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Congress Archive

Archives for September 2014

Congress
Nate Silver and Sam Wang now agree: Current polls show GOP Senate takeoverNate Silver and Sam Wang now agree: Current polls show GOP Senate takeover
Congress

As do the other forecasting models.

By Andrew Prokop
Space
Is asteroid mining legal? Congress wants to make it so.Is asteroid mining legal? Congress wants to make it so.
Space

Here’s why Congress is discussing a law about asteroid mining

By Joseph Stromberg
Congress
Poor Americans’ food situations barely improvingPoor Americans’ food situations barely improving
Congress

A new report shows that 6.8 million households cut back on eating or changed what they eat because they couldn’t afford food last year. And then Congress cut food stamp benefits.

By Danielle Kurtzleben