In early October, the White House stonewalled the impeachment inquiry.
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The FCC has stonewalled that investigation at various points though.
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For months, Trump and his allies stonewalled -- that is, lied.
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They&aposve been stonewalled, and the subpoenas have not been respected.
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She stonewalled the president's obsession with bricks and mortar border security.
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Trump, Democrats say, then stonewalled congressional investigators to coverup the misconduct.
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For years, the league was dismissive and stonewalled on the issue.
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Conversely, Democrats say the president stonewalled the witnesses invoking executive privilege.
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Trump, Democrats say, then stonewalled congressional investigators to coverup the misconduct.
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Democrats argue that the Trump administration has stonewalled their requests for information.
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McAuliffe's election department has stonewalled efforts to catalog non-citizen voting there.
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Essentially, it stonewalled negotiations before there was a judgment by the courts.
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The Republicans stonewalled, and even denied a hearing for the Obama nominee.
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Instead, they have at times stonewalled, claimed executive privilege, and ignored subpoenas.
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The Army even offered to assist in drafting it, but Mr. McCain stonewalled.
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Another councilman, Abdul Rahman al-Waga, said the governor had stonewalled the council.
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Since the release of the report, the Trump administration has stonewalled the House's investigations.
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It's not Merrick Garland — President Obama's nominee got stonewalled by Republicans for eight months.
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Tyga says he's tried over and over to get paid, only to get stonewalled.
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The official all but stonewalled Oshan, saying he would have to contact KLM's attorney.
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There she is stonewalled by a chilly receptionist and forced to wait for hours.
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But she noted that at the national level, women are often stonewalled by men.
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The Obama administration stonewalled and slow-walked "Fast and Furious" document demands from Congress.
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In the 20nd minute, Motta stonewalled a shot on a breakaway by Jozy Altidore.
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"I hate to hear that they felt like they were being stonewalled," he said.
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How will Democrats approach Mr. Trump's nominee, given that Republicans stonewalled Mr. Obama's pick?
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He kept asking NASA officials about a new flight assignment and was routinely stonewalled.
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It's frustrating to hear, 'We're behind you' and 'We support you,' but then get stonewalled.
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He said Democrats "were stonewalled" by Republicans in previous efforts to investigate the citizenship question.
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Budaj earlier stonewalled Anze Kopitar with a blocker save, creating a crucial early turning point.
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The FBI's complaint carries a note of irony considering the agency has notoriously stonewalled Congress.
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Other red states haven't just failed to pass LGBTQ rights legislation; they have actively stonewalled it.
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And yet DOJ and FBI has consistently stonewalled and obstructed our investigation, constitutional responsibility to investigate.
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The New York attorney general made it very clear that he feels like he's being stonewalled.
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I reached out to Ringing Bells' media relations team to get one and was repeatedly stonewalled.
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On Tuesday night, he stonewalled reporters shouting questions on the South Lawn of the White House.
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"Once again unfortunately, Finance Minister Scholz stonewalled totally," Sven-Christian Kindler from the Greens told Reuters.
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The White House has stonewalled many of the Democrats' efforts to gather information, documentation, and testimony.
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"I always got stonewalled," said Joe Kiniry, the chief executive and chief scientist at Free & Fair.
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The administration stonewalled the House impeachment inquiry, leading to a second charge of obstruction of Congress.
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The top people who were in the room when this was being discussed have stonewalled Congress.
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The Senate is controlled by Republicans, and moderate Democrats have stonewalled progressive legislation in the House.
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That's when, inspired by another journalist who'd been stonewalled by Apple, I installed the email tracker Streak.
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After hundreds of man-hours with no results, we're left with only one conclusion: we're being stonewalled.
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"The White House has completely stonewalled our requests for documents," Cummings said in a letter to Gowdy.
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Tim Kaine (D-VA) puffed after Tillerson repeatedly stonewalled his questions about Exxon funding climate change denial.
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Tim Kaine (D-VA) puffed, after Tillerson repeatedly stonewalled his questions about Exxon funding climate change denial.
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As a Connecticut Yankee in the slave states, he often felt stonewalled by "planters & gentlemen" he interviewed.
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Then, the impeachment articles charge, Trump stonewalled investigations of the matter to prevent it from becoming public.
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And it is astonishing to me that these request for access to documents have been stonewalled, delayed, ignored.
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"They, for probably a year and a half, stonewalled me and wouldn't let me publish it," he recalled.
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The company is under no obligation to report or explain why it's greenlit some companies and stonewalled others.
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State stonewalled to protect Clinton and other senior State officials, Fernando resigned, and that seemingly killed the story.
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It has stonewalled all attempts by Congress to gain even the most elementary information about its enforcement actions.
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Numerous requests filed under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act have been stonewalled for months, the plaintiffs allege.
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When she asked Ms. Williams for access to the accounting system, he said, Ms. Williams repeatedly stonewalled her.
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The real criminal in this case is the Supreme Court, which stonewalled revisions to gun laws for decades.
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"Information has been hidden, efforts have been stonewalled," Meadows said during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday night.
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Bill Belichick stonewalled a reporter on Saturday after being asked about the return of wide receiver Josh Gordon.
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And they've stonewalled efforts by the Office of Government Ethics to identify conflicts of interest in the administration.
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Members of Congress seeking answers from the FBI have been stonewalled, at best, and possibly even lied to.
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The White House has stonewalled various congressional requests and subpoenas, defying the inherent oversight authority of the legislative branch.
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And the country's transport ministry asked the European Commission to investigate Fiat's emissions after being stonewalled by Italian authorities.
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He stonewalled rushers in drills just as well as a Max Garcia (Florida) or a Shaq Mason (Georgia Tech).
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And I can remember being stonewalled in a way that it made me think it was a lost cause.
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Members in the House and the Senate struggle to offer alternative policies and are stonewalled by the executive branch.
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The commissioner "has lied to Congress, hidden evidence, and stonewalled investigations," the platform states without explicitly using Koskinen's name.
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"She stonewalled the [inspector general] and now everybody's taking the fifth," said Barry Bennett during an interview with CNN.
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Leaders on the Judiciary Committee, which has oversight of the FBI, say their requests for information are being stonewalled.
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An addition of uncertain date introduced an enclosed stonewalled porch used as an office and a second upstairs bedroom.
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And when they are stonewalled by a witness, there's often little the committees can do to force quick compliance.
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That seat was rightfully President Obama's to fill, but his moderate nominee was stonewalled by the Senate GOP majority.
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Several senior administration officials have declined to testify, and multiple agencies have stonewalled Democratic requests for documents and communications.
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Smith missed the free throw, but UCLA (14-13, 7-403) stonewalled the Beavers on their next-to-last possession.
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In both cases China played down the severity of the crises and stonewalled inquiries from foreign governments and international agencies.
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A year ago, Republicans stonewalled President Barack Obama's choice, Merrick Garland, leaving the court deadlocked 4-4 on many cases.
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People who work at Calico, Calico's outside collaborators, and even folks who were no longer with the company, stonewalled me.
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Crawford stonewalled Matt Duchene, who surged toward the net on a 1-on-1 chance only to be turned away.
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How far would those investigations have gotten, and where would our country be today, if presidents had successfully stonewalled them?
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Trump has stonewalled Congressional investigations in the past with blanket refusals to provide documents or executive branch witnesses for testimony.
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Finland's Nordea, which is also embroiled in money-rinsing allegations, has stonewalled too, says Bill Browder, an anti-Kremlin campaigner.
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Instead of acknowledging the significance of those findings, the Mexican government stonewalled requests for information and access to key witnesses.
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Instead, his critics said, he stonewalled the Catalans, who were initially more focused on issues of money than of sovereignty.
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If he was irredeemably stonewalled, such that the pursuit itself was an exercise in futility, he should have revealed that.
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In their investigation, they said, the administration had stonewalled deposition requests and provided documents that did not answer their questions.
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The administration has kept entire government programs secret, stonewalled public records requests, and viciously gone after those who leak information.
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Do you know what other transparency bill once was stonewalled and is now one of the most widely respected laws?
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It's not just the media that's being stonewalled — Amazon's management also failed to establish any meaningful relationship with local elected officials.
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The women interviewed by BuzzFeed said that, when they did attempt to speak to managers and other employees, they were stonewalled.
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The House then passed a measure that contained $5.7 billion for the wall, a bill that was stonewalled in the Senate.
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Ryan might have considered it a metaphor for the Steelers defensive effort, which stonewalled and harried the Falcons throughout the game.
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The setting is the English countryside, where the houses have names like Atterley and the stonewalled gardens are laced with wisteria.
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Trump, Democrats say, sought to bolster his reelection efforts through the misconduct and then stonewalled congressional investigators to coverup it up.
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"I am a member of the Congress, and we have jurisdiction over this area, and we have been stonewalled," she said.
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Breaking with longstanding tradition, President Trump has so far successfully stonewalled all requests to get him to reveal his tax returns.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas).
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas.).
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In response, Maloney wrote, DeVos's office "stonewalled and delayed" the requests and would not provide alternate dates for the secretary to appear.
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The member said Congress plans interviews with new witnesses, and may go back to earlier witnesses who "stonewalled" under the Republican majority.
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Justin Bieber's officially in the clear for allegedly headbutting a guy at a pre-Grammy party after his attorneys effectively stonewalled cops.
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The report also renews criticism that the administration mislead the public about the causes of the attack and later stonewalled the investigation.
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"We are being totally stonewalled on two very reasonable, very specific factual requests that any, any nominee ought to produce," said Sen.
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We soaked in the quiet, stonewalled chambers, showered with a scented scrub and relaxed in an airy reception hall facing the bay.
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President Obama should inquire why his legacy of tobacco regulation is being stonewalled by the FDA while the industry gets a pass.
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Jordan on Wednesday night said he and Meadows believe Rosenstein has "stonewalled" efforts by Congress to obtain documents necessary for their investigations.
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The EU, however, stonewalled, forcing Syriza to choose between taking Greece out of the EU and implementing further rounds of crushing austerity.
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But after a meteoric rise, the company faces a crossroads after its growth has been stonewalled, writes New York magazine's Reeves Wiedeman.
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Cabral has been arrested, Dilma was impeached, and Paes looks like the next politician to have his career stonewalled by Lava Jato.
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The book reportedly casts Clinton as a guarded candidate who often stonewalled reporters and failed to present a warmer image of herself.
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That is especially the case now, after the president stonewalled the House impeachment inquiry, blocking witnesses and refusing to turn over documents.
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But senators have stonewalled, and in 2009 President Barack Obama canceled the $120 billion project without putting an alternative plan in place.
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Trump watched from Air Force One as his onetime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski essentially stonewalled Democrats -- prompting a tweet of presidential approval.
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Democrats also argued that the president had stonewalled the House's investigation, which led to the second article of impeachment, obstruction of Congress.
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Investors in Shkreli's hedge funds have said he stonewalled them for months or more as they sought the return of their money.
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With the Speaker pushing back and without formal proceedings underway, voters are left with halting oversight hearings that the President has systematically stonewalled.
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Asked by CNBC this morning if the company was willing to provide materials for the construction of the wall - we got, well, stonewalled.
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" In response, Media Matters published a piece titled "How NPR's Terry Gross Created A False Impression That Hillary Clinton Stonewalled On Marriage Equality.
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"Every time we make a request to the DOJ or FBI, we get stonewalled for many days," Nunes said Friday on Fox News.
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Then ensued a long period of standing around in the unforgiving sunshine while the men insulted the driver, who shrugged, grunted, and stonewalled.
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They may be stonewalled yet again — but it's worth turning up the pressure on the Justice Department to try and get some answers.
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He has dangled pardons, been involved in campaign finance violations and stonewalled Congress across the board, noting that he will defy all subpoenas.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) and Ranking Member Rep.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) said in March.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE, a Texas Democrat who's a psychiatric nurse.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas), the Science Committee's top Democrat.
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The White House has stonewalled Democratic oversight requests, has refused to comply with subpoenas issued for information and is blocking former officials from testifying.
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Forsyth's status update report detailed how the university stonewalled the investigation by drowning investigators with irrelevant documents and issuing misleading statements to the public.
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Perry stonewalled all requests from lawmakers for information in the investigation, defying a House subpoena and limiting his public comments to friendly media outlets.
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In the film, Anderson portrays these encounters as a series of "gotcha" moments in which he's being stonewalled, but really, it's nothing but illusion.
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Early in the second, Holtby stonewalled Markus Nutivaara who was suddenly alone about 10 feet away, and stopped Nutivaara on the rebound as well.
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It is not fair to the federal judge who has devoted his life to public service only to be stonewalled by an uncorroborated claim.
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But instead of paying them, within a month, as Shkreli had promised, he stonewalled their requests for months or even longer, in some cases.
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They have said they only later learned from him, after being stonewalled for months, that their investments had supposedly been rolled over into Retrophin.
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"If they are stonewalled now, they'll take it as further evidence of obstruction," Richard Arenberg, a former Hill staffer for Democrats, told VICE News.
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A Republican committee spokesman on Monday appeared to blame the committee's prolonged efforts on the Obama administration, which opponents say has stonewalled its investiagtion.
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In the past they have been able to tell us the issue, but this time they completely stonewalled us and even lied to us.
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Rohrabacher told the newspaper that efforts to connect Assange with Trump have been stonewalled by White House chief of staff John KellyJohn Francis KellyMORE.
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Further betraying Trump's unfaithful stewardship of the law, even states that have requested waivers to pursue conservative reforms are being stonewalled by the administration.
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According to the Wall Street Journal on June 22, Trump made the stunning announcement after feeling that the Pentagon had stonewalled him for months.
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Any chance Bayer had of coming from behind was stonewalled by Oblak, who made three ridiculous saves in mere seconds in the second half.
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Every time they ask questions, which they have oversight of -- I&aposm talking about the congresspeople -- of the DOJ and the FBI, they&aposre stonewalled.
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Those are both critical issues in terms of some of the information we are trying to get and then he has consistently stonewalled the Congress.
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Lhamo reached the prison on July 14, when officials again stonewalled on the cause of Tenzin Delek's death and refused to share any medical reports.
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As an opposition leader, he stonewalled Obama's agenda as much as possible and created conditions that helped Republicans win majorities in both houses of Congress.
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Even when I was working Bob Levinson's case from 85033 to 2009, investigative efforts were stonewalled or blocked whenever we tried to secure his release.
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House leaders allege that Rosenstein stonewalled their requests, failing to turn over the requested documentation by the required deadlines, or restricting access to certain materials.
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And Senator McConnell's complaints about possible delays for a Supreme Court nomination ring hollow after he stonewalled Merrick Garland's nomination to the court in 2016.
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Mr. Rohrabacher said his efforts to connect Mr. Assange with the president have been stonewalled by John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff.
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Someone who had a governing mandate from the people he was elected to represent was still stonewalled by a minority party bent on his destruction.
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" Still, the committee initially stonewalled the DOJ from viewing the document because, as Conaway put it last week, "They're the ones that have the problem.
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The scandal even resulted in a Republican-led ethics investigation (since stonewalled) against Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) head and former Clinton-appointee, Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Instead, they saw him ensnared in political maneuvering, stonewalled by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over border wall funding — a centerpiece of his 225 campaign.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas) on the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the top Democrat on the House Science Committee.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), asked the GAO to investigate the matter.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the committee's top Democrat, said at the hearing.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the committee's ranking member, stood by Sullivan and NOAA.
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Meanwhile, political talk-show hosts asked Trump spokespeople whether the president was tweeting based on some secret information he had access to, and were summarily stonewalled.
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Rudy Giuliani stonewalled our photog who had a simple question ... shouldn't Trump apologize for the despicable remark one of his employees made about Senator John McCain?
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Stonewalled families have had to petition to become their relatives' guardians or conservators — a long, expensive process — when all they wanted was to pay their bills.
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Democrats in the House are investigating the Trump administration for abuse of power and corruption, but the White House has stonewalled requests for documents and testimony.
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As part of the FBI profiling team, Cooper spoke to Rhoades from prison in the hopes of gleaning information about other possible victims, but was stonewalled.
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The White House has stonewalled many efforts to request documents and interviews, and Democrats have been slower than anticipated to launch probes in the first place.
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No matter what the Americans offered, the Iranians stonewalled, claiming to know nothing about Levinson's whereabouts or suggesting he was spirited to Pakistan by nonstate actors.
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"It is disturbing the FBI has stonewalled our request about the Mr. Strzok demotion for four months," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
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Chris Coons of Delaware, a centrist Democrat, said the Senate trial is Trump's chance to defend himself after the White House stonewalled the House impeachment proceedings.
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Even with GOP support, it's unlikely the Senate could force the Trump administration to turn over documents: Trump stonewalled House Democrats who sought documents as well.
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Pyongyang has made unreasonable requests for compensation, obfuscated or stonewalled during talks and has continued to expand, conceal, and deploy its arsenal even as they continued.
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While managing to get some information out of agencies, such as how a few of them will share hacking technologies, many of the requests have been stonewalled.
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Najib has stonewalled repeated calls to step down as prime minister since reports last year that a $681-million deposit into his account was linked to 1MDB.
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" Odinga lambasted the electoral commission, saying the organization "stonewalled meaningful deliberations on the necessary reforms to ensure that the elections of 26th October are free and fair.
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They said when they first learned of the news, they had a lawyer get in contact with the New York couple's attorney, but allege they were stonewalled.
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Time and again, this has been stonewalled by a do-nothing Congress, which has helped turn a ban on high-capacity assault weapons into a controversial issue.
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That enigmatic stalemate seemed destined to persist as Britain and the United States stonewalled requests by the current secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, to divulge sensitive material.
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We reached out, expecting to be stonewalled, as has happened time and again when I have tried to interview Islamic State and Qaeda prisoners in American jails.
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Obama nominated Garland, widely seen as a centrist judge and lauded in the past by Republicans, but McConnell and his Senate colleagues stonewalled until the presidential election.
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Having stonewalled for several weeks, this slip-up made it impossible for the company to continue doing so, lest it appear to still be dismissing the issue.
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Cleveland prosecutors have stonewalled TMZ Sports for days, refusing to answer a pretty simple question — what's the logic behind not prosecuting Kareem Hunt for brutalizing a woman?
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It was formed after Mr. McConnell stonewalled President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016 and Mr. Trump's subsequent election.
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An unsigned handwritten 29-page document, made for a later House select committee, underscored longstanding conclusions that the C.I.A. stonewalled to disguise its surveillance in Mexico City.
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In the nineteen-nineties, when U.S. investigators came looking for looted assets that had been stolen from Jews during the Second World War, the Swiss government stonewalled.
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But Mr. Trump has stonewalled Congress and inhibited our ability to seek justice by demanding that those closest to the center of the Ukraine scandal stay silent.
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During Mr. Bush's administration, government transparency groups began filing lawsuits demanding information about specific visitors to the White House, only to be stonewalled by the president's lawyers.
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"Unless we were talking about fishing or basketball, Judge Gorsuch stonewalled," Leahy said, referring to some of the softball topics his GOP colleagues pitched during confirmation hearings.
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Morocco has for more than two decades stonewalled the referendum that is the primary mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission here, known by its acronym, Minurso.
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And it's not something we found out through a congressional investigation because congressional Republicans have stonewalled all efforts to figure out what's going on with Trump's money.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), who will take over the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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J.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) said in their joint written statement.
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The guardian just filed legal docs, obtained by TMZ, claiming she has repeatedly asked Joseline and Stevie to tell her where the kid was, but she's been stonewalled.
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" The acrimonious nature of that investigation spilled into the public after the OIG sent a letter to Congress to alert lawmakers they were being stonewalled by Jackson. "Mr.
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Off a streaking pass from Pity Martinez, Meram made a nifty move and had an easy boot past stonewalled New York goalkeeper Luis Robles in the 10th minute.
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The case was referred to the BIA for prosecution, but when tribal leaders tried to determine if a criminal case was being pursued, Hopkins said they were stonewalled.
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But the city was stonewalled by the administration of Gerald Ford, who counted among his advisers Alan Greenspan (fresh from the circles of Ayn Rand) and Donald Rumsfeld.
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The dismissiveness comes partly from having been stonewalled by the Myers-Briggs people, and partly from distrust of the whole idea of tests and types and human-sorting.
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For his part, Mr. Trump said he would make public "very, very specific" records, a remarkable promise coming from someone who has resolutely stonewalled on his tax returns.
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However, for weeks, they have stonewalled Heritage research fellow Diane Katz's request for details on 28500 separate transactions from fiscal year 6900, some as high as $2628 million.
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"Unless we were talking about fishing or basketball, Judge Gorsuch stonewalled," Leahy said, referring to some of the soft-ball topics his GOP colleagues pitched during confirmation hearings.
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Doing so will show that Price is taking the reins on unraveling Obamacare legislation, and in turn giving stonewalled congressional Republicans more clarity about what to do next.
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On Wednesday, his top intelligence officials stonewalled a congressional inquiry, refusing to answer questions on whether the president asked them to intervene in an F.B.I. investigation regarding Russia.
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The House has issued several subpoenas for documents and testimony to the executive branch, and the White House largely has stonewalled Congress's legislative oversight and fact-finding endeavors.
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At a closed-door briefing with the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community's top watchdog, stonewalled Democrats' attempts to get answers, leaving them fuming.
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Trump has stonewalled Congress at every turn, however, by falsely arguing that he is "absolutely immune" from not just prosecution, but any investigation whatsoever while he's in office.
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Since 43, the U.S. has stonewalled Turkey's demands that the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen be extradited, to face charges of plotting a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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So far, Beijing has actively stonewalled the new Tsai administration, just as it did with the earlier D.P.P. government led by Chen Shui-bian from 2000 to 2008.
