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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled stanley cup a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after Barr failed to comply with a deadline to provide special counsel Robert Mueller full report on his Russia probe.In an escalation of the battle between the Democrat-led House and President Donald Trump administration, Nadler is proposing to hold Barr in contempt after the Justice Department declined to provide the unredacted report. The committee had given Barr until 9 a.m. Monday to comply.The vote will be on a resolution that says: William P. Barr, the Attorney General of the United States, shall be found to be in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena.Barr failure to comply has hindered the Committee constitutional, oversight and legislative functions, it says.Proceedings could be postponed if the attorney general makes a good faith effort to comply with the committee, but that appears unlikely.It the latest in a series of actions as Democrats try to conduct oversight of the Trump administration in the a stanley cup ftermath of Mueller report.Over the weekend, Trump changed his position and decided Mueller should not stanley cup appear before Congress 鈥?Bob Mueller should not testify, he tweeted 鈥攕parking criticism from Democratic lawmakers eager to question the author of the report on Russia electi Mvil Arizona s Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
The U.S. House on Friday condemned the military takeover in Myanmar, demanding the country junta release all the people it has detained and allow journalists to work freely.Myanmar generals must allow the elected Parliament unseated by the Feb. 1 coup to resume its work, lawmakers said in a resolution.This military coup has not only set back the country democratic trajectory but also snuffed the hopes of the Burmese people for a better future, Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, s hoka aid of separate legislation approved Thursday, committing the U.S. to work with Asia states to restore democracy in Burma. Burma is anothe adidas campus r name for Myanmar.The U.S. Congress was signaling its 8220 teadfast support for the Burmese people, their democratically elected leaders in detention, and the future of a democratic Burma, Connolly said in a statement.Myanmar military rounded up political and elected leaders on Feb. 1, hours before members of a newly elected parliament were due to take their seats. The coup interrupted a young, internationally backed democracy in the country, after a half-century jordan of authoritarian, isolated military rule.Security forces since the coup have killed dozens and detained more than 2,000 people, according to the count of a human rights group, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.At least 38 journalists were among those detained. That includes Thein Zaw of the Associated Press. Security forces too