WASHINGTON ― Republicans started the process Wednesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House approved a procedural motion setting up a likely final…
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Republicans Rip Biden Court Pick For Bungling Questions On Constitution
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees for blanking on basic questions about the U.S. Constitution in her confirmation hearing last…
Top Iowa Republicans Freeze Trump Out And Don’t Return His Calls
Top Iowa Republicans from the governor on down aren’t returning Donald Trump’s phone calls and are not committing to support him in 2024. Bloomberg reported: The former president, itching to…
Trump Added $7.8 Trillion To The National Debt And Republicans Didn’t Say A Word
Republicans in the House and Senate helped Trump add trillions in debt that will weigh down the economy for years without asking for spending cuts. In January 2021, ProPublica reported:…
Chuck Schumer Turns The Tables On Republicans Who Are Blocking Biden’s FAA Nominee
Senate Republicans have been complaining about problems with the nation’s air travel system, but they have been blocking Biden’s nominee to run the FAA since March of 2022. The FAA…
Republicans Are Wrong To Call For A Special Counsel To Investigate Biden Classified Docs
Republicans, like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), continue to intentionally miss the point that the Biden and Trump classified document situations are not the same thing. Hawley tweeted after the news…
House Republicans pass rules package
McCarthