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Microsoft giving Paint the brush-off after 32 years

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Microsoft Paint — a formative creative outlet for those who grew up without access to acrylics and brushes — is soon to be erased.
In the next Windows 10 update, Paint will shuffle onto Microsoft’s deprecated features list — departing like other former favourites such as Solitaire and Minesweeper.
As the company continues to develop its new operating system, Windows 10, and streamline the applications and programs within it, it is only natural for the older lines of code to be pruned from the herd.
There will remain a computer graphics program on Windows 10, of course — the new generation Paint3, which is, without question, a far more fulfilling image-editing app.
But many will mourn the loss of Paint because of its simplicity, rather than despite it, and soon, Paint’s low-resolution. JPEG images will truly become artefacts of the digital past.
For those who didn’t have access to acrylics and brushes growing up, who never cut apart potatoes as children to make stamps, Microsoft Paint was a formative creative outlet.
The oeuvre of MS Painters is a recognisable artistic moment.
Beautiful tapestries of crudely deployed fills, awkward shape placement and a violent clash of colours will be seen by electronic archaeologists as the definitive features of the early digital age.

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Microsoft Paint may be doomed: Why it's wrong, and what you can do about it

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Microsoft lists the venerable Microsoft Paint as «deprecated» within the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, meaning it could eventually be removed. Here’s why we hope that’s not he case — but what alternatives there are if it happens.
The writing’s on the wall: Microsoft has targeted the venerable Microsoft Paint app for extinction within Windows 10. In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update due next month, Microsoft has classified Paint as “deprecated, ” meaning that the app’s not in active development and might be removed in future releases.
Deprecation doesn’t necessarily mean certain death. Microsoft deprecated the Edge browser’s Reading List with the Creators Update, yet that feature remains within the Insider version 16193 of the Fall Creators Update. But if Paint’s deprecated it won’t improve, which means the simple march of time could render it obsolete. On the other hand, the same support document formally removes the 3D Builder app and Outlook Express, which means they’re just plain gone.
Paint was first introduced in Windows 1.0 in 1985, as a licensed version of ZSoft’s PC Paintbrush. Though Microsoft updated Paint over subsequent versions, adding support for JPEG, TIFF, and other file formats, its basic purpose has remained the same: a simple drawing tool and image editor. Numerous software packages have superseded it, all the way up to Adobe Photoshop. Microsoft even tried to replace Paint within the current Creators Update with Paint 3D, and nearly succeeded.
Microsoft seems to hope that Paint3D, a 3D creation tool, will replace Paint.
Microsoft’s wrong, however, if it believes Paint 3D serves as a direct replacement for Microsoft Paint. While it’s true that no “true” digital artist draws in Microsoft Paint, the same’s also true for Paint 3D. Like many apps within Windows (Notepad, Sticky Notes, People) Paint serves as a quick-and-dirty utility for resizing photos, doodling a quick picture, or hacking together a quick composite or mosaic of digital art. And if nothing else, the name should give you a clue: Paint’s a two-dimensonal (2D) app, while Paint 3D creators operate in three-dimensional space. Paint 3D is an excellent, fun app, but it’s no replacement for Paint.
Sometimes a few seconds with Paint does the job.
In fact, the 2D portion of Paint 3D, known as the Canvas, is probably the least intuitive portion of Paint 3D. The Canvas hangs out as a blank two-dimensional box that floats in space, though you can make it a 3D object if you choose. It’s a backdrop, nothing more. You can drop a photo on it, or doodle a bit of ink. But the point of the Canvas is to set off your digital 3D creations, not to serve as the workspace that Paint enables.
If Microsoft does remove Paint, it undercuts one of the chief arguments that it’s repeatedly made across several versions of Windows 10: modality. For years, a keyboard and mouse sufficed to interact with a PC. But with modern PCs, voice, touch, and pen supplement—not replace!—the traditional ways of doing things. Windows and the Command Line live in peace; why not Paint and Paint 3D?
Admittedly, Microsoft has extracted certain aspects of Paint, moved them elsewhere within Windows, and dramatically improved them. If you’ d like to adjust your digital photos, you don’ t do that within Paint—the Windows 10 Photos app does a marvelous job of auto-tuning your digital photo, or letting you adjust contrast, highlights and more. Microsoft’s own Fresh Paint app (sadly, not bundled with Windows 10) mimics the physical experience of painting with digital ink on a virtual canvas, even blending colors. Paint 3D hides a “magic select” tool to extract parts of an image from a background, a feature that would be terrific within Paint.
Paint.net is an excellent, nearly direct replacement for Microsoft Paint.
If Microsoft does remove Paint from Windows 10, there’s a pretty good replacement: Paint.net, one of PCWorld’s top products of 2007 and a free app that runs on Windows 10. While Paint.net retains the look and feel of Paint, it improves the capabilities by adding more sophisticated tools like layers. Of course, much more sophisticated—and expensive—graphics packages that go far beyond the basic appeal of Paint.
And that’s why we can all hope that Microsoft’s deprecation notice is just a declaration that it’s moving on to other things, and not killing Paint entirely. Sometimes a quick-and-dirty solution is all that you really need.

