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Federal Reserve does change interest rates; Senate Democrats specify ICE reform demands to avoid partial government shutdown
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Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, ending a streak of three consecutive quarter percentage point cuts; Senate Democrats present their demands for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get their votes to pass a Homeland Security spending bill and avoid a partial government shutdown. Those demands include: ending roving patrols, tightening the rules for warrants, barring federal offices from wearing masks and requiring them to wear body cameras. We will talk about it with The Hill's Alex Bolton (19); Secretary of State Marco Rubio
tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there has been 'good and decent progress' in Venezuela since the U.S. military removed President Nicolas Maduro; Veterans Affairs Secretary testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on improving the VA health care system; musician & entertainer Kid Rock testifies before a Senate Commerce Subcommittee about what he sees as unfair business practices in the selling and reselling of tickets to concerts & sporting events; today
is the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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