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The Horned Frogs had a last chance after they stonewalled the Sooners at fourth-and-1 at the TCU 21 with little more than three minutes to play.
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The Turkish prosecutor expressed frustration with the progress of the ostensibly joint Turkish-Saudi investigation into the death, in which the Saudis have stonewalled Turkish requests for answers.
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When a federal judge ruled Monday that the President's longtime accounting firm Mazars must hand over his financial records, he did not just deliver a win to stonewalled Democrats.
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Snyder added that the group filed two FOIA requests earlier this year for documents related to Watkins's case, but said that FAC has been stonewalled by the Justice Department.
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The Trump administration stonewalled an effort to include money for the project in an omnibus spending bill earlier this year, but clarified it did not oppose the project itself.
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Congressional committees in both the House and Senate have been stonewalled by witnesses from Orbis and Fusion, who refuse to disclose who paid for the dossier and its sources.
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Trump and his administration have stonewalled Congress in its attempts to obtain the complaint and the transcript of the call, even as the president claims he's done nothing wrong.
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I guess we also shouldn't be shocked that Ivanka stonewalled a question from Peter Alexander of the Today Show about whether she believed her father's denials of sexual misconduct.
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And it's likely there have been additional payments to Trump's companies that aren't public knowledge, as the Secret Service has stonewalled efforts from Democrats to get a full accounting.
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"If they are stonewalled now, they'll take it as further evidence of obstruction," said Richard Arenberg, who spent more than 30 years as a Capitol Hill staffer for Democrats.
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Though his mother was stonewalled in her efforts to track him down, the victim was eventually able to persuade his host to let him leave, and he returned home.
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Instead, the Republican-controlled Senate abdicated its constitutional obligations and defied every political norm and precedent of this country and stonewalled, hoping to gain political advantage in the future.
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Related: A split Supreme Court just derailed Obama's deportation protections In the meantime, Garland is keeping a relatively low profile as he continues to be stonewalled by Senate Republicans.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas), the panel's top Democrat, shot back at Smith on Wednesday and agreed with Schneiderman and Healey's contentions.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 220006 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) is in line to take over the gavel of the House Science Committee, a position that Rep.
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Although this likely constitutes a violation of state law, Schneiderman asserted, the FCC has repeatedly stonewalled all efforts by the New York officials to investigate the use of stolen identities.
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Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said his committee has been "stonewalled" in its efforts to obtain detailed information about foreign government payments to Trump's businesses.
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And it's becoming increasingly clear that state officials knew that they were damaging public health, putting children in particular at risk, even as they stonewalled both residents and health experts.
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Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said his committee has been "stonewalled" in its efforts to obtain detailed information about foreign government payments to Trump's businesses.
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The law is aimed at those with underage victims; David's was not, but many on the registry report being stonewalled when they travel, regardless of the age of their victims.
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" Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, author of The New York Times bestsellers "The Smear" and "Stonewalled," and host of Sinclair's Sunday TV program, "Full Measure.
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Republicans shamelessly stonewalled Democrats on key records requests, providing only a fraction of documents from Kavanaugh's White House tenure to the public or the Judiciary Committee members before his hearing.
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So far, it has stonewalled requests for documents and testimony, and we will soon see a flurry of subpoenas and, undoubtedly, duels about separation of powers going to the courts.
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" Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) is an Emmy-award winning investigative journalist, author of the New York Times bestsellers "The Smear" and "Stonewalled," and host of Sinclair's Sunday TV program "Full Measure.
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Mr. Othman has been trying to discover whether previously hidden reports and transcripts in American and other intelligence archives could help unravel the mystery, but he has largely been stonewalled.
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Though the White House has stonewalled Democrats in Congress investigating allegations from the special counsel's report, the president has little similar ability to stymie whistle-blowers from speaking to Congress.
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The White House has largely stonewalled the House's request for testimony and documents, a stance American Oversight said was illegal based on its ability to obtain the State Department documents.
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" Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, author of the New York Times bestsellers "The Smear" and "Stonewalled," and host of Sinclair's Sunday TV program "Full Measure.
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Trump then stonewalled Congress's investigation of the Ukraine affair, preventing members of his administration from testifying and refusing to hand over documents to the House, leading to the obstruction charge.
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But even so, Tuesday marked a rare kind of limited success for Democrats, who actually got to speak with the witness they subpoenaed instead of just getting stonewalled by Trump.
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Hicks's initial House Intelligence interview in January was abruptly delayed amid uncertainty over whether she would cooperate with questioning after former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon stonewalled the committee.
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Republicans say their concerns were stonewalled by the Obama administration at the time and now they want to know whether the deal should have been approved in the first place.
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Negotiators for the Warmbier family, such as Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, had been frustrated in their efforts, and I asked Pak why the government had stonewalled them.
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The Republicans complain that Mr. Rosenstein and other Justice Department officials have slow-walked or outright stonewalled their requests for reams of documents and other information they need to conduct oversight.
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The San Diego brewery Stone Brewing has unveiled an offshoot in Napa; its new home is the 19th-Century Borreo Building, a stonewalled landmark that had been empty for 15 years.
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While he stonewalled around 22020 bills passed by the House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has nonetheless greased the confirmations of more than 180 federal and district judges nominated by Trump.
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The farmers have been similarly stonewalled in trying to get the Chinese and the Myanmar government to pay more than the meager compensation provided when portions of their land were seized.
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Hassan and other witnesses testified at length how Shkreli stonewalled them for months or more as they sought the redemption of their money after he said his hedge funds were closing.
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We also don't know whether Halper's meetings yielded anything useful to the FBI: Papadopoulos seems to have stonewalled him, and the contents of his conversations with Page aren't yet public knowledge.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the Science Committee's top Democrat, slammed her GOP colleagues for what she called a "misguided" effort to stop sensible EPA regulations.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 28500 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) will bring science back to the House science committee when she takes over as chair in the next Congress.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 85033 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) will bring science back to the House science committee when she takes over as chair in the next Congress.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 85033 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), ranking member of the Science committee, said she found the report's results concerning, especially when it came to climate change.
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Kasowitz says Comey stonewalled the president&aposs request to clear his name in order to "sustain an investigative cloud" over his head that would make it hard for Trump to fire him.
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Okay, so before this call, Zelensky has been trying to get a meeting with Trump, but has been stonewalled by folks running what Democrats have called a "shadow foreign policy" in Ukraine.
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House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney on Monday threatened Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with a subpoena, saying DeVos' office "stonewalled and delayed" when the committee tried to confirm a date for her testimony.
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After allowing what he later acknowledged was "a soft goal" to Jonathan Drouin late in the first period, Murray stonewalled Tampa Bay for the remaining 13 minutes 21 seconds of the game.
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But, despite the presence of Emperor Akihito, Japan's pilgrim of peace, they are likely to be stonewalled -- just like other comfort women and victims of Japanese wartime sexual violence around the region.
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New York manager Joe Girardi has defiantly chained Rodriguez to the bench ahead of his final game on Friday and stonewalled the outgoing star's request to play third base one final time.
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Democrats must remind voters constantly that they gave Mr. Trump every opportunity to cooperate with congressional oversight investigations but were stonewalled by highly questionable claims of executive privilege by the Trump administration.
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This fall will present the first real test of whether a Supreme Court with two Trump appointees will deliver the change Republicans dreamed of when they stonewalled the nomination of Merrick Garland.
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Officials at numerous agencies of the Trump administration have stonewalled friendly Republicans in Congress — not to mention Democrats — by declining to share internal documents on sensitive matters or refusing to answer questions.
