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Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forced to the floor, handcuffed and removed by federal agents after interrupting a news conference by the homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.
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Some Republican senators are voicing concern over the House-passed bill that would rescind $9 billion that Congress already approved, including money for NPR and PBS stations in their states.
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The senator is known on Capitol Hill for being kind and nerdy. His forcible removal from a news conference resonated as a call to action among Democrats.
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Sen. Alex Padilla of California was shoved to the ground and handcuffed, videos show. He later met with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem.
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The provision, long advocated by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, would revive and broaden a law for compensating those who developed serious illnesses from government-caused nuclear contamination.
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Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he disrupted Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a news conference.
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Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.
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