San Diego – California Republicans have been disappointed by the failure of the governors’ recall, but the expanded volunteer base and voter data gathered during this campaign may come in handy in next year’s midterm election. speakers said at the California GOP Fall Convention in San Diego on Friday. âOur …
Read More »Missouri Republicans Decide To Cut Funding For Planned Parenthood | New
NBC News JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers who want to end all public funds going to Planned Parenthood recommend that the Legislature give Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s administration the power to rescind contracts Medicaid providers of abortion based on behavior in other states deemed illegal or immoral. The …
Read More »Republicans at UWL College claim muzzling of free speech after anti-mask messages erased
September 23, 2021 7:42 PM Posted: September 23, 2021 7:42 PM Update: September 23, 2021 7:55 PM LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – Republican members at UW-La Crosse College say their freedom of speech was violated after their chalk art protest mask warrants were erased this week . Chalking is a …
Read More »Republicans’ rekindled debt awareness comes straight from the party’s playbook
Jim Puzzanghera points to the hypocrisy of a Republican party that consistently supports increasing the national debt and debt limit when a Republican is president, and then usually opposes such increases under Democratic presidents (” Democrat in Power, GOP Focuses on Debt â, page A1, September 17). Indeed, the words …
Read More »Republicans Advance Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in Schools | Local government
“I don’t want school professionals to make decisions about teaching and learning, I want parents to be in charge of the teaching and learning that their children and students go to,” said said Rep. Donna Rozar, R-Marshfield. Schools that engage in such education would lose 10% of their annual public …
Read More »Debt Ceiling Fight Pits US Businesses Against Republicans
The debt ceiling battle on Capitol Hill pits US businesses against Congressional Republicans in a test for business groups that have historically aligned with GOP lawmakers on economic issues. Republican Senate leaders are deepening their opposition to increasing or suspending the debt limit, prompting strong warnings from lobby groups that …
Read More »Republicans report cash advantage over Democrats as both rake in millions in August
Republicans said they held cash advantages over Democrats at the end of August as the 2022 midterm cycle heats up. The campaign weapons of House and Senate Republicans and the Republican National Committee (RNC) all ended August with more money in the bank than their Democratic counterparts, though both sides …
Read More »Republican governor’s hope makes stopover in Peoria
PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) – 55th District State Senator Darren Bailey made a stopover in Peoria on Monday. He announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination for governor earlier this year. He spoke in front of a small crowd at Kelleher’s on Water Street. Bailey has made …
Read More »Texas State Board of Education’s first redistribution map protects Republicans
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate on Monday released its first draft of a new map for the State Board of Education, which attempts to bolster the GOP majority within the 15-member Republican-dominated …
Read More »Why Texas Pro-Life Republicans Should Support Paid Family Leave
Texas pro-life Republicans have proposed a law that makes abortion illegal after six weeks of pregnancy. Whatever your take on this law, there is another opportunity to protect all newborns and their families in the first days after birth, and one that generates widespread support. An infant comes into the …
Read More »California Recall Vote Shows Trump’s Big Lie Is Now a Republican Playbook | American politics
It was a preemptive attack on the truth by some of the biggest names on the American right. Former President Donald Trump warned that the ballot would be “rigged”. Republican candidate Larry Elder predicted “shenanigans”. Conservative media star Tomi Lahren suggested “voter fraud” was inevitable. The attempt to sow distrust …
Read More »Representative Lee Zeldin confirms leukemia diagnosis
Representative Lee Zeldin, a staunch Long Island conservative and the leading Republican candidate for next year’s governorship in New York City, revealed he was diagnosed with leukemia last year and is following up a treatment. Zeldin, 41, told attendees at an Ontario County Republican Party dinner Friday night that he …