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Progressives have every right to raise questions when Biden, who was part of an administration stonewalled by the Tea Party, and who downplays the profound ways that polarization has impacted the Republican Party.
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The creditors say they have been stonewalled by the group, including its most important stakeholders, the Hebei provincial government and the local office of SASAC, a state-run organization that manages government assets.
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Cummings laid out in each of the letters how Democrats sought information on the administration's hurricane response in late 2017 and through 2018, but were stonewalled by the GOP majority on the committee.
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"Yet rather than cooperate with our investigation, the commission has stonewalled it, and now offers political attacks to distract from the core issue — the manipulation of the FCC's own regulatory process," she said.
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Clinton's impeachment took place after an extensive special counsel investigation, while a number of top current and former Trump administration officials — with Bolton chief among them — have until now stonewalled the impeachment proceedings.
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The heavily redacted Senate Select Intelligence Committee report released this summer raised as many questions as it answered; yet relevant federal agencies have stonewalled Congress' efforts to learn more about its troubling disclosures.
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Friday called for a new inquiry into the 22019/11 terror attacks, saying that the commission that conducted the initial investigation was stonewalled by the Bush administration.
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And the one witness who did appear -- former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski -- stonewalled and frustrated the Democrats on the panel so much that chairman Jerry Nadler threatened to hold him in contempt.
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That was the case in 2016 when Senate Republicans stonewalled President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland to fill an opening that occurred with 11 months left in Mr. Obama's tenure.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), are likely to bring their own witness to the hearing but had just learned of the session on Tuesday, spokeswoman Kristin Kopshever said.
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Roskam joins lobbying firm Anti-corruption group hits Congress for ignoring K Street, Capitol Hill 'revolving door' MORE (R-Texas), ranking member Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) and Rep.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the top Democrat on the Science Committee, echoed him, calling it "unfortunate" that neither Homeland Security nor FBI sent officials to testify publicly.
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Since the mid-April release of the redacted report, the Senate Intelligence Committee has been stonewalled in much the same way the administration has refused to cooperate with other committees, two congressional sources said.
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Some Senate Republicans have proposed legislation to insulate Mueller from Trump's whims, only to be stonewalled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose wife, Elaine Chao, serves in Trump's cabinet as the secretary of Transportation.
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Many male players have revolted against this choice, but players who've tried to discuss the changes rationally have been stonewalled by both their own opposing arguments and the reality of discussion on the internet.
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While the administration has stonewalled the House from getting documents like these, transparency groups and news organizations gradually have pried emails and other administration communications related to Ukraine from agencies through public records lawsuits.
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The Trump administration has stonewalled requests from House Democrats for testimony and documents as part of its impeachment inquiry into whether the president abused his office by pressuring Ukraine to investigate domestic political rivals.
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The other would be an all-encompassing "obstruction of Congress" article in which the myriad Trump investigations led by six House committees could present their best evidence that Trump stonewalled them with unprecedented intensity.
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This obstructionist strategy worked once before, as the White House effectively stonewalled the House Judiciary Committee's investigation of Robert Mueller's findings on Russian election interference by instructing executive branch employees not to comply with subpoenas.
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But they said that didn't erase a lingering sense that they'd been stonewalled by the department with respect to certain aspects of the investigation and that there was a reason for why that had happened.
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While doing research for the exhibit, Smith found herself stonewalled by elderly northern men who were old enough to remember the purring fights, maybe even take part in them, but refused to talk about them.
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By the estimation of many -- but admittedly not his faithful base -- the US President was outplayed by Russia, stonewalled by China, outflanked by Germany on trade before being isolated by everyone else on climate change.
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At Occidental, Ms. Smith and Ms. Gomez did not to speak to some accusers, stonewalled faculty complaints and "whitewashed" the problem, according to Caroline Heldman, a professor of politics at the college in Los Angeles.
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According to diplomats, many of the same conservative countries that stonewalled during those negotiations are the same that have impeded the access of NGOs that work with gay and transgender people to the UN system.
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Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, criticized the Treasury Department for sending over information after it had stonewalled the House's impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
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But now the vendors are again being "stonewalled," according to Keith Cohen, the owner of Orwashers, a longtime bread supplier who said he cut the chain off in April with an outstanding balance of $753,000.
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J.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) chair of the Natural Resources Committee and Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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J.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) chair of the Natural Resources Committee and Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 85033 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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Congress has repeatedly asked for information on the cybersecurity aspect of this, and New York's attorney general has gone public with his office's frustration at being stonewalled by the agency when it comes to identity theft.
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Sophie and Max said during the investigation and search for Benny they felt totally "stonewalled" by Wag, who they said "made empty promises" about how much they could help and were not responsive during the investigation.
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I think the proper venue for most of this is Congress, and it&aposs amazing to me that Congress has been stonewalled in its pursuit of many of the documents, and it&aposs taken a backseat.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats edged closer on Monday to fighting two legal battles - one over the Mueller report and one over President Donald Trump's tax returns - after administration officials stonewalled lawmakers' requests for those documents.
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Officials stonewalled when a team of researchers, led by Marc Edwards of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, came to Flint in August last year and found elevated lead levels in the water samples they tested.
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Already, the Senate judiciary committee and House oversight committee have been stonewalled on their requests for documents, particularly for the memos FBI Director James Comey reportedly wrote about his conversations with Trump about the Russia investigation.
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A former quality-control engineer has also told the BBC, in a report published Wednesday, that he found faulty emergency oxygen bottles on the 787 Dreamliner, but that the company stonewalled his request for further investigations.
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Obama's staff designed it before they knew how bad the recession was going to be, and by 2010, the Tea Party revolution had put Republicans in control of Congress, where they promptly stonewalled all further stimulus.
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This is, therefore, a majority demand that Catalonian institutions plan to carry out in September, even though the Spanish government has stonewalled and obstructed all efforts by Catalonia to reach an agreement on holding a vote.
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Regardless of the reason, those of us concerned over the shrinking legislative authority in our tripartite system relish the idea of a House refusing to be stonewalled, even by an administration controlled by its own party.
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A former Oracle America Inc employee on Wednesday made the rare move of asking a federal judge to order arbitration of her proposed wage-and-hour class action against the company, saying Oracle has "stonewalled" the process.
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He stonewalled Richard Panik on a one-on-one chance early in the second before he stopped rookie Tyler Motte, who weaved through the Kings' defense and had a golden chance to add to the Blackhawks' advantage.
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Mr. Barr said he had no objection to Mr. Mueller testifying, but Democratic committee leaders in the House who have already extended invitations said the Justice Department had slow-walked or stonewalled requests to secure a date.
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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he's the most transparent president in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration has stonewalled a number of inquiries for information to be made public.
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As long as legitimate businesses are financially and legally stonewalled from the free market, these drug cartels and drug traffickers will fill the void and spread violence, instability and dangerous unregulated substances in communities across the nation.
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Having stonewalled Congress' demands for information for nearly a year, it's no surprise to see the FBI and DOJ issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski antagonized Democrats and stonewalled their questions about obstruction of justice during the first official impeachment-related hearing on Capitol Hill in the wake of the Russia investigation.
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In a separate subplot drawn from real-life controversy, a friend of Chris's tries to gain access to her dead daughter's social media account (a clear Facebook stand-in), only to be stonewalled by the corporation's policies.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 85033 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), the committee's ranking member, and Don Beyer (D-Va.) want the committee to hold a hearing on election security issues as a follow-up to a hearing held in September 2016.