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Man shows up at hospital after being critically wounded in shooting

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Flint police were contacted by staff at Hurley Medical Center about 3: 30 a.m. on July 24 that a man arrived at the hospital and was taken into surgery, according to a statement.
FLINT, MI — A man was critically injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on the city’s southwest side early Sunday morning.
Flint police were contacted by staff at Hurley Medical Center about 3: 30 a.m. on July 24 that a man arrived at the hospital and was taken into surgery, according to a statement.
The victim was in critical condition, police said.
Investigators were able to determine the shooting took place in the 2000 block of Trout Drive at the Evergreen Regency Townhomes.
No suspect information was released by police.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Flint police at 810-237-6900 or can leave a tip anonymously with Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-422-5245 or online at P3tips.com .

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Kushner releases on Russia meeting

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Jared Kushner released a statement before meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee staffers on Monday. Kushner says the June, 2016 meeting with a Russian-American lawyer was such a «waste of time, » he had his assistant call him out. (July 24)
Jared Kushner released a statement before meeting with Senate Intelligence Committee staffers on Monday. Kushner says the June, 2016 meeting with a Russian-American lawyer was such a «waste of time, » he had his assistant call him out. (July 24)

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Trump presses troops for political help in lobbying Congress

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We’re not accustomed to American leaders trying to recruit servicemen and women into lobbying campaigns in support of the White House’s priorities.
Donald Trump headlined an event over the weekend, commissioning the USS Gerald Ford, which wouldn’ t have been especially notable, were it not for one important aspect of his remarks. As the Huffington Post noted:
As a Washington Post report added, Trump’s brief appeal “created a potentially awkward tableau at a commissioning event intended to be ceremonial – a commander in chief offering political remarks, and what could even be construed as an order, to the naval officers he commands.”
It’s entirely possible that Trump, new to public service and the structures of government, doesn’ t really know anything about the unique relationship between a president and active-duty military personnel. He may not understand, for example, that when a commander in chief asks troops to do something, they’ re expected to do it.
Which is why we’ re not accustomed to American leaders trying to recruit servicemen and women into lobbying campaigns in support of the White House’s priorities. There are certain norms that are presidents are supposed to honor and protect, and Donald Trump either doesn’ t know or doesn’ t care where those lines are drawn.
Ben Rhodes, a national security adviser in the Obama White House called Trump’s comments “ a huge deal, ” adding that Trump’s appeal “violates most fundamental norms separating military and politics.”
I was especially intrigued by the president’s off-the-cuff recommendation that troops “call those senators to make sure you get health care.” Trump didn’ t elaborate, and he may not know that servicemen and women already receive taxpayer-financed health care through a government-run system – coverage that is not in jeopardy – which makes it seem as if he tried to recruit these troops to help with the partisan effort to take health care benefits from tens of millions of Americans.
And if so, that’s awfully difficult for anyone to honestly defend.
To be sure, this wasn’ t the first time Trump delivered inappropriate remarks, as president, pushing boundaries for no particular reason. When he spoke at the CIA’s headquarters in January, for example, Trump suggested intelligence professionals supported him politically, which was clearly inappropriate.
Similarly, in May, he spoke at the annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, where he claimed that police officers supported his campaign “big league, ” which had no place in such a setting.
Saturday’s display, however, was quite a bit worse. The sooner Trump learns how a president is suppose to behave with U. S. troops, the better.

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How to speed up Windows and make your computer faster

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If Windows seems sluggish, you can restore good performance using these simple techniques. Here’s how to speed up Windows and make your laptop or PC faster.
When you get a new laptop or PC, it always starts up and responds quickly. But as you install apps, games and fill up the hard drive with music, documents and photos it can slow down and even take minutes to start up. There are many things that can make Windows slow, but you should be able to restore most of its original speed without spending any money at all.
But if your laptop or PC has a traditional hard drive rather than a modern SSD, then it can be well worth spending some money and buying an SSD: it’s still the single most effective performance upgrade for most people.
Regardless of your computer’s hardware, there are various things you can do to speed up Windows, and here are our top tips.
See also: 5 ways to spring clean your computer
Part of the reason well-used PCs take so long to start is because of all the applications and utilities you’ve installed. Many automatically run when Windows starts up, yet most of them don’t need to and should only use up resources when you actually need to use them.
At the right side of the taskbar, click the upwards-facing arrow to display the notification icons. Each is a program that loads with Windows. Some are essential — antivirus software for example — but others may not be. Right-click each one and if there is a Settings menu, select it and turn off the option to start automatically with Windows.
Some programs, such as Google Drive, can be manually started when they are needed instead of running all the time.
To disable all the other programs and ‘helpers’ apps that start with Windows, press Windows+R, type msconfig and click Ok. Select the Services tab, tick ‘Hide all Microsoft services’ and see what’s left.
There may be services you can live without and clearing the tick box prevents them from running. For example, Firefox works perfectly well without the Mozilla Maintenance Service.
On the Startup tab (use Task Manager — right-click on the taskbar and choose Task Manager in Windows 8 and Windows 10 to find this) are lots of programs that start with Windows. Knowing what to disable isn’t easy, but you can use Google to search for items and see if they are necessary, useful or neither of those.
Windows 10 helpfully tells you how much impact each program has on performance:
For programs that have a high startup impact, you can right click and disable them.
Recent versions of Windows automatically defragment the disk, but Microsoft’s tool is basic and there are better defragmenters that boost performance even more.
Programs including O&O Defrag are good, but IObit’s Smart Defrag 5 is nearly as good and is free.
Bear in mind that you should only use one of these if your PC has a traditional mechanical hard drive. If it has an SSD, don’t use such utilities on them; if you have both, only use a defragger on the hard disk.
It’s advisable to run a system scan to ensure that there are no erroneous pieces of software causing harm and slowing down your machine. If you rely on Windows Defender for your security then you’ ll need to go to the Start Menu>Settings>Update and Security>Windows Defender then in the right hand panel scroll down until you see Open Windows Defender.
Click this and then in the next window on the right hand side there are options to run a Quick, Full, or Custom scan. Make sure you won’ t need your PC for a little while and opt for the Full version.
Then click on Scan now. If Windows finds anything untoward it will let you know and suggest ways to deal with the issue.
If you use another antivirus package, such as AVG, Norton, McAfee, or similar, you’ ll need to launch the program and find the option to perform a system scan. They are usually very easy to discover.
Another quick fix for a PC that’s slowing down is allowing Windows to use more Virtual Memory. Follow our How to Adjust the amount of Virtual Memory your system uses guide to address this common problem.
Windows 10 is quite a pretty operating system, with various animations used throughout. While these visual effects afford a sense of style they can also be a source of ponderance on machines that are a little older. Thankfully they are easy to turn off.
Open the Windows Start Menu and type advanced system settings and select the top result. In the window that appears there is a section marked Performance, with a button for Settings.
Click this and a list of the various visual effects will appear. You can either untick the ones you think might be problematic, or simply select the Adjust for best performance option at the top. Remember to click OK to save the changes.
The ultimate speed-up technique is to reinstall Windows. This removes all unwanted software that slows down the PC, erases adware and other malware, clears out junk files and so on. For more details, see How to reinstall Windows.
A Windows disc is needed for old versions of Windows, but Windows 8 and 10 have a built in Refresh option that makes the job easy. In Windows 8 bring up the Charms bar on the right side of the screen and click Settings, Change PC settings.
Click Update and recovery, then Recovery. Under Refresh your PC without affecting your files, click Get started.
In Windows 10, click the cog icon on the Start menu to bring up the new Settings app. Click Update & security, then choose Recovery from the menu on the left. You’ll see the ‘Reset this PC’ option on the right.
You can choose to keep personal files — photos, music and documents — and this method is certainly worth a try as it’s automatic and easy.
A more powerful option is to completely reinstall Windows, but you must copy files you want to keep to another drive, such as removable USB drive or a NAS first.
You might also like to read How to restore a laptop or PC and keep Microsoft Office .
Out of date drivers, programs and Windows itself can cause the computer to run slowly. Faulty drivers for example, stop Windows shutting down or cause it to start more slowly. Video card drivers are often updated to fix bugs and boost performance, and it is always a good idea to check that you have the latest version.
Even if Windows updates are automatic, go to Windows Update in the Control Panel and manually check for updates. Only essential ones are installed automatically and there may be useful optional ones available.
Drivers are programs that enable Windows to access hardware components like the video, sound, printer, scanner, webcam, and so on. Updating them is a pain and you have to identify the hardware, the drivers and version numbers, the hardware manufacturer’s website and the download page.
Take a shortcut by using a free tool such as SlimDrivers Free or Driver Booster Free. These do all the work for you and they are like Windows Update for drivers. They identify the current drivers, check if there are updates, and then download and install them for you.
They solve a lot of problems. There are also paid-for options, such as the up-to-date Driver Talent utility.
Your PC’s hard disk slows down as it fills up and uninstalling software helps to free up space giving more room for Windows to work faster. Disk space can be freed up in various ways, and we’ve written a full guide to finding and deleting large and duplicate files.
You can delete files manually, or install a utility (we recommend some in that guide) to do a deeper search and make the job quicker and easier. There’s a right way and a wrong way to use these programs, though.
Select just a few items and clean them, making sure the app backs up the changes. If the PC is working OK, go ahead and clean a few more items, but if it isn’t, restore the backup. Do not clean everything in one go because if something goes wrong you won’t know where the problem is.
Many PCs are overrun with apps, games and other software. Chances are that you no longer use many of these and they can be uninstalled to free up disk space (and improve boot times) .
You can go to the Control Panel, open Programs and Features, and then uninstall software you haven’t used in the last six months (or longer) . See best free Windows uninstallers for more.
Some programs install lots of files into Windows and they can have a detrimental effect on performance. To keep Windows clean and fast you should avoid installing anything.
Of course, you need software, but there are many portable apps that don’t need installing. A good source of software is portableapps.com. Click Get Apps and you’ll find office software, graphics and photo editors, utilities, internet, music and video and more. It’s not the only place to find portable software, but it’s a good place to start.
Sometimes it’s possible to improve performance by installing better software. For example, if you’re still using Internet Explorer, try downloading Google Chrome or one of these other best web browsers
Smaller, lightweight programs are often faster than big, full featured applications. Do you really need Word or is WordPad sufficient for your writing tasks? For example Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 requires 3GB of disk space, but LibreOffice uses just a few hundred megabytes and is nearly as good.
You need 4GB of disk space to install Adobe Photoshop Elements, but only 40MB for Paint. NET and 150MB for GIMP (it sounds dodgy, but it’s not) . They could be all you need for photo editing. Use alternativeto.net to find alternatives to popular software.
The speed at which games run is highly dependent on the screen resolution and special effects used. Some games provide options to select the screen mode and to turn off some effects that tax the processor and video card. This can make a slow game more playable by increasing the frame rate. For more details see How to speed up games.
All of the techniques discussed so far for speeding up the PC take you only so far. They restore the original PC’s performance, but this may not be sufficient. An old PC might not be capable of running the latest game or other software you want to use. A five year old model will struggle with the latest games, apps and operating system. For this reason, a hardware upgrade may be required and this will boost the PC’s performance beyond its original specification and narrow the gap between your current PC and the latest ones.
Many old PCs suffer from too little memory. Consider 4GB the absolute minimum these days if not more, but note that 4GB is the maximum usable by 32-bit versions of Windows, so upgrading to 64-bit is a good idea. Adding RAM is the second thing to do after installing an SSD (which we mentioned right at the start) .
Memory suppliers including Crucial have tools on their website that identify what type of RAM you need. It shows the maximum the PC or laptop can take and this is the best upgrade you can perform. Before you purchase any memory though, examine your PC or laptop because some are easy to upgrade, but others are hard. Buying RAM online and installing it yourself is the cheapest option, but if you aren’t confident in your DIY skills, local computer shops can do it.
A solid state disk drive (SSD) is the best way to boost performance in many older PCs and laptops. If you have a laptop, you will need to clone the old disk drive onto the new SSD before installing it. This is achieved by plugging the SSD into the PC’s USB port (some come with the necessary adaptor, others don’t, so buy the right version) and then running a cloning program on the PC (again, this is usually included in an ‘SSD upgrade kit’ but never with ‘bare’ drives) .
Here’s a step-by-step guide to installing an SSD, and here’s a list of the best SSDs to buy
Upgrading the graphics card is a great way to speed up games, but the benefits to other software is limited. Top-of-the-range video cards are big, so before ordering the latest Nvidia or AMD model, check it will fit the case. Space, the size of the PC’s power supply and other factors limit your options and full height/dual slot video cards are for big PCs with lots of space, and low profile single slot cards are for compact PCs.
Here are the best graphics cards to buy and here are the best tips for improving game performance.