Read More »Democrats propose an extension of the increased child tax credit until 2025 as Republicans push back
When the US bailout was passed in March, it didn’t just send stimulus payments to Americans’ bank accounts. It also expanded a long-standing tax credit that has since helped millions of families more easily cover their expenses. The child tax credit was worth up to $ 2,000 per child under …
Read More »California Republican turnout not high enough to start Newsom
LOS ANGELES – Republicans, vastly outnumbered by Democrats in California, needed a massive turnout in this week’s recall election to have any chance of impeaching Gov. Gavin Newsom. It didn’t happen. About 9.2 million votes were counted on Tuesday with around 2.9 million still to be counted. This suggests that …
Read More »House Democrats provide electric vehicle tax credits of up to $ 12,500, as Republicans, Tesla and Toyota voice objections
Proposals by the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee for the party’s $ 3.5 trillion spending program include new tax credits for electric vehicles, as Washington continues to push to abandon gasoline-powered cars. But aspects of the proposed incentives are drawing criticism, with Republican lawmakers saying they would help wealthy …
Read More »New poll shows DeSantis approval drops as Republicans welcome fight against more COVID-19 restrictions
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A recent poll shows Governor Ron DeSantis’ approval rating is dropping due to his handling of the pandemic, but Republicans welcome a fight for more COVID-19 restrictions. A new poll released Thursday by the Committee to Protect Health Care, a group launched in 2016 to oppose …
Read More »California Republicans heal wounds after another unbalanced defeat
LOS ANGELES – The results of Tuesday’s recall election in which California Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated an attempt to remove him from office seem all too familiar to weakened Republicans in the state – they were once again embarrassed by Democrats, who haven’t lost a statewide race in 15 years. …
Read More »Colorado Republican Central Committee Should Keep Primary, Drop Plots
Despite the potential for Colorado Republicans to win in 2022, a group of self-proclaimed “principled” Republican activists are determined to embroil the party in stolen electoral conspiracy theories and alienate the 1.6 million uninvited voters. affiliates who represent 43% of the electorate. Which is a shame given that Democrats have …
Read More »Texas Republicans quietly cut penalties for honest voting errors
Republican priority voting reforms and restrictions signed last week added a number of new election-related offenses and increased criminal penalties for others, all of which have been hotly debated this summer. But one of these major provisions has received little attention. The bill lowered the criminal offense for illegal voting …
Read More »letter: republicans want autocracy | Opinion letters
After the “9-11” tragedy, America and Partners sued Bin Laden in Afghanistan. In “2003” “W” took a left turn to introduce Iraq with all the strength and fury of the US military; it was the war that should never have been. If we had hit Afghanistan with the same intensity, …
Read More »Second Republican to challenge Pat Gerard at Pinellas County Commission
A second Republican has asked the Pinellas County Commission for District 2 general seat to challenge incumbent Democrat Pat Gerard in the November 2022 election. Brian Scott, president of the charter bus company Escot Bus Lines, founded by his parents in 1983, announced his campaign against Gerard on Wednesday. Scott, …
Read More »Private funding was key to some 2020 elections. Republicans banned it in nearly a dozen states.
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Patty Hansen, who helped run an election in Coconino County, Ariz., For 17 years, spun out spending last year. She ran radio and newspaper ads in English and Navajo, promoting voting options. She hired 19 additional temporary workers to help Navajo Nation residents register to vote …
Read More »A Herschel Walker candidacy is a total nightmare for Senate Republicans
Walker’s move from Texas, where he has lived for decades, to Georgia suggests he is likely to run for the seat currently held by Senator Raphael Warnock. And, given Walker’s high name – mostly derived from his celebrity years in football – and former President Donald Trump‘s vocal support for …
Read More »Do religious Latinos vote Republican or Democrat?
