Live updates: Rand Paul sets up Senate panel’s contempt vote on Fauci

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, a week after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions during a committee hearing. 

Here’s what to know about it. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. EDT.

Senate Republicans are barreling toward an August recess at odds with one another over a third budget reconciliation bill. And the inclusion in the continuing resolution of a measure that delays the implementation........

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