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和泉補佐官、前川氏主張を否定 閉会中審査

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衆院予算委員会は２４日午前、 安倍晋三首相らが出席して閉会中審査を開いた。 愛媛県今治市での 学校法人「加計（かけ）学園」 による獣医学部新設計画に関し、 参考人として出席した和泉洋人首相補佐官は、 昨年９月に前川喜平・ 前文部科学事務次官に対して「総理の 代わりに言う」 と発言して手続きを急ぐよう促したとする前川氏の 主張を否定した。
衆院予算委員会は２４日午前、安倍晋三首相らが出席して閉会中審査を開いた。愛媛県今治市での学校法人「加計（かけ）学園」による獣医学部新設計画に関し、参考人として出席した和泉洋人首相補佐官は、昨年９月に前川喜平・前文部科学事務次官に対して「総理の代わりに言う」と発言して手続きを急ぐよう促したとする前川氏の主張を否定した。
前川氏が「キーパーソン」と指摘してきた和泉氏が、公の場で加計学園問題について話すのは初めて。
和泉氏は昨年９月９日に首相官邸で前川氏と会ったことは認めた上で、「こんな極端な話をすれば私も記憶が残っている。そういった記憶がまったく残っていない。したがって、言っておりません」と述べた。また、同学園の加計孝太郎理事長と安倍首相が友人関係にあることを認識した時期について、和泉氏は「明確に認識したのは（加計問題が）３月に報道されてからだ」と語った。
一方、この日も予算委に出席した前川氏は改めて「和泉氏から『このことは総理からは言えないので、代わりに自分が言う』と言われ、加計学園のことを言われたと確信した」と証言し、双方の言い分が真っ向から食い違う形となった。
集中審議には、藤原豊・前内閣府審議官や政府の国家戦略特区諮問会議の八田達夫・特区ワーキンググループ座長、加戸守行・前愛媛県知事も参考人として出席。八田氏は「岩盤規制を打破すべきだという安倍首相の意向は認識していたが、特定の事業者を優遇してほしいという意向が首相から示されたことは一切ない。決定のプロセスに一点の曇りもない。不公平な行政がただされた」と強調した。
文科省職員に「官邸の最高レベルが言っている」と迫ったとされる藤原氏は「首相から個別の指示を受けたことは一切ない。文科省に伝えたことはない」と改めて否定した。その上で「特区諮問会議で首相が『岩盤規制改革をスピーディーに検討すべきだ』と発言したのを引用して規制改革を進めていた。異なる受け止めを文科省に与えていたら残念だ」と述べた。【光田宗義】

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首相、加計理事長との食事代「先方が払うこともあった」

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学校法人「加計学園」 の 獣医学部新設問題で、 安倍晋三首相は２４日午前の 衆院予算委員会で、 自らが「腹心の 友」 と呼ぶ学園の 加計孝太郎理事長と頻繁にゴルフや食事をしていたことについて、 「食事は先方が払うこと…
学校法人「加計学園」の獣医学部新設問題で、安倍晋三首相は２４日午前の衆院予算委員会で、自らが「腹心の友」と呼ぶ学園の加計孝太郎理事長と頻繁にゴルフや食事をしていたことについて、「食事は先方が払うこともあった。気のおけない友人関係だ」と答弁した。首相は国家戦略特区諮問会議の議長を務める。質問した大串博志氏（民進）は加計氏の証人喚問を求めた。 大串氏は首相が加計理事長と２０１３年から昨年７月まで、１４回にわたり会食やゴルフなど交流を重ねていたとし、首相がいつ特区の申請を知ったかをただした。首相は「彼が私の地位や立場を利用して何かを成し遂げようとしたことはない。時代のニーズに合わせて学部や学科の新設に挑戦したいとの趣旨の話は聞いたことがあるが、具体的に何かをいま作ろうとしているとか、獣医学部、今治市の話は一切なかった」と答えた。（倉重奈苗）