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For the past month, Trump and his aides have repeatedly stonewalled on whether the president actually routinely had his White House conversations recorded — a practice that ended amid the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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"We knew for years that there was something about the talc that caused ovarian cancer, and there had been rumors about asbestos, but we were really being stonewalled by Johnson & Johnson about the documents we needed," he said.
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He declared he has the "absolute right" to call for foreign nations to investigate political rivals — publicly calling on China to investigate the Bidens — and he plans to ask Democrats to vote on starting impeachment or get stonewalled.
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Instead, his FBI has stonewalled and obstructed multiple investigations into the very scandals highlighted by the IG. Wray's FBI is stonewalling on Clinton email investigatory materials, Strzok-Page texts, Comey records, McCabe records, FISA court abuse records, Spygate records.
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Yet, Brazilian prosecutors said they felt stonewalled by the Americans after they suggested that United States authorities freeze Mr. Soares's bank accounts and execute a search warrant on his residence in coordination with the other raids on Sept. 5.
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Earlier this week, the panel said the probe has raised new questions about Verma's role in directing the contracts, and Democratic lawmakers claimed that HHS has largely stonewalled their efforts to obtain key documents from Verma and her team.
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Republicans have been hounding the DOJ to produce documents related to the investigation into Russia's attempted meddling in the 2016 election and whether anyone associated with Trump's campaign colluded with Russia -- requests lawmakers say have been stonewalled by the agency.
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"I actually thought I had that light at the end of the tunnel, but now I'm being stonewalled again," he told me by phone in early April, just before our time ran out, and the prison's phone system ended our call.
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It's driven by the constant churn of scoops, leaks, denials, and revelations, as new connections between team Trump and the Russian government come to light and government investigations scramble to (or are stonewalled from) getting to the bottom of it.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives will discuss next week whether the nation's top tax collector, John Koskinen, should be impeached over conservative charges he stonewalled a congressional investigation, House leaders said Wednesday.
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Yet for six years, as thousands — if not tens of thousands — of Haitians died painful, degrading deaths of dehydration from severe vomiting and diarrhea, the world's most important international humanitarian organization destroyed evidence, dissembled and, when all else failed, stonewalled.
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Then, Democrats complained that when former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was interviewed by the committee, he had similarly stonewalled questions because he said the White House didn't want him to answer — but Republicans seem not to care about that.
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After arriving with a reservation, Preston—who also happens to be a person of color—alleges that she was stonewalled at the door and only allowed in after threatening to leverage her position on the Advisory Board to criticize the establishment.
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Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) he even issued his own addendum dissenting from the official findings of the Republican majority, complaining that the Obama administration had "stonewalled" the committee by refusing to turn over key documents or allowing crucial witnesses to testify.
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That ending will be hard to swallow for many Democrats and their activist allies, considering Senate Republicans completely stonewalled the nomination of Judge Merrick B. Garland made by President Barack Obama almost exactly one year ago, on March 16, 2016.
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Over the last year, the FCC has consistently stonewalled seemingly inoffensive FOIA request, often using an obscure exemption to avoid releasing documents related to Pai's "Harlem shake" video or a joke he made about being in the pocket of Big Telecom.
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A 36-year-old by the name of Scott Foster—who normally plays for a beer league in Chicago—subbed in as the emergency goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks and absolutely stonewalled every shot that came his way in 14 minutes.
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The backdrop of this vote included Democrats and moderate Republicans in Congress frustrated that Republicans stonewalled a popular, bipartisan immigration bill to protect young, unauthorized immigrants known as DREAMers, pitting the equally popular children's health insurance program (or CHIP) against young immigrants.
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She also stated that despite her efforts to keep the questioning on track, Mnuchin "absolutely stonewalled" her, pointing out that he didn't fully answer all of her questions in the hearing about how he handles financial information regarding the Trump-Russia investigation.
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The House passed a measure that contained $5 billion in wall funding, but the bill was stonewalled in the Senate, forcing parts of the government to shut down at the end of the day on Friday after leaders failed to reach an agreement.
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John Barnett, a former quality-control engineer at the manufacturer's South Carolina plant, told the BBC in a Wednesday report that while working on the plane he had found faulty emergency oxygen bottles and that managers stonewalled further investigations into the issue.
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Last month, the Washington Post reported on records showing nearly $500,000 in such payments — and it's likely there have been more expenditures where those came from, as the Secret Service has stonewalled efforts from Democratic members of Congress to get a full accounting.
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WASHINGTON — Democrats from the House Oversight Committee, stonewalled by the Trump administration and fuming at their Republican colleagues, sued the General Services Administration on Thursday to try to force the release of documents relating to its lease with the Trump International Hotel here.
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The museum's administration has stonewalled on the issue of Mr. Kanders leaving the board, even though nearly 100 Whitney staff members, and more than half of the artists in the 2019 Biennial, which opens on May 17, have signed petitions demanding it.
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And while the Treasury Department has stonewalled Democratic efforts to get to the bottom of what it's costing taxpayers to protect the Trump family at properties they still own and profit from, the Treasury Department immediately turned over the Hunter Biden records.
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In addition to the debate over Bolton's testimony, Schiff argued that the Senate must also seek his notes -- as House Democrats were stonewalled from receiving documents from the Trump administration during the impeachment inquiry, even from witnesses who testified before the House.
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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday subpoenaed President Trump's top negotiator for Afghanistan, complaining that the administration had stonewalled lawmakers' attempts to get a straight story about its strategy for bringing the war there to an end.
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The non-transparency president CNN's Maegan Vazquez writes: Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he's the most transparent President in American history, but just in the span of a week, his administration has stonewalled a number of inquiries for information to be made public.
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They cautioned that plans were not final, but several officials said they were now focused on two charges: that Mr. Trump violated his oath of office by putting his political concerns over the national interest and that he stonewalled congressional attempts to investigate.
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He also will testify that while the articles of impeachment against President Nixon, in his view, proved that Nixon stonewalled the investigation of the Watergate break-in, "the Mueller Report found at least five instances" of obstruction of the Justice Department investigation.
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Last month a former quality-control engineer at Boeing said he found faulty oxygen bottles — which could leave passengers without oxygen in emergencies — while working on the 787 Dreamliner in 2016, but that the company stonewalled his complaints and punished him afterward.
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"Having stonewalled Congress' demands for information for nearly a year, it's no surprise to see the FBI and DOJ issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies," Nunes said in a statement.
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"The Government stonewalled, produced nothing — not even admitting whether or not such material existed — before finally admitting at a meet and confer in October 2019 that it had still not reviewed the full set of materials in its possession," the filing said.
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"[People are] truly mystified that it took this long for all of this to come out, and that includes both media and executives in town," Min told CNN, adding that previous attempts by alleged victims and reporters were stonewalled by legal threats from Weinstein's team.
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This week alone, the White House stonewalled Democrats on a host of issues: The White House insisted former White House official Carl Kline -- who oversaw the White House security clearance process -- not comply with a subpoena for a deposition with the House Oversight Committee.
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And so it&aposs important that we do have other independent people able to investigate, such as Congress, which is an agency that has subpoenaed information from the Department of Justice and has been stonewalled quite a bit over the course of this investigation.
