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Grassley, Warner demand meeting with FBI in Bijan Ghaisar shooting case BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/20/2019  Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) continued their campaign Wednesday for answers in the 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar by two U.S. Park Police officers, which the Justice Department decided last week would not result in federal charges for the… Read more »

Democrats dubious as Trump dangles impeachment testimony offer BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE & SUSAN CORNWELL - 11/18/2019  Democrats responded skeptically on Monday to President Donald Trump's declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference… Read more »

Pain still prominent two years after police shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/17/2019  Do two years dull the pain of losing a child? Do the tears flow less easily, two years after learning that your son was shot by police, followed by 10 days of watching him in an irreversible coma, his death, a video showing the shooting, and then a decision to not… Read more »

Justice Department Closes Investigation Into US Park Police Fatal Shooting of Bijan Ghaisar BY MATTHEW STABLEY - 11/14/2019 The Justice Department won't seek federal criminal civil rights charges against U.S. Park Police officers who shot and killed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar two years ago on the George Washington Parkway. The unarmed Ghaisar died 10 days after being shot multiple… Read more »

'This is not justice': Officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of VCU graduate Bijan Ghaisar BY TOM JACKMAN - 11/14/2019 The two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 will not be charged with any crimes in connection with the incident, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The decision came just days before the second anniversary of the… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer on Powell testimony and the millionaire surtax CNBC - 11/13/2019 Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) joins CNBC’s “The Exchange” team to discuss his questioning of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and his thoughts on the testimony.   Watch the full interview here Read more »

Here are the 5 most important things Fed Chair Powell talked about on Capitol Hill BY JEFF COX - 11/13/2019 The politics of policy Powell also faced at least two occasions where members tried to pull him into commenting on political issues. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tried several ways to get Powell to comment on the tax plans of Democratic presidential hopefuls. “I’m… Read more »

Over Half Of Religious Bias Crimes Target Jews, FBI Says In New Report BY ASHER STOCKLER - 11/12/2019 Almost 60 percent of hate crimes based on religious bias were motivated by anti-Semitism, the FBI reported on Tuesday as part of its annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. In 2018, the year covered by the FBI's most recent report, 57.8 percent of religious bias offenses… Read more »

Taxing The Top  BY BERNIE BECKER - 11/07/2019  A proposal Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and House Ways and Means member Don Beyer (D-Va.) are expected to unveil this morning would generate an estimated $635 billion in revenue over a decade, according to the Tax Policy Center, by tacking a 10 percentage-point surtax on all income exceeding… Read more »

Two Democrats come up with a new plan to tax income over $2 million BY YLAN MUI - 11/07/2019  Democrats are finding new ways to go after the wealthy. On Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, both Democrats, released a plan for a new surtax on income over $2 million. “The millionaires surtax is a sensible plan to restore fairness… Read more »