Anna Luna, a 32-year-old Mexican American who is running for the 13th Congressional District of Florida as a Republican, still remembers when she told her mother she would vote in 2016 for the GOP presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Her mother was so upset – and loud – about her feelings …
Read More »Opinion: With lies and cynicism, Republicans plot an authoritarian regime | Column
At a rally at the State Capitol on August 6, signs called for a full forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election. By Jeffrey Leverich | guest column California winds blow on my porch. The drought in Canada has reduced cities in British Columbia to ashes as ranchers lost herds …
Read More »Diane Allen courts Trump supporters on campaign as NJ Republican running mate Jack Ciattarelli
In a New Jersey farming setting that included the barn where she learned to milk cows as a child, Diane Allen spoke out against high taxes, closed businesses and long lines at the motor vehicle commission . She touted her story as a state senator who championed women’s rights. And …
Read More »Democrats, Governor Cooper, and more respond to NC House Republican state budget plan
RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said Tuesday he believed the North Carolina budget proposal unveiled this week by Republicans in the House of Representatives was an improvement over the version passed by the Senate, but added “that doesn’t make it good.” House Republicans have called for tax …
Read More »Yellen again warns Congress of US debt limit as Republicans balk
WASHINGTON, Aug.9 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday again urged Congress to raise the U.S. debt ceiling through bipartisan action as more Republicans balked at the idea of ” increase the federal government’s borrowing capacity. Yellen, in another advisory to U.S. lawmakers, warned of the economic damage …
Read More »Republican Assembly subpoena election materials hinting at Arizona-style recount | Local government
Other items subpoenaed include forensic images taken from election management servers, routers, computers, and removable media such as USB sticks or external hard drives, as well as the names and addresses of the voters, as well as the dates and times they voted. Brandtjen could not be reached by phone …
Read More »Reader’s Opinion: Republicans repeat same old same old
While commenting on Twitter, I discovered that Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Tory TV host Laura Ingraham are ignoring meaningful conversations in favor of slime on Democrats who dare speak the truth. Why? Apparently because repeating lies like a stuck record reinforces 45’s charismatic hold on its base. So they …
Read More »Republican ad attacks Stephanie Murphy over spending and inflation
Rep. Democrat of the United States Stephanie Murphy is the target of a new Republican attack ad released Thursday accusing it of pushing federal spending out of control and causing inflation. The 30-second ad, “Stephanie Murphy: Helped Cause Inflation⦠And the Worst Is Yet to Come,” is broadcast on social …
Read More »California Republicans Head to First Newsom Recall Debate | New policies
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – Republican candidates preparing for their first televised debate Wednesday in the looming California recall election face a bet: whether to stack on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom or try to undermine themselves in front of a statewide audience. …
Read More »54.30% Republicans, 44.79% Democrats – Ballotpedia News
54.30% of all state lawmakers are Republicans and 44.79% are Democrats, according to Ballotpedia’s July partisan tally of 7,383 state lawmakers. Ballotpedia tracks the partisan balance of state legislatures at the end of each month. This is the political party that holds the majority of seats in each chamber. Republicans …
Read More »For Republicans, deep wounds fuel resistance to strengthening IRS
WASHINGTON – A plan by Democrats to fund infrastructure investments by beefing up the Internal Revenue Service to catch tax cheats has resurfaced long-standing resentments for Republicans, whose mistrust of the agency has been simmering for years , erasing hopes of a bipartisan legislative deal based on narrowing the so-called …
Read More »Republicans drop Capitol Riots investigation after Pelosi rejects Jordan and Banks
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The leading Republican in the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew his five candidates to sit on the special committee to investigate the deadly Jan.6 attack on the Capitol after the president House Democrat Nancy Pelosi rejected two. Pelosi previously refused Reps Jim …
Read More »Texas House Republican Introduces Bill Calling For Forensic Audit Of 2020 Election
A Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives introduced a bill on Monday calling for a forensic election audit of the state’s largest counties. The Texas Voter Confidence Act, introduced by GOP Representative Steve Toth, allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House – all of whom …
Read More »Why Republicans Don’t Really Need “More Time” on Infrastructure
A few weeks ago, the public first heard of a video in which Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex) spoke to his allies about his party’s legislative perspective. The Texas Republican said it was the “job” of GOP lawmakers to slow the Democratic majority’s agenda – on infrastructure, among other things – …
Read More »GOP leader McCarthy appeals to 5 Republicans to sit on January 6 select committee: NPR
Representative Jim Banks, R-Ind., Addressed the media on April 21. Banks was selected on Monday to be the leading Republican on the House special committee investigating the January 6 insurgency. Joshua Roberts / Getty Images hide caption toggle legend Joshua Roberts / Getty Images Representative Jim Banks, R-Ind., Addressed the …
