WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break.
The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation over its stronghold on the industry.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) quotes Taylor Swift during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the ticketing industry on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
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Witnesses are sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the ticketing industry on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Senate Democrats gathered outside the Capitol to affirm their support of abortion access and pledged to defend a woman’s right to choose in the coming year.
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) speaks to a crowd of abortion rights supporters about abortion access on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
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Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed support for abortion rights at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders held routine press conferences following closed-door caucus lunches. Topics discussed included the debt ceiling, abortion access and the discovery of classified documents in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home.
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Republican Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters after the Republican Caucus lunch on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters after a Democratic Caucus lunch on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
In the evening, House Republicans led by Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) held a press conference on border security.