Category: Congress

Rep. Elise Stefanik‘s GOP colleagues are largely defending the New Yorker over an incendiary immigration ad that sparked Democratic charges she was nodding to a racist conspiracy theory. Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican leader, became the face of Democratic messaging after Saturday’s attack by a racist mass shooter in Buffalo, N.Y., as her opponents…

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The Department of Justice has asked the Jan. 6 select committee for transcripts from its investigation but the panel has not yet shared them, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, said Tuesday. Thompson (D-Miss.) said he has replied that the committee won’t hand over its “work product” but might invite department officials to review the…

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House Democrats announce $28 million emergency spending proposal addressing baby formula shortage lead image Source: Politico-Congress  65 total views

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The Republican establishment is striking back against a right flank attempt to turn its opposition to Ukraine aid into an “America First” talking point. Congress’ nearly $40 billion package of help for the war-torn nation is taking heat from a growing number of conservative lawmakers, candidates, activists and even former President Donald Trump. Their case…

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McCarthy says he ‘hadn’t put any real thought’ into Jan. 6 committee subpoena lead image Source: Politico-Congress  84 total views

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Democrats are flipping the script after a racist mass shooter killed 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., blaming Fox News and “MAGA Republicans” for promoting an ideology embraced by the attacker rather than focusing solely on gun legislation. There’s almost no hope for a breakthrough on gun safety or background checks in a narrowly divided Congress….

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Rep. Troy Nehls prompted an inspector general investigation after he accused Capitol Police of trying to “destroy” him over his comments on the Jan. 6 attack. The report, exclusively reviewed by POLITICO, gives a very different perspective on events than what Nehls described. And it points to the complexities Capitol Police face as they work…

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The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a limit on the amount of post-election funds that can be used to pay back personal loans from candidates, further chipping away at federal campaign finance regulations. In a 6-3 decision that split the court cleanly along ideological lines, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority that…

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In early 2021, Rep. Nancy Mace opened her doors to TV cameras that showed her using her House office as a humble abode while she’s in Washington. “Walk me through how you live in your office,” an ABC reporter said as the South Carolina Republican showed off a minifridge and utilitarian closet with “high heels…

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen said in a statement released Sunday night he suffered “a small stroke.” “Earlier today, an angiogram indicated that I had experienced a minor stroke in the form of a small venous tear at the back of my head,” the Maryland Democrat said in his statement. Van Hollen said he experienced “lightheadedness…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called out two moderate Democratic senators for blocking key aspects of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sanders singled out Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona for their resistance to Democrats’ nearly $2 trillion climate and social spending…

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It’s Mitch McConnell vs. MAGA when it comes to Ukraine. The Senate minority leader’s secret visit to Kyiv this weekend to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with McConnell’s staunch advocacy for the $40 billion Ukraine aid bill in Congress, is putting him at odds with his party’s non-interventionist wing. A growing number of…

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday dinged a Senate Republican push to tie billions in pandemic aid to a vote on overturning the Biden administration’s move to end pandemic-era border restrictions, reupping calls for the upper chamber to pass the billions in stalled funding. “There’s no use holding it up to blackmail as the Republicans…

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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday led a delegation of Republican senators to war-ravaged Ukraine. Video showed Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) walking with McConnell in the Ukrainian capital alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy called the visit a powerful signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine, as well as…

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The subpoenas issued to five House Republicans by the Jan. 6 select committee remained shrouded in secrecy Friday, with lawmakers refusing to describe the scope or contents of the historic demands. Members of the select committee declined to say whether they had also subpoenaed telecom companies to obtain the phone and email records of the…

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Senate Democrats don’t want President Joe Biden to make a move on canceling student loan debt until they get one last chance to push him to go as big as possible. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, as well as Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), communicated to the White House that they want Biden…

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The Jan. 6 select panel’s subpoenas of five House Republicans is a huge risk by any measure — it could fail to yield new evidence while piling additional stress on an institution already buckling under partisan strain. But committee members say the peril is worth it to prevent a future insurrection, not to mention to…

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