President Biden on Tuesday signed an historic marriage equality law during a celebration at the White House with 2,000 attendees. "Today is a good day — a day America takes a vital step toward equality," Biden said during the South Lawn event. "The road to this moment was long, but those who believe in equality and justice, you never gave up." The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House and Senate last week with bipartisan support in each chamber. It includes language outlining some protections for religious beliefs. Biden had been a key champion of the legislation for several years. "Marriage is a simple proposition. Who do you love? And will you be loyal to that person you love?" he said. "It's not more complicated than that. We all recognize that everyone should have the right to answer those questions for themselves without the government interference." Read more here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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💰 House races to pass short-term funding bill to prevent shutdown
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The House is racing to pass a one-week government funding bill to buy time for negotiations into a broader budget package as a shutdown deadline looms on Friday. |
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💵 McConnell says negotiators 'very close' to spending deal
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says negotiators are "very close" to a deal on a year-end omnibus spending package and set a deadline of Dec. 22 for getting it done. |
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📓 Jan. 6 panel to release criminal referrals Monday
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The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
will hold its final event on Monday, during which it will release publicly its list of criminal referrals and vote to publish its final report two days later. |
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🗳️ McConnell blames Trump for 'candidate quality' issues in midterm
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) blames the power former President Trump exerted in GOP primaries for the "candidate quality" issues his party struggled with in key races this year. |
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🗣️ Whelan's family defends Biden efforts amid criticism from Trump
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Securing the release of Paul Whelan from Russian imprisonment is a high priority for President Biden, Whelan's family says, pushing back on criticism from former President Trump. |
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6️⃣ FTX hearing: 6 big revelations from House panel questioning
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The first House hearing on the collapse of FTX didn't have the company's disgraced founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested on the eve of his highly anticipated testimony. But lawmakers still drew crucial revelations about the company's demise. |
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💉 DeSantis calls for grand jury investigation of COVID vaccines
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is calling for a grand jury investigation into alleged "crimes and wrongdoing" related to COVID-19 vaccines and setting up Florida's own Public Health Integrity Committee. |
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📨 Lawmakers of both parties call on Biden to extend Title 42
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Two Republicans and two conservative Democrats are calling for the extension of Title 42, a border management policy first enacted by former President Trump that's been declared unlawful by a federal judge. |
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🤳 Proposed bill would ban TikTok in US
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would prohibit the use of Chinese-based owner Byte Dance's TikTok social media platform in the U.S. |
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📄 Sexual abuse rampant in federal prisons, bipartisan panel finds
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Over the course of an eight-month investigation, a House subcommittee found Federal Bureau of Prisons employees sexually abused female prisoners in at least two-thirds of federal prisons over the past decade. |
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🦇 Leahy, actor in five Batman movies, has thoughts on the worst one
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Retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy has made appearances in five different Batman movies, and he says one of the lead actors was undoubtedly the worst depiction of the Dark Knight. |
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📕 Pence calls response to book 'a great source of encouragement'
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Former Vice President Mike Pence says the response to his new memoir has been "a great source of encouragement" as he considers a run for president against his onetime running mate, former President Trump. |
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✂️ NPR cancels internships, citing economic woes
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National Public Radio will do away with its annual summer internship program as a cost-cutting measure. |
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🚺 Dictionary.com names 'woman' its Word of the Year
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Dictionary.com named "woman" its Word of the Year, saying the word is "inseparable from the story of 2022" after abortion rights and prominent female figures dominated discussion this year. |
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'Lame duck Congress churns mightily before the final curtain falls'
| "It is difficult to fathom how bipartisan compromises are even possible today, let alone what special procedural fixes might be needed to conceive such legislative unicorns," writes Don Wolfensberger of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. |
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