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"Most of my friends on the other side of the aisle had no problem backing President Obama when he stonewalled this House for years to block our quest to find out the truth in the Fast and Furious investigation," he said on the floor.
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He also said that while articles of impeachment against President Nixon in his view proved that Nixon had personally and through subordinates stonewalled the investigation of the Watergate break-in, "the Mueller report found at least five instances" of obstruction of the Justice Department investigation.
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Concerns that the document would show Trump trying to get a foreign state to investigate one of his chief political rivals — and accusations that the White House improperly stonewalled efforts to see it — led House Democrats to accuse the president of abusing his power.
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For that reason, it's quite likely that they could be stonewalled as Trump's appointees to head these agencies take their posts — in fact, the New York Times said that its sources spoke to reporters precisely because they feared that Trump would do just that.
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The second woman, Alison Turkos, was kidnapped at gunpoint by a Lyft driver in 2017 who drove her over state lines where she was then raped by the driver and two other men; she alleges the NYPD stonewalled until her case was turned over to the FBI.
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Lawmakers weren't in Washington last week during their Easter recess, but that didn't stop a flurry of jostling over the Democratic investigations, after the White House and Trump administration stonewalled Democrats on multiple requests for documents and interviews and filed suit to try to stop a subpoena.
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Spouses, especially husbands, who seethed with anger while arguing were much more likely to later report symptoms of cardiac problems, like chest pain or high blood pressure, than calmer spouses; those who stonewalled were more prone than others to develop muscular problems, like back or neck pain.
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Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) got into a heated exchange during Rosenstein's testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee after Jordan alleged that Rosenstein has stonewalled requests for documents and information from Congress about the Justice Department's actions in the Russia and Hillary Clinton email investigations.
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Claire McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that is first considering the proposals, said Wednesday at a hearing that lawmakers were getting "stonewalled" and that the Office of Management and Budget had repeatedly declined to provide the underlying data that justified the government reorganization proposal.
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Mindermann, the young ex-cop with five $27 department-store suits to his name, remembers the president's men who stonewalled the investigation throughout 1972 and early 113 as ''Ivy Leaguers in their custom-fitted finery — these privileged boys born to be federal judges and Wall Street barons.
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The Trump administration has so far split on how to handle the details of the call, but any House-led investigation into the President's Ukraine contact could meet significant resistance from the White House, as it has stonewalled many of the congressional probes already in motion.
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The case caused such national outrage that Truman sent the FBI to Monroe, about 40 miles east of Atlanta, but witnesses and suspects stonewalled investigators, who were left to surmise that their efforts to solve the case might not trump a countywide effort to obfuscate it.
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While both Democrats and Republicans discussed contempt proceedings after he stonewalled the committee last month, the majority appears to have less of an appetite for starting the process to hold the former Breitbart News chief in contempt of Congress than they did a few weeks earlier. Rep.
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"Voting rights and the enforcement of voter protection laws are a high priority issue for this committee," Nadler wrote, noting that the Justice Department stonewalled many questions on these issues previously when Republicans still held a majority in the House of Representatives and controlled the committee.
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They need to keep their agitated and highly motivated base satisfied while not appearing to dismiss Judge Gorsuch, who has impressed members of both parties during private meetings, strictly out of political spite for the way Republicans stonewalled President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick B. Garland.
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Though Democrats have procured substantial evidence to support their allegations, Mulvaney and a cadre of top advisers, including several senior White House budget officials, have stonewalled impeachment investigators seeking details about the abrupt decision by Trump to withhold nearly $400 million in military aid marked for Ukraine.
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And though Barr has made a less redacted version of the Mueller report available to members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, he's largely stonewalled Congress's attempts to get the full, unredacted report and to hold hearings with witnesses, including former White House counsel Don McGahn.
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" Later Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said it was "no surprise" to see the FBI and the DOJ "issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies" after both "stonewalled Congress' demands for information for nearly a year.
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USA-TRUMP-CONGRESS/ U.S. Democrats edge toward court battles over Mueller, Trump's taxes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats edged closer on Monday to fighting two legal battles - one over the Mueller report and one over President Donald Trump's tax returns - after administration officials stonewalled lawmakers' requests for those documents.
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"Having stonewalled Congress' demands for information for nearly a year, it's no surprise to see the FBI and DOJ issue spurious objections to allowing the American people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies," Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.
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Here, with the nation watching, Trump can finally give the Senate jury -- and the American people -- answers to all of the questions surrounding his actions with the Ukrainian leader, the withholding of US military aid to Ukraine, why he stonewalled duly served subpoenas served by Congress, and more.
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During the course of reporting my new book, "Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos" I discovered that Mattis repeatedly stonewalled or slow-rolled military options on Iran requested by the White House fearing that Trump might embroil the United States in a war with the Iranians.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), who will chair the Science, Space and Technology Committee, and Maxine WatersMaxine Moore WatersF-bombs away: Why lawmakers are cursing now more than ever Banks give Congress, New York AG documents related to Russians who may have dealt with Trump: report Maxine Waters: Force us to ban assault weapons 'or kick our a--- out of Congress!
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Y.), of Small Business; Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 2628 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas), of Science, Space and Technology; Zoe LofgrenZoe Ellen LofgrenKey House Republican demands answers on federal election security efforts Live coverage: Mueller testifies before Congress House fails to pass temporary immigration protections for Venezuelans MORE (Calif.), of House Administration; and Carolyn MaloneyCarolyn Bosher MaloneyReport: Americans unprepared for retirement Senate approves fund to provide compensation for Sept.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas) and Marc VeaseyMarc Allison VeaseyLawmakers clash after Dem reads letter on House floor calling Trump supporters 'racist,' 'dumb' Democrats face voters clamoring for impeachment Current, former lawmakers celebrate release of new book on Jack Brooks, 'The Meanest Man in Congress' MORE (Texas), the lawmakers are seeking anti-poverty strategies they can eventually forge into specific policy proposals.
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J.), Steve KingSteven (Steve) Arnold KingThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Steve King says 'left-wing media' and GOP leadership owe him apology after rape, incest comments 11 Essential reads you missed this week MORE (R-Iowa), Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) and other members on both sides of the aisle seem prepared to lead the charge.
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Harley Rouda of California told reporters he's prepared to support an impeachment inquiry, telling Politico: "we're being stonewalled by the administration and president Trump...we're going through the courts, but if we do an impeachment inquiry we will be able to have the courts move faster in addressing those issues."
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Confronted with a mountain of evidence that an American president abused his power by shaking down a vulnerable country for his own personal gain — and then stonewalled a congressional investigation into his behavior — senators should spare no effort in conducting a fair and thorough trial, complete with witnesses and documentary evidence.
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These included a litany of allegations from members who said they'd filed complaints with RWA after experiencing bigotry and bias, only to be ignored, punished, or stonewalled in their efforts; accounts of extensive gatekeeping, sometimes inexplicable but often insidious and discriminatory; and reports of routine bigotry and microaggressions within various RWA chapters.
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Today, the 22019-member Texas delegation has only three women members (Democrats Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson LeeJackson Lee: 'Racism is a national security threat' Most oppose cash reparations for slavery: poll Poll: Most Americans oppose reparations MORE of Houston and Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE of Dallas and Republican Kay GrangerNorvell (Kay) Kay GrangerLobbying world House approves bill increasing federal worker pay House approves 3 billion spending package MORE of Fort Worth).