Read More »Pennsylvania election audit: what you need to know about Republicans
Where did Masstriano get the idea for this audit? Mastriano models his proposed audit based on a controversial audit that has been going on for months in Maricopa County, Arizona. Among other things, this audit leads the county in the southwestern United States to spend millions to replace all audited …
Read More »Democrats and Republicans’ opinions on working from home vary
Most Americans approve of letting people work from home. But like many things in the United States, this perception depends on individual politics. While Republicans are generally positive about remote working, they were less likely to approve of it than Democrats (81% vs. 89%), according to a new poll from …
Read More »Republicans echo protesters’ call to help Cuba as protests continue in Central Florida – WFTV
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida – For the fifth day in a row, Cuban flags were seen fluttering throughout the Orlando area, as people marched on the sidewalks in support of friends and family back home. The protest was smaller than the previous days, although it looked like many people were resting …
Read More »Some Republicans look to Pro-Vax, but anti-Vaxxer rhetoric is mounting
According to the New York Times, some Republican elected officials are feeling pressure from health advocates and are speaking out to strengthen vaccinations. But The Hill reports a rise in anti-vaccination rhetoric among other elected officials and right-wing media. The New York Times: Some Republican leaders speak out in favor …
Read More »RNC email leaks prove Republicans always knew Trump was lying about 2020 fraud
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve known for a long time that former President Donald Trump‘s allegations about a massive electoral fraud conspiracy are sheer fabrication. As it becomes more and more clear over the months, the main figures of the Republican Party have known the same …
Read More »Something Biden and these Republicans can agree on – protect voting rights
President Joe Biden is expected to deliver a major speech on voting rights in Philadelphia on Tuesday, likely denouncing an electoral reform bill being discussed in the Texas Legislature and the Senate’s inability to pass legislation on voting rights. Last month, the Senate’s 50 Republicans blocked HR1, the For the …
Read More »Texas Republicans push forward voting measure after all-night hearing
Studies consistently rank Texas at the top of the list of states that make it more difficult to register and vote, which is, in part, why Democrats view the stakes as so high. Although reorganized from the regular session, the ballot bills in both houses resurrected most of the ingredients …
Read More »Republicans propose salary increases for state employees, including teachers
RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) – Republicans in the state House of Representatives said on Friday they will propose pay increases for state employees that are “much more” than what the Senate approved on Friday. last month, but do not give details yet. Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) said that as the House …
Read More »Toyota suspends donations to Republicans who opposed electoral certification
The decision to support these members of Congress has “troubled some stakeholders”, Toyota (MT) said in a statement Thursday. “At this point, we have decided to stop contributing to members of Congress who challenged the certification of certain states in the 2020 elections.” Toyota made the move after the Lincoln …
Read More »Democrats fear Texas Republicans push harder for new voting restrictions
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Democrats knew the risk when they stepped out en masse in May, shattering the House quorum at the end of the regular legislative session and temporarily derailing Republicans’ efforts to make …
Read More »Council Republicans denounce delay in distributing Indy’s anti-violence money
INDIANAPOLIS – On June 2, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced a proposal to spend an additional $ 3.3 million on police technology and community programs to fight the rise in violent crime in the city. âWe brought it forward a month ago, and it still hasn’t been approved by the …
Read More »Young Republicans aim to help GOP resurgence in Arlington | news / arlington
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] As local Republicans strive to get as many supporters as possible in the fall, they will be banking on supporting their younger ones. “Young Republicans are here to support you, to knock on doors,” Arlington-Falls …
Read More »At Florida rally, Trump denounces New York charges against company and advisor
Former US President Donald Trump attends his first post-presidential campaign rally at Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, United States on June 26, 2021. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton / File Photo SARASOTA, Fla., July 3 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday condemned New York prosecutors for filing …
Read More »Arizona Republicans have been pressured by Trump and his allies after election, records show | US News
Newly released files show top Republicans in greater Arizona County dodged calls from Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the 2020 election as the then president sought to prevent victory certification of Joe Biden in the main states of the battlefield. The Maricopa County files, first obtained …
Read More »Democrats, Republicans take a break as trade aid to workers dwindles
Congress is entering the July 4 recess with Democrats and Republicans at odds over next steps to pass key trade legislation, including retraining funds for workers affected by foreign competition. Ways and Means House Speaker Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., And Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Accused Republicans of allowing …
Read More »Few Republicans show interest in serving on Jan 6 select committee – but Gaetz and Greene want to participate
Top line Right-wing lawmakers who played down the Jan.6 attack on Capitol Hill are among the only Republicans in the House to express interest in sitting on a select committee to investigate the attack, while moderate and anti-Trump Republicans most of them balk at this idea. Representatives Matt Gaetz, a …
Read More »Chris Christie’s book “Republican Rescue” to be released this fall
NEW YORK – Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s next book is for fellow Republicans. âRepublican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Bidenâ will be released on November 16, Threshold Editions announced Monday. Threshold, a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster, …
Read More »Missouri Republicans’ split threatens to overturn Medicaid tax special session
June 27, 2021 Missouri Governor Mike Parson and GOP legislative leaders gathered on a conference call Tuesday morning with little time to spare. The governor had set a noon deadline for lawmakers to come to an agreement on a tax that provides $ 2 billion for Missouri’s Medicaid program. If …
Read More »California Senate Republicans propose to suspend gasoline tax for one year – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California is just days away from yet another blow to rising gas prices in the state. The gasoline tax climbs to $ 0.51 on July 1. It has increased every year since 2017 to account for inflation, but some Republicans in the state Senate want Californians to …
Read More »White House plans “work ahead” on infrastructure as some Republicans voice concerns
The White House said on Friday there was “work ahead” on an infrastructure deal announced by President Joe Biden, but maintained the deal is not in danger as some Republicans voice concerns. By announcing the bipartisan deal on Thursday, Biden embarked on a two-track strategy. He said he would not …
Read More »South Carolina Republicans seek to overturn city of Columbia ban on conversion therapy
South Carolina State Senator Josh Kimbrell – Photo: Facebook. Republicans in the South Carolina Senate opposed an ordinance passed by Columbia City Council earlier this month that bans the practice of conversion therapy on minors, promising to introduce their own legislation to overturn it. ‘prohibition. City council approved the ordinance …
Read More »Some Republicans find failure to tackle climate change a ‘political responsibility’
That same week in Miami, a group of young Republicans carrying signs reading “This is what an environmentalist looks like” organized what was billed as the first rally for “conservative” climate action. On Capitol Hill, Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House leader, plans to create a Republican task force on climate …
Read More »Nasty NC Senate Primary Tests Trump’s GOP Influence
âI can’t tell you what makes him tick,â Burr said of Trump. “I’ve never seen people support a candidate a year before primary. It’s unusual. While Democratic Washington is engrossed in the challenges of implementing President Joe Biden‘s agenda, Republican politics still revolve around Trump. But the open question is …
Read More »Analysis: For Biden, confronting Putin may have been easier than dealing with Republicans in Washington
Members of the transatlantic coalition – at meetings of the Group of Seven, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union – expressed exuberant relief during the new president’s first overseas trip. Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, had undermined their common goals while showing submission to the Russian autocrat Biden …
Read More »Trump’s influence over Republicans put to the test in Michigan
LANSING, Michigan – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s poll numbers aren’t what they used to be, and she has provided fodder for critics who see her breaking her own coronavirus rules. But a year after then-President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” and the FBI scuttled an alleged militia …
Read More »Republicans wave white flag on health care (for now)
For Republicans, there is reason to expect Obamacare to persist as some kind of zombie problem, used by conservative politicians to rally grassroots with little real hope of eliminating the law. And in the dozen states that have refused to expand Medicaid, the fights for the law will certainly continue. …
Read More »For Republicans, “Crisis” Is Message As Outrage Machine Gains Power
Last week, the target of Republican outrage was Ms Omar, after a tweet she posted that appeared to equate Israel’s and US actions with human rights violations by Hamas and the Taliban. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader, called the tweet anti-Semitic – although it does not mention …
Read More »14 Republicans vote against making June 19 a federal holiday
More than a dozen House Republicans voted against legislation on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in America, a federal holiday. The House still passed the bill by an overwhelming majority with a vote of 415 to 14, a day after the Senate approved it by …
Read More »Republicans Offer $ 125 Million More For Broadband | Wisconsin News
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) – The effort to extend high-speed internet to underserved rural areas of Wisconsin would receive a boost of $ 125 million under the budget drafted by Republicans, or about 75 million dollars less in public funding than proposed Democratic Governor Tony Evers. …
Read More »Pennsylvania Republicans have a path to victory in 2022. Pro-Trump candidates might not follow it.
The 2020 election showed a tried and true way that Republicans can still win in Pennsylvania. But with former President Donald Trump still hanging over the party, will they follow him next year? As Trump lost critical condition, other Republicans have won major victories to grab statewide rank offices and …
Read More »House Republicans sue over fines for metal detectors | Washington Examiner
Two House Republicans on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the House Sergeant-at-Arms and the House Executive Director for thousands of dollars in fines imposed for violations of the House’s metal detection rules. GOP representatives Louie Gohmert of Texas and Andrew Clyde of Georgia filed a lawsuit in Federal District …
Read More »Nearly 30% of Republicans say they won’t get vaccinated: poll
Nearly 30% of Republicans say they do not plan to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a poll released on Sunday. A CBS News-YouGov poll found that 52% of Republicans are fully or partially vaccinated, while 6% plan to be vaccinated and 6% are undecided. Twenty-nine percent do not plan …
Read More »Burrito economy: Republicans’ price hike claims are so hot air | Robert reich
House Republicans blame Democrats for the price hike on Chipotle burritos. You heard me right. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Wednesday released a statement claiming that Chipotle’s recent move to increase the prices of their burritos and other menu items by about 4% was due to Democrats. “The …
Read More »Sarah Huckabee Sanders criticizes ‘radical left’ at Republican dinner
Five months after starting her campaign for Governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders preached American exceptionalism, condemned the “radical left” and regaled the crowd of hundreds with sentimental anecdotes from her time as a press secretary for former President Donald Trump in the White House during her opening address at …
Read More »US Republicans’ voting changes spark response from Justice Department | Elections News
The US Department of Justice will review and challenge a series of new laws proposed and passed by Republicans that would restrict voting rights in major US states, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. âThe right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, the right from which all other rights …
Read More »Republicans and Democrats at odds over what made Colorado’s 2021 legislative session ‘historic’
DENVER, Colorado (KRDO) – As Colorado wraps up its legislative session this week, Republicans and Democrats disagree on what made it historic. In the western focus of the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday, leaders were proud of Colorado’s progress in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. âThe story of last year …
Read More »Illinois redistribution map for 2021: IL Republicans sue to block legislative maps drawn by Democrats; Governor JB Pritzker has already signed them
CHICAGO – Republican leaders in Illinois on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging new legislative district boundaries that have been drawn and approved by Democrats who control the state government, saying residents have been “deprived” of ‘a fair and transparent process to create maps that will be used for elections …
Read More »Texas Republican asks: can we fix the moon’s orbit to fight climate change? | Texas
Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert asked a senior U.S. government official if the change in the moon’s orbit around Earth, or Earth’s orbit around the sun, could be a solution to climate change. Oddly, the question was not asked of anyone from NASA or even the Pentagon. Instead, a senior …
Read More »Wisconsin Republicans seek to protect state gun owners | Wisconsin News
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) – Future federal laws that would ban or restrict the use of firearms could not be enforced in Wisconsin under a bill supported by Republicans and subject to the approval of State Assembly Wednesday. The measure is part of a nationwide wave of similar proposals to resist …
Read More »NC Republicans finally agree on total spending for next year | North Carolina News
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH, NC (AP) – Republicans in the North Carolina legislature finally agreed on Tuesday on how much they want to spend on state government next year, loosening a fiscal knot that has delayed House and Senate budget work for weeks. GOP leaders in both …
Read More »Republicans call on Oregon Rep. Mike Nearman to step down as possible House expulsion looms
Republicans at Oregon House broke their silence on Monday over allegations against Representative Mike Nearman, calling on the controversial lawmaker to resign days after new evidence Nearman plotted with supporters before authorizing a Capitol raid of the ‘Status in December. “Today, we strongly recommend that you resign from the Oregon …
Read More »Jane Timken, women vying for seats in Congress
Jane Timken knows how to break a glass ceiling. The U.S. Senate candidate became the first woman to lead the Ohio Republican Party, achieving political prominence with the backing of former President Donald Trump. She spent years working behind the scenes for Stark County State and GOP before launching her …
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