and it grants them the authority to...

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    Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, the boss of the country's homeland security, is going to a special kind of court called an impeachment trial, and some people from the House of Representatives are picked to organize and help show the reasons why. They have to be careful because they get to make important choices and use money to do their job.