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AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Francesca Hong cast one of six votes against Wisconsin's anti-grooming law — now she wants to be governor

Wisconsin's leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate voted against a bipartisan child-grooming law that passed 93, 6 and was signed by her own party's governor, and her campaign won't say why. Francesca Hong, a 37-year-old state legislator running in Tuesday's Democratic primary, was among just six Assembly members to oppose a measure that bars adults from engaging […] The post Francesca Hong cast one of six votes against Wisconsin's anti-grooming law — now she wants to be governor appeared first on American Almanac .

Wisconsin's leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate voted against a bipartisan child-grooming law that passed 93, 6 and was signed by her own party's governor, and her campaign won't say why. Francesca Hong, a 37-year-old state legislator running in Tuesday's Democratic primary, was among just six Assembly members to oppose a measure that bars adults from engaging in a deliberate pattern of conduct designed to condition, seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child into sexual activity or pornography. The bill cleared the Assembly with overwhelming support. The state Senate passed it by voice vote. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed it into law in March. And prosecutors have already used it to charge a man in Janesville accused of grooming…Open

NPR (Eric McDaniel) - House passes Pentagon funding and limits on stock trades in a last dash before recess

Republicans passed a more than $1-trillion Pentagon bill alongside a budget blueprint that would let them bypass Democrats and unlock other funds for the Iran war and Trump's election overhaul bill.

REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - House Passes Partial DHS Funding Bill As White House Warns Workers Could Soon Go Unpaid

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - House Democrats help Mike Johnson end government shutdown, fund DHS and ICE

More than 20 House Democrats voted with Republicans on Tuesday to reopen the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two weeks. Why it matters: The vote created harsh divisions among Democrats , some of whom argued that the party should use the partial shutdown as leverage to force drastic reforms of ICE and Customs and Border Protection. - Many Democrats also felt considerable apprehension about the optics of voting for even short-term DHS funding without strings attached following the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti . - But several members of leadership argued that it would be bad strategy to allow the government to stay shut down, with other lawmakers saying their districts need agencies…

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - House to take up vote to end partial shutdown, but DHS funding fight goes on | Sunrise

Votes in the House on Tuesday to end a partial government shutdown pose tricky political challenges for both Republicans and Democrats. On the Republican side, a procedural vote to tee up the funding package will test President Trump’s ability to unify the GOP’s razor-thin House majority behind his play call.