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 0 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (Texas), Donald Beyer (Va.) and Suzanne BonamiciSuzanne Marie BonamiciHouse lawmakers introduce bill to help those struggling with student debt Here are the 85033 Democrats who voted to support impeachment Lawmakers put spotlight on youth homelessness MORE (Ore.), the top-ranking Democrats on the committee, wrote to Pruitt and General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy to gather more information about a possible EPA office in Tulsa, Okla.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 85033 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas), Donald Beyer (D-Va.) and Suzanne BonamiciSuzanne Marie BonamiciHouse lawmakers introduce bill to help those struggling with student debt Here are the 95 Democrats who voted to support impeachment Lawmakers put spotlight on youth homelessness MORE (D-Ore.), the top-ranking Democrats on the committee, wrote to Pruitt and General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy to gather more information about a possible EPA office in Tulsa, Okla.
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The White House has stonewalled House Democrats on nearly all aspects of their sprawling investigations into the President, refusing to provide documents as requested by committee chairmen, preventing former White House officials from complying with Democratic demands and fighting subpoenas pertaining to the US Census and the administration's handling of the security clearance process.
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"I'm hoping that perhaps, because he was member of the House, that he realizes what his own frustrations were from time to time and that he will understand that we don't want to be stonewalled, Engel said, adding that if Pompeo is resistant then lawmakers will "find other ways to get to the truth.
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He stonewalled and insulted Pompeo when he didn't think we were being flexible enough, and in his New Year's speech even directly threatened to "chart a new path if the US doesn't keep its promises" -- likely a reference to concessions we've made to him or ones that he thinks we should put on the table.
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Jared PolisJared Schutz PolisColorado governor pokes fun at FaceApp Number of openly LGBTQ elected officials rose nearly 85033 percent since 2018: report GOP gun rights activist arrested for flashing handgun at U.S. marshal MORE (D-Colo.) told the news outlet that Democrats have been "stonewalled" in their efforts to learn more about how migrant families will be reunited.
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But they have not always been in a rush to confirm Supreme Court nominees: They stonewalled Judge Merrick B. Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, in 2016, denying him a hearing or a vote for eight months and insisting that the winner of the presidential election be allowed to choose a nominee instead.
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With no specific narrative, the 36-minute film, "Je M'Appelle Varsovie" ("Warsaw Is My Name"), unfolds in lingering shots of contrasting places and people: swirling traffic, dingy stonewalled buildings with peeling paint, commercial signs in downtown areas, a rumpled street musician with a long white beard playing the accordion, an old solitary woman sitting on a street bench.
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"Instead of responding to multiple requests from committees of jurisdiction for this Congress, the administration has stonewalled Congress, dismissed our concerns and doubled down on their cruel policies," CHC Chairman Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroThe exhaustion of Democrats' anti-Trump delusions Juan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts Texas Democrats tap Joaquin Castro to deliver key address MORE (D-Texas) told reporters.
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"The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone's time and energy on BULLSHIT," he wrote in a tweet on Wednesday morning, moments after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff warned in a press briefing of the dangers the White House faced if it stonewalled their requests for documents and witnesses.
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday stonewalled reporters who peppered her with questions about the guilty plea for President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's former lawyer and the conviction of his former campaign chairman.
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Both Charlie and Nicole start off saying they want to keep things friendly, which is why they're working with a mediator — but because they're still locked into the emotional dynamics of their marriage, the way things play out is that Charlie treats his own plans for the future as what will obviously happen, until Nicole feels so stonewalled and ignored that she stops engaging entirely.
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The Maryland Democrat also said Kelly had "stonewalled congressional oversight efforts," referring to the official inquiry into White House background check processes by committee Chairman Trey GowdyHarold (Trey) Watson GowdyRising star Ratcliffe faces battle to become Trump's intel chief Cummings announces expansion of Oversight panel's White House personal email probe, citing stonewalling Pelosi says it's up to GOP to address sexual assault allegation against Trump MORE (R-S.C.).
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 28503 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) and Frank LucasFrank Dean LucasHillicon Valley: Doctors press tech to crack down on anti-vax content | Facebook, Instagram suffer widespread outages | Spotify hits Apple with antitrust complaint | FCC rejects calls to delay 22019G auction Overnight Energy: Solar installations dropped in 2018 | UN report says rising Arctic temperatures 'locked in' | Fiat Chrysler to recall 850K vehicles House technology committee leaders ask to postpone 5G spectrum auction MORE (R-Okla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, in letters to the five FCC commissioners, raised concerns that the spectrum for sale could interfere with technology that enables weather and climate forecasting.
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Eddie Bernice JohnsonEddie Bernice JohnsonThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump applauds two-year budget deal with 2023 billion spending hike Overnight Energy: Historic heat wave is double whammy for climate change | Trump sees 'bigger problems' than plastic straws | House Science chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers Science committee chair threatens EPA over 'stonewalled' answers to lawmakers MORE (D-Texas) and Frank LucasFrank Dean LucasHillicon Valley: Doctors press tech to crack down on anti-vax content | Facebook, Instagram suffer widespread outages | Spotify hits Apple with antitrust complaint | FCC rejects calls to delay 5G auction Overnight Energy: Solar installations dropped in 2018 | UN report says rising Arctic temperatures 'locked in' | Fiat Chrysler to recall 850K vehicles House technology committee leaders ask to postpone 21625G spectrum auction MORE (R-Okla.), the chairman and ranking member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, in letters to the five FCC commissioners, raised concerns that the spectrum for sale could interfere with technology that enables weather and climate forecasting.
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Kirk, a self-proclaimed fiscal hawk, noted that Republicans have long made reducing deficit spending their "nationwide call to action," particularly under the Obama administration, but he argued that Congress has "stonewalled" President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump congratulates Washington Nationals on World Series win Trump hints that dog injured in al-Baghdadi raid will visit White House Vindman says White House lawyer moved Ukraine call to classified server: report MORE's efforts to pass a budget deal.
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MACCALLUM: But I think people feel like they see you know, folks on the Oversight Committee just you know threw up their hands and you know rant and rave about not getting what they want and you can understand the argument that technically they should be turning over these documents but you get stonewalled all the time and you&aposre never able to actually push it through and push the envelope and make them give you what you want.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyWhite House denies exploring payroll tax cut to offset worsening economy Schumer joins Pelosi in opposition to post-Brexit trade deal that risks Northern Ireland accord GOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation MORE (R-Iowa), the Judiciary chairman from 22019 through 2018, kvetched at the time that his requests were being "stonewalled" after Comey declined to appear before his panel but testified publicly before Burr's committee.
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Even if lawmakers find a way to fit all current and future versions of K2 into Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act, alongside heroin and other drugs deemed by the US government to have no medical value and high risk for abuse, doing so would severely limit researchers' ability to study the dangers (and potential benefits) of a drug family we know very little about—much the same way marijuana studies have been stonewalled for years.
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In a memo to members of the committee, Oversight Chairman Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsDiplomat who raised Ukraine concerns to testify in Trump impeachment probe House rejects GOP measure censuring Schiff Overnight Defense: Trump weighs leaving some troops in Syria to 'secure the oil' | US has pulled 2,000 troops from Afghanistan | Pelosi leads delegation to Afghanistan, Jordan MORE (D-Md.) said he will issue subpoenas on Tuesday to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew Albence, in the wake of a September hearing where lower-ranking agency officials stonewalled Democratic members.
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