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Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, have introduced legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives that would tie the president's power to launch a nuclear first strike to a prior congressional authorization. Among the co-sponsors of the bill is Maryland's Sen. Chris Van Hollen. This legislation would ensure that this president, and future presidents, cannot make the decision to initiate the use of nuclear weapons in a matter of

In February, Congressman Ted W. Lieu of California introduced House Bill 4611 which is presently pending before a subcommittee of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives in Washington. The bill prohibits states from receiving important criminal justice funding from the federal government unless the state eliminates money bail as a condition of pre-trial release. It is long overdue.

WASHINGTON — Congressional lawmakers on Wednesday called on local police departments to embrace new federal policies intended to rein in the use of cellphone tracking devices that are at the center of a widespread review of criminal cases in Baltimore.