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「疑念の目もっとも」安倍首相、説明不足認識

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安倍晋三首相は２４日午前の 衆院予算委員会の 閉会中審査で、 加計学園の 加計孝太郎理事長と友人関係にあることが獣医学部新設に影響したとの 指摘に関し、 「李下（りか）に冠を正さずという言葉がある。 私の 友人が関わることで国民の 皆様から疑念の 目が向けられるの はもっともなことだ。 今までの 答弁にはその 観点が欠けていた。 足らざる点があったと率直に認めなければならない」 と述べ、 説明不足だったとの 認識を示した。
安倍晋三首相は２４日午前の衆院予算委員会の閉会中審査で、加計学園の加計孝太郎理事長と友人関係にあることが獣医学部新設に影響したとの指摘に関し、「李下（りか）に冠を正さずという言葉がある。私の友人が関わることで国民の皆様から疑念の目が向けられるのはもっともなことだ。今までの答弁にはその観点が欠けていた。足らざる点があったと率直に認めなければならない」と述べ、説明不足だったとの認識を示した。
首相はこれまでの説明について反省の姿勢を示した上で、「個別の案件について私が指示することは全くない」とも述べ、政策決定過程で同学園に便宜を図ったことはないとした。
自民党の小野寺五典氏から「首相が便宜を図ったと思う国民が多い。加計理事長から相談はあったか」と問われて答弁した。首相は、加計氏について「政治家になるずっと前、学生時代からの友人だ」と説明。「彼が、私の地位を利用して何かを成し遂げようとしたことは、ただの一度もない」と語った。獣医学部新設については「昭和４１（１９６６）年を最後として一つも認められてこなかった。（今回の）プロセスは適切で一点の曇りもない」と強調した。【高橋恵子】

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House, Senate Reach Deal On Russia Sanctions, To Vote Tuesday

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Negotiators from the House and Senate have come to an agreement on Russia sanctions after securing overwhelming support in the Senate but stalling in the House.
Negotiators from the House and Senate have come to an agreement on Russia sanctions after securing overwhelming support in the Senate but stalling in the House.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, announced Saturday morning that a vote on the Russia, Iran and North Korea Sanctions Act would take place Tuesday.
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland has been working for weeks to craft a deal with McCarthy. Hoyer said in a statement that he was «pleased that both parties in the House and Senate have reached agreement on sanctions legislation that will hold Russia and Iran accountable for their destabilizing actions around the world.»
«The legislation ensures that both the Majority and Minority are able to exercise our oversight role over the Administration’s implementation of sanctions, » Hoyer said.
Passage of the bill, which could occur before Congress breaks for the August recess, puts Capitol Hill on possible collision course with President Trump. The White House had objected to a key section of the bill that would mandate a congressional review if Trump attempted to ease or end the sanctions against Moscow. But if the president were to veto the bill, he risks sparking an outcry from Republicans and Democrats and having his decision overturned. The sanctions review was included in the bill because of wariness among lawmakers from both parties over Mr. Trump’s affinity for Putin.
Meanwhile in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement on Saturday that he expects the House and Senate to act on the legislation «promptly.»
Schumer added, «Given the many transgressions of Russia, and President Trump’s seeming inability to deal with them, a strong sanctions bill such as the one Democrats and Republicans have just agreed to is essential.»
Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland echoed Schumer’s comments, saying in a statement, «A nearly united Congress is poised to send President Putin a clear message on behalf of the American people and our allies, and we need President Trump to help us deliver that message.»
Ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, also released a statement on the bipartisan effort, saying, «This tough, comprehensive sanctions bill holds North Korea and Iran accountable for their actions and sends a clear message to Moscow that the United States will not tolerate Russian attacks on democracy — from interference in our elections to aggression in Ukraine.»
The Senate originally passed the legislation, which would also impose sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile program, in an overwhelming 98-2 vote in mid-June. The House, however, previously said that the measure violated the origination clause of the Constitution, known as the «blue slip» rule, that says that bills that raise revenue for the government can only originate in the House.
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