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Russ Choma is a reporter in the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones, covering money and influence in politics. He previously was a reporter for OpenSecrets.org, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and the New Hampshire Union Leader. Follow him on Twitter @russchoma.
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House bill would let Marco Rubio strip passports over political speech
Provision would let the Secretary of State deny or revoke passports over alleged “material support” as critics warn of thought policing and unchecked authority.