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by Causes | 9.27.18

Welcome to Thursday, citizens...

At 10am today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to receive testimony from Professor Christine Blasey Ford and the man she's accused of sexually assaulting her in high school, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

The all-male GOP members of the committee have selected Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Kavanaugh and Ford. The Democratic judiciary members plan to ask their own questions.

The hearing can be streamed live on the internet here.

The questioning comes a day after another woman released a sworn declaration that Kavanaugh targeted girls for sexual assault while in high school.

For more on Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court:

On the Radar

\nPresident Trump told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that he’d like to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by creating two separates states. “I like a two-state solution. That’s what I think works best…That’s my feeling,” Trump said at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump also revealed that his administration would produce its Mideast peace plan within four months. To read the response by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, click here.
\nA government transparency advocacy group called for a national “war on waste” in a 2-page Wall Street Journal ad on Monday. OpenTheBooks.com proposed a three-pronged approach to tackle what it sees as federal waste: Post White House expenditures online; Cut executive agency waste; Report monthly progress to the public. Does the U.S. need a “War on Waste”? Click here.

Under the Radar

\nA memo signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen contradicts statements she made to Congress and the American people that the Trump administration did not have a policy of separating children from parents. The April 23 memo, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, outlines a series of options presented to Nielsen of how to execute the Justice Department’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. Nielsen signed off on the option to prosecute and separate those “presenting with a family unit, between ports of entry in coordination with DOJ.” Read the full story here.
\nThe House is expected to vote this week on three bills that that make up Republicans’ Tax Reform 2.0 plan, which would make permanent the tax relief for families and small businesses in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, expand tax deductions for startups, and create new tax-preferred savings accounts. Wondering what Tax Reform 2.0 would do? Sate your wonder here.

Your Gov at a Glance 👀

The White House: President Trump in NY & D.C.

At 9:30am, the president will meet with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
At 6:30pm, the president will participate in a roundtable and dinner with supporters in D.C.
At 8:05pm, the president will arrive at the White House.

The House of Representatives: In

\nVoting on a bill to let small businesses create pooled retirement plans and encourage the use of new & existing savings accounts.
\nVoting on a bill to expand tax deductions for startups.

The Senate: In

Voting on the confirmation of Lisa Porter to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.

What You're Saying

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But wait, there's more!

And, in the End…

Who will represent you in Congress?

As fellow voters, we know how difficult it can be getting info about important issues facing our country: candidates’ positions are murky, material is biased, voter guides are accidentally tossed with the junk mail.

Countable and our partner USAFacts want to change all that in the upcoming midterms. That’s why USAFacts is unveiling a non-partisan resource where voters can see congressional candidates in their districts, learn about their positions on important issues, and find data about the issues being debated this election season.

So head over to the USAFacts Voter Center, and see where your candidates stand on the issues you care about most.

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Would you vote \"Yea\" or \"Nay\" or Kavanaugh?

—Josh Herman

Talk to Managing Editor Andrea Seabrook via email, andrea [at] countable.us, or on twitter, @RadioBabe. And don’t forget to keep in touch @Countable.

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