Zelensky is set to deliver a rare wartime speech to Congress in the morning, less than two weeks after the Ukrainian leader held a virtual meeting with US lawmakers. He is expected to use Wednesday’s speech – as he has in speeches to other friendly governments – to again make …
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For Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, it was a question from her husband, “When is it our time?” For North Carolina Congressman David Price, it was the judgment that “the time has come” to resign. Some retired Democrats have blamed the gridlock and dysfunction on Capitol Hill while others point to …
Read More »Three House Republicans were again escorted off the floor of the house for violating the mask rule – WLDS
Masks continue to prevent the Illinois General Assembly from doing business. During the first half hour of the House session yesterday on Capitol Hill, the leaders of every party issued pleas for civility. House Speaker Chris Welch and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin had a message for everyone in the …
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Holding a gold microphone and wearing a seafoam green pantsuit, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez energized the San Antonio crowd with her vision to swing the state of Texas under Democratic control. “It will happen,” Ocasio-Cortez said at a rally earlier this month. “The only question is when, Texas.” As the crowd cheered, …
Read More »GOP senator says Michelle Childs would get 60 votes
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Read More »Sanders calls on Democrats to bring drug pricing bill to Senate
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Read More »Republicans frustrated with RNC decision to reopen January 6 party before midterm
In particular, some Republicans have directly aimed criticism at Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the RNC. “I think Republicans should stop shooting Republicans, including the president,” Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a member of the GOP leadership, told CNN. When asked if McDaniel should step down, Senate GOP whip John …
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Democrats are advancing on one of the party’s signature issues despite lacking the votes to pass the legislation in Congress and face an uphill battle. “Senate Democrats are under no illusions that we face challenges, especially when virtually all Senate Republicans are adamantly opposed to legislation protecting the franchise,” Schumer …
Read More »Who is the King of Florida? Tensions rise between Trump and Ron DeSantis
For months, former President Donald J. Trump quietly grumbled with friends and visitors to his Palm Beach mansion about a rival Republican power center in another Florida mansion, about 400 miles north. Governor Ron DeSantis, a man Mr. Trump believes has put on the map, has acted much less like …
Read More »Oregon House Democrats nominate Dan Rayfield of Corvallis as speaker
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Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris’ team seeks to change course to reset its political outlook
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Read More »McConnell threatens to shut down Senate if Democrats filibuster
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday threatened to essentially shut down a “post-nuclear Senate” as Democrats accelerated toward a potential vote on changing the 60-vote Senate obstruction next week. “I think it’s appropriate to ask: What would the Senate look like …
Read More »Democrats and Cruz ready to face the Russian pipeline
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Read More »House Democrats look at strategy focused on January 6 ahead of midterms
The Congressional Democratic campaign committee on Thursday rolled out a new homepage on its website with a banner stating that “Republicans incite insurgency” against a backdrop of photos of the pro-Trump crowd as they took storming the Capitol. The page also highlights the 139 Republicans who voted to quash the …
Read More »Biden and Harris to visit the Capitol on the anniversary of the January 6 riots
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the United States Capitol on Thursday to mark the anniversary of last year’s riot. The President and Vice President will deliver remarks as they appear on Capitol Hill on the anniversary of the …
Read More »Republican leaders slam Communist China for arrests of journalists: “Shows how scared they really are”
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several Republican political leaders have spoken out against the Hong Kong police for arresting seven current and former employees of one of the city’s last pro-democracy newspapers and raiding their headquarters. Prominent Republican leaders torched the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the …
Read More »10 Democrats who could run in 2024 if Biden doesn’t
The 2022 midterm elections are less than a year away, but questions are already being raised about what the Democratic ticket will look like in 2024. The White House has repeatedly said that President BidenJoe Biden Harris tests negative for COVID-19 after close contact with Help Standing with Joe Manchin …
Read More »Republicans are shamelessly working to overthrow democracy. Are Democrats Paying Attention? | voting rights in the United States
A dry running. A dress rehearsal. A practice shot. As the first anniversary of the Jan.6 uprising on Capitol Hill approaches, warnings abound of the danger of a repeat by Republicans. But even as Donald Trump loyalists besiege democracy with voting restrictions and attempt to take over the conduct of …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris and the bipartisan infrastructure law
Surrounded by lawmakers from both sides and Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden celebrated his presidency’s biggest victory to date, signing the bipartisan $ 1,000 billion infrastructure bill last month. “It’s a big deal,” the president said, referring to something he said more than a decade ago as vice president, …
Read More »Democrats move forward with electric vehicle tax credits
The inclusion of an additional bonus for vehicles manufactured by unionized U.S. facilities could alleviate the concerns of traditional U.S. major automakers and their Capitol Hill allies as they transition from internal combustion engines to vehicles equipped with it. electrical outlets. But this approach quickly sparked trade concerns among other …
Read More »Senate votes to quash Biden vaccine mandate for business
While it likely won’t become law because its chances of securing a House vote are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it, the effort demonstrates bipartisan opposition in Congress to the federal government’s mandate on the vaccines for large employers. The effort was led by Republican Senator from Indiana, …
Read More »Jan. 6 group donation shows Trump’s grip on attorneys general | Republicans
A key group of Republican attorneys general who donated $ 150,000 to co-sponsor the January 6 rally where Donald Trump pushed his bogus allegations of electoral fraud before the attack on Capitol Hill could attract the attention of a House committee investigating the events on or before the riot. The …
Read More »As Biden’s big bill moves forward, Pelosi’s big legacy moves forward too
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deep in the grueling negotiations over President Joe Biden’s grand domestic policy agenda, when it looked like bickering between Democrats would never end, President Nancy Pelosi revealed to everyone a little secret. âThis,â she told reporters quite publicly a while ago, âis the fun part. “ The …
Read More »Will the infrastructure vote cost 13 Republicans traction on Capitol Hill?
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – After years of infrastructure reform stalled in Washington’s stalemate, the country is poised to invest more than ever – in roads, bridges, railroads, broadband and electric vehicles. The president is expected to sign an infrastructure bill in days, giving the green light to a $ 1.2 …
Read More »Democrats fight in Washington while Americans fight
Another day of missed deadlines, political malpractice and exhausted presidential authority on Capitol Hill ended with Joe Biden’s punch on infrastructure and social spending stalled yet again. Even after Biden said his presidency was on the line and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned lawmakers not to “embarrass” him as he …
Read More »How racists mispronounced names as a deliberate tactic
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Read More »They ain’t a lot of Republicans like Powell
Confession: I was a Republican. I briefly became a year ago while living among the Ultrarawaks on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Their authoritarian dictates drove me crazy. And their narrow definition of economic interests as the rich versus the poor – with the middle class almost invisible – …
Read More »Biden relies on Scranton. In DC, Park Avenue may be winning.
For years he championed this cause, creating a public figure as a pugilist for the American working class. But in recent months, the message has taken on increased importance. His presidency is based on the passage of a massive social spending and climate bill in Congress in the weeks or …
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Read More »Progressive Democrats push Biden to push forward on student loan cancellation plans
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Read More »Democrats face growing storm over IRS reporting provision
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Read More »McConnell tells Biden he won’t cooperate with Democrats to raise debt ceiling again
“I am writing to let you know that I will no longer provide such assistance if your all-Democratic government sinks into another preventable crisis,” McConnell said in a letter to Biden. The couple also spoke on Friday, according to a source close to the conversation, and another source close to …
Read More »Rand Paul torments fellow Republicans again with blockade of aid to Israel
âIf he doesn’t lift his grip, we just have to use the legislative process. There are probably over 90 votes for it, âsaid frustrated Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.). Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said the GOP-led hold-up made it more difficult for him …
Read More »In umpteenth hearing on Republicans’ anti-trans attacks, Texas Democrats back activists rallying to protect children
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Read More »Voters have the answer for Democrats on spending
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Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) questions Governor Gina Raimondo during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on Governor Gina Raimondo’s appointment as Secretary of Commerce on Capitol Hill in Washington , DC, January 26, 2021. Tom Williams / Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON / SINGAPORE, Oct.6 (Reuters) – Democrats …
Read More »Can Democrats Hold Together? Biden’s agenda depends on it
WASHINGTON (AP) – This is one of the favorite sayings of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a guide for Democrats in these difficult times: âOur diversity is our strength. Our unity is our power. But as Democrats try to squeeze President Joe Biden’s sweeping federal government overhaul into law, it’s the …
Read More »Democrats to be “disappointed” with party agenda – White House
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Read More »House Republicans demand answers from progressive groups on possible links with the Chinese Communist Party
EXCLUSIVE: Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., And Morgan Griffith, R-Va., Have teamed up to send a letter to four prominent far-left climate groups inquiring into possible links with the Chinese Communist Party ( PCC). The four groups that will receive a copy of the letter are the Sunrise Movement, the …
Read More »Hannity: Biden’s pleas for a “socialist” takeover are proof that he “doesn’t care about your kids, your grocery bill, your job”
In his “Opening Monologue” on Friday, host Sean Hannity warned that President Biden‘s continued calls for his party to spend trillions of dollars representing a socialist takeover of the economy and American social programs is further proof that he only cares about himself and not about the future. generations have …
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“We’re going to get there,” Biden told reporters. Pressed on a timeline, the president said, “It doesn’t matter when. It doesn’t matter whether it’s six minutes, six days, or six weeks – we’ll do it.” Biden was on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon to meet with members of the House Democratic …
Read More »Democrats Head For Decisive Vote As Crucial 24 Hours Begin | Democrats
The next 24 hours will be a clear sign whether Democrats are on the verge of pushing through a one-time social safety net expansion or approaching a complete collapse of Joe Biden’s ambitious national agenda. The stakes are higher than ever as Democrats head for a decisive vote on a …
Read More »Under fierce Republican attack, US General Milley defends appeals with China
WASHINGTON, Sept.28 (Reuters) – U.S. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Tuesday fended off the most personal and direct attacks by lawmakers of his career as Republicans slammed his calls with China and his interviews for critical books. of Donald Trump’s presidency. Milley, 63, was …
Read More »Democrats urge Biden to go all out with agenda in limbo
Democrats urge President BidenJoe BidenHaitian Prime Minister warns inequality will drive further Pelosi migration: House to pass 3 major spending laws this week Erdoğan says Turkey plans to buy another Russian defense system MORE lean in as the party faces big divisions in the middle of a rocky stretch, with …
Read More »Biden could owe up to $ 500,000 in IRS taxes: report
WASHINGTON – Republicans say new non-partisan report says President Joe Biden improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office – raising eyebrows and the possibility he owed the IRS up to $ 500,000 in back taxes. Biden is leading a Democratic campaign for a $ 3.5 trillion bill to …
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 want telecom companies to keep phone records of Kamala Harris, Pelosi, AOC and other Democrats after January 6 committee asked for theirs
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted on Friday that Democrats would retain control of the House in 2022 despite projections of a GOP takeover. “I am very confident that we will win the House,” Pelosi said Friday during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill. Pelosi’s comments came in response to …
Read More »Biden says getting vaccinated “is extremely important” – The Denver Post
CINCINNATI, Ohio – President Joe Biden on Wednesday expressed his acute frustration at the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the United States and pleaded that it was “extremely important” for Americans to step up and get vaccinated against the virus when it reappears. Biden, speaking at a televised town hall …
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United States District Court Judge Andrew Hanen on Friday ruled that the Department of Homeland Security could no longer approve new DACA applicants, but could continue to process DACA renewals as the matter continued to shift. in court. The move was the latest blow to the program, which granted work …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden marked six months in office Tuesday with a crowded Cabinet meeting, a rally meant to symbolize both a return to normalcy thanks to vaccines and a demonstration of the federal government doing people’s business . But the moment has been clouded by the uncertain …
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 »☀ July 19: More Democrats in Texas suffer from COVID-19 and wildfires in the west
Hello! It is Monday July 19, 2021. Here is an overview of your news across the country: 1ï¸â£ð§« 2 other fully vaccinated Texas House Democrats test positive for COVID-19, bringing total to 5 Representative Chris Turner, chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, center, is joined by Democratic members of …
Read More »The inflationary puzzle of the White House
One year away from the midterm elections that could end Democratic control of Congress, soaring prices for goods – from clothes to cars – have clearly alarmed business leaders and ordinary Americans. As prominent economists from both parties are issuing warning signals, a Marist poll last month for NPR and …
Read More »3 Texas Democrats Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Washington, DC
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Vice-President Kamala Harris met with Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation, and other black activists in the Roosevelt Room on Friday to discuss voting rights. Many of the women invited to the meeting took part in a civil disobedience demonstration on the United States Capitol …
Read More »Joe Biden has limited power to force his agenda | The report
He was a prominent senator who wanted to be the Democrats‘ presidential candidate, but ended up being content with being the vice-president of a young and charismatic newcomer to the party. This president gave him an increased role as second-in-command, giving the vice president skills he later used when he …
Read More »Representative Louie Gohmert attributes the January 6 riot to Democrats, government conspiracy
East Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert on Sunday suggested the Jan.6 riot was a leftist conspiracy, denouncing arrests of people who stormed the Capitol in hopes of overturning the defeat of President Donald Trump as an “intimidation” in the service of “tyranny”. âI stand up for what Dr King has done …
Read More »Where is Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress? Here is a preview
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden‘s schedule on Capitol Hill has had a mixed start. It scored a first major victory with the passage of the $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19 Relief and Revival Act. He fought to follow through with major investments in infrastructure, expanding safety nets, mitigating climate change and …
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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 »Democrats focus on transgender community at LGBTQ summit
Democrats at state and national levels argued Wednesday for legislation that would extend more protections to the LGBTQ community, with a particular focus on transgender people. Speaking during The Hill’s “America’s Unfinished Business: An LGBTQ + Summit, “ Representative Ritchie Torres (DN.Y.), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ + Equality Caucus, …
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Senators walked out of yet another marathon session of infrastructure negotiations on Wednesday, saying they had sealed the framework of a deal worth about $ 1.2 trillion with $ 579 billion in new spending , and planned to discuss it Thursday with Biden, whose team informed him on Wednesday night. …
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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 »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 »President Joe Biden makes statement on COVID-19 response and vaccination program
“Older: General Motors recalls over 280,000 vehicles because airbag light does not indicate a malfunction Newer: Nashville Sounds game at Gwinnett Stripers postponed due to rain” June 19, 2021 | Washington DC – PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Good afternoon. (clears his throat.) Excuse me. I am pleased to report that we …
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 »DHS chief answers ‘unfair’ question of whether Kamala Harris will make it to the US-Mexico border
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Mr Mayorkas called the question of whether Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the southern border “disrespectful”. (Getty Images) Secretary …
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 »The GOP doesn’t care that Trump planned a coup. Democrats?
TThanks to the explosive documents released by the House Oversight and Reform Committee just ahead of Tuesday’s January 6 insurgency hearing, Americans have a clear and unequivocal view of how far former President Donald Trump has gone to attempt to corrupt our democratic institutions, engage in a violent coup 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 …
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A video of Kamala Harris toasting former Attorney General Bill Barr has resurfaced on social media. It comes after the revelation that Department of Justice prosecutors have subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two House Intelligence Committee Democrats, aides and family members, including a minor, in …
Read More »Senate Democrats worried about bipartisan infrastructure talks
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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 »Nancy Pelosi rules out that Joe Biden creates the January 6 commission
WASHINGTON >> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rules out presidential commission to study the Jan.6 insurgency on Capitol Hill, telling House Democrats today that President Joe Biden’s appointment of a panel is impractical even after the Senate blocked an independent investigation last week. Pelosi outlined possible next steps after Friday’s Senate …
Read More »Kamala Harris to lead Biden administration’s efforts on voting rights
The new role comes as the Biden administration condemns efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to pass restrictive laws that the White House says make it harder for Americans to vote. Calling the state bills an “unprecedented attack on our democracy,” Biden admitted he gave Harris a tough job. “I ask …
Read More »Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman ‘challenges’ Republicans by displaying LGBTQIA + Pride flags from office balcony – CBS Pittsburgh
By: KDKA-TV News Team HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Lieutenant Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman says he marks the start of Pride Month by “technically breaking a law” and displaying pride flags from the balcony of his office in Harrisburg . READ MORE: Man pleads guilty to federal charges arising …
Read More »Will Joe Biden legalize marijuana if sponsored by Republicans?
If nine in ten Americans think marijuana should be legal for adults – and according to a Pew Research poll in April, they do – it raises an obvious question: why didn’t Congress pass legalization. federal marijuana? UNITED STATES – APRIL 28: Members of the DC Marijuana Justice community stage …
Read More »Joe Biden advocates bipartisan voting rights as Texas bill moves forward, but consensus proves elusive
His call for Americans to choose country over party and find consensus on the fundamentals of democracy was just the latest reminder of the distance between the two parties in the nation’s capital – and of the naive election promise to Biden that he could restore bipartisanship in Washington. now …
Read More »Former President Donald Trump prominent in 2022 Pennsylvania Republican primary – CBS Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – As the widely open races for governor and the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania take shape, Republican candidates with close ties to Donald Trump are coming forward and are seen as strong contenders for the party’s nominations – a a powerful sign of the enduring popularity of …
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