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June 12, 2024 05:07 PM
Republicans voted to hold the attorney general in contempt for not turning over audio from President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur. Only one Republican joined Democrats in voting against the resolution. The vote will almost certainly just be symbolic.
June 12, 2024 05:07 PM
June 12, 2024 12:06 PM
The Republican congressman sent a letter to the Army this week questioning why his Combat Infantryman Badge was revoked, after NOTUS reported other Republicans were frustrated with him still wearing the CIB pin. Nehls told Army Human Resources he believed “this is a concerted effort to discredit my military service and continued service to the American people as a Member of Congress.”
June 12, 2024 12:06 PM
June 05, 2024 02:44 PM
Reps. James Comer, Jim Jordan and Jason Smith, the Republican chairmen of the House Oversight, Judiciary and Ways & Means committees, sent a letter to the Justice Department accusing Hunter and James Biden, the president’s son and brother, of making false statements to Congress during the House impeachment inquiry. GOP lawmakers have not presented any evidence directly implicating Joe Biden in wrongdoing.
June 05, 2024 02:44 PM
June 05, 2024 11:58 AM
The rapper Curtis James Jackson III, known as 50 Cent, was on Capitol Hill Wednesday and seen snapping photos with Nancy Pelosi, Lauren Boebert and several other lawmakers. 50 Cent was in Washington to advocate for “the Black wealth agenda” and highlight “corporate America’s marginalization of Black-owned companies,” including in the alcohol industry.
June 05, 2024 11:58 AM
June 03, 2024 04:47 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to address Congress. The date remains undetermined, though some members of Congress were reportedly initially told it would be on June 13. Netanyahu’s office clarified it would not be held on that date, due to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. It would be the fourth time Netanyahu has addressed Congress.
June 03, 2024 04:47 PM
May 31, 2024 11:18 AM
Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he’s leaving the Democratic Party — the “Democrat” Party, in Manchin’s press release — and becoming a registered independent. Manchin said he has watched both parties trade in bipartisanship for “partisan extremism” and wants to be true to his goals of compromise and “common ground.” He will remain in the Senate until the end of his term this year.
May 31, 2024 11:18 AM
May 30, 2024 01:23 PM
Sen. Bob Menendez has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot in New Jersey as an independent, according to NBC News. The indicted senator, who faces bribery charges, could complicate things for Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s likely to win the Democratic primary next Tuesday.
May 30, 2024 01:23 PM
April 30, 2024 10:22 AM
At least some drama appears to be fading away. “We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair,” House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement this morning. “If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed.”
April 30, 2024 10:22 AM
April 23, 2024 05:05 PM
Santos, who was running an independent bid for New York’s First Congressional District, says he’s withdrawing his campaign. “I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota,” Santos posted on X of the incumbent Republican candidate in the race, saying his run “all but guarantees a victory for the Dems.” Santos hinted this is not the end of his political career though: “It’s only goodbye for now, I’ll be back.”
April 23, 2024 05:05 PM
April 23, 2024 03:05 PM
Senators advanced the House-passed foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on a large bipartisan vote, 80-19. Final passage will likely come later Tuesday or early Wednesday morning, as some conservatives who object to the bill plan to delay inevitable passage.
April 23, 2024 03:05 PM
April 23, 2024 02:26 PM
At least three Republican senators who previously voted against a foreign aid package in February now say they will support the bill. Sens. Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott and Markwayne Mullin all came out for the funding for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. In a statement, Scott called the bill “far from perfect” but an “important step” in standing with Israel.
April 23, 2024 02:26 PM
April 20, 2024 02:08 PM
After months of gridlock, lawmakers approved $60 billion in aid to Ukraine on Saturday with a vote of 311-112-1. The House also passed $26 billion in aid to Israel, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza with a vote of 366-58, and $8 billion more to prepare American forces in the Indo-Pacific with a vote of 385-34-1.
April 20, 2024 02:08 PM
April 19, 2024 11:13 AM
In a 316-94 vote, the House passed the rule for its multipronged foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. More Democrats voted for the rule than Republicans, teeing up a difficult situation for House Speaker Mike Johnson within his own conference.
April 19, 2024 11:13 AM
April 19, 2024 07:11 AM
In an extremely rare move, every Democrat on the Rules Committee supported moving the foreign aid package to the floor for a vote, bailing out Speaker Mike Johnson after three Republicans on the panel voted against it. The full House will vote on the rule on Friday morning.
April 19, 2024 07:11 AM
April 18, 2024 03:56 PM
Johnson says he will not move to raise the threshold for the motion to vacate rule. In a statement on X, the speaker said he finds the current one-person threshold harmful and that several colleagues have encouraged him to increase it. “While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule change requires a majority of the full House, which we do not have. We will continue to govern under the existing rules,” Johnson wrote.
April 18, 2024 03:56 PM
April 18, 2024 12:24 PM
As lawmakers debate the rules for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid package, the most right-wing members of the House GOP are accusing Johnson of trying to secretly change the threshold for a motion to vacate. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert said changes to the motion to vacate threshold would quickly spur a motion to vacate against Johnson. “There’s nothing that will get you to a motion to vacate faster than changing the threshold,” Boebert told reporters.
April 18, 2024 12:24 PM
April 17, 2024 04:45 PM
Senate Democrats moved quickly to dismiss the pending impeachment trial against the Homeland Security secretary. In two votes, mostly along party lines, the Senate dismissed the trial on the grounds that the charges were unconstitutional.
April 17, 2024 04:45 PM
April 12, 2024 01:03 PM
A bill to reauthorize FISA passed the House 273 to 147 on Friday with wide bipartisan support. First was a nail-biter of an amendment vote: A measure to require warrants for viewing data from Americans failed after a 212-212 tie.
April 12, 2024 01:03 PM
April 12, 2024 09:53 AM
The rule for the FISA bill passed 213-208 after conservatives voted against it two days ago.
April 12, 2024 09:53 AM
April 10, 2024 02:30 PM
The rule vote on FISA reauthorization failed 193 to 228 on Wednesday after Speaker Mike Johnson put it on the floor despite growing opposition within his conference. Nineteen Republicans joined Democrats to vote no.
April 10, 2024 02:30 PM
April 09, 2024 04:02 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson plans to send the articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate next week rather than this week, his office said Tuesday. Republican senators had asked Johnson to delay transmitting the articles so that “jet fumes,” as Sen. Mike Lee put it at a press conference, wouldn’t assist Democrats in quickly shutting down a trial.
April 09, 2024 04:02 PM
April 09, 2024 09:27 AM
In a five-page letter sent to House Republicans today, MTG reiterated that Johnson should be removed and that his actions have given voters “very little reason to vote for a Republican House majority.”
April 09, 2024 09:27 AM
March 29, 2024 01:43 PM
It’s a very rare joint statement. “Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin’s government. We continue to condemn his baseless arrest, fabricated charges and unjust imprisonment.”
March 29, 2024 01:43 PM
March 28, 2024 01:05 PM
See the notification here. It, in all likelihood, is going absolutely nowhere.
March 28, 2024 01:05 PM
March 26, 2024 04:41 PM
Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush became the first lawmaker to call for the repeal of a dormant 1873 law that made it a federal crime to mail, possess or sell drugs or devices used for abortions. During oral arguments over an abortion pill access case Tuesday, Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas showed openness to reviving the Comstock Act.
March 26, 2024 04:41 PM
March 22, 2024 02:15 PM
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher announced that he is leaving his House seat effective April 19. After his departure, House Republicans will have only a one-seat majority.
March 22, 2024 02:15 PM
March 22, 2024 11:50 AM
The House passed a minibus government spending bill in a 286-134 vote, with 112 Republicans voting against it. The controversial vote, which infuriated the chamber’s conservatives, came as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate Mike Johnson from the speakership.
March 22, 2024 11:50 AM
March 22, 2024 09:46 AM
The House Freedom Caucus is threatening Johnson’s gavel ahead of a vote to ensure government funding for the rest of the year. “It’s clear the Democrats own the speaker’s gavel,” Rep. Andy Ogles said at a fiery press conference just before the vote. “This bill will determine who the next speaker is.”
March 22, 2024 09:46 AM
March 21, 2024 06:17 PM
The New Jersey senator announced in a video that he will not run in the Democratic primary but is leaving the door open for an independent bid. Menendez cited the more than a dozen corruption charges he’s currently facing as having distracted from his political message. “I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat,” he said.
March 21, 2024 06:17 PM
March 21, 2024 04:03 PM
A week after calling for a new election in Israel, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will “always welcome the opportunity for the prime minister of Israel to speak to Congress in a bipartisan way.” House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will extend an invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
March 21, 2024 04:03 PM
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