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In the House, members such as Jim Jordan (R-OH), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) were awarded the Award for Conservative Excellence.

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and Republican committee members introduced the Border Reinforcement Acts of 2023, a bill Republicans spent two years reviewing.

Hillary Clinton criticizes House Republicans for using the debt ceiling as a political weapon, warning that it undermines the U.S.'s global credibility and plays into the hands of adversaries like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and warns of the potential danger of playing games with the debt ceiling to the U.S. dollar's pre-eminent position in the global economy.

Democrats have introduced a bill that gives special privileges to any illegal immigrants who are considered "vulnerable."

The North Dakota House has passed a bill to remove sexually explicit books from children’s sections in libraries.

Utah Sen. Mike Kennedy's home was vandalized after government signed his bill banning sex changes for minors into law.

A transgender lawmaker from Montana was censured last week after she was accused of giving a "hate-filled testimony" while debating a bill that would ban transgender medical care for minors.

State Sen. Lynda Wilson (R-Vancouver) criticized the legislation, stating, “HB 1240 clearly violates our state and federal constitutions, which is why it will end up in court immediately."

An Oct 2005 publication in the peer-reviewed journal 'Oxford Academic' concludes that "exposure to soluble silver compounds may produce other toxic effects, including liver and kidney damage, irritation of the eyes, skin, respiratory, and intestinal tract, and changes in blood cells."

The bill says that "sex" would be "recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth."