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Monday, July 29, 2019
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Rep. Rob Bishop announced on Monday afternoon he will not run for another term in Congress.
Bishop will not pursue his 10th term in Washington next year. He is currently the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee after spending two terms as the chairman of that committee.
As UtahPolicy.com scooped in June, close associates of Bishop said he was flirting with running again after saying he would retire after his current term at a town hall meeting in 2017.
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Iran. The Trump administration is having trouble getting allies to join their "maximum pressure" strategy on Iran [Defense One].
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1729 - Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
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1956 - A joint resolution of Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the national motto.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1969 - President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and U.S. military commanders.
1974 - President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 21-17, approved a third article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, charging him with ignoring congressional subpoenas. Nixon resigned just over a week later before he could be impeached.
1975 - Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in a Detroit suburb. He is never seen or heard from again.
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