The ballot issues for Election Day 2023
Here are some of the top ballot measures and issues Americans voted on today.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
Here are some of the top ballot measures and issues Americans voted on today.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to meet with families of the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston.
The measure is expected to be dead on arrival in the Senate.
"It's not going anywhere," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said from the Senate floor Wednesday.
President Biden and President Xi Jinping are expected to have their first in-person meeting in a year.
An Alabama man has been indicted for allegedly making threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat.
"AI is all around us," President Biden said before signing an executive order governing the safety and security of AI.
Mike Johnson commented on Israel and Ukraine funding, keeping government running, a nationwide abortion ban and changing the rule that resulted in Kevin McCarthy's ouster.
"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
President Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stressed the importance of the U.S.-Australia relationship, but both also spoke on the crisis in the Middle East.
Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
The House Republican Conference voted that Jordan should drop his bid in a closed-door meeting following an earlier vote on the House floor.
Without an elected speaker, the House is paralyzed from taking any action on a national security supplemental request.
"I'm still running for speaker and I plan to go to the floor and get the votes and win this race," Rep. Jim Jordan said Thursday.
President Biden is asking Congress for $100 billion in supplemental funding, including aid for Israel and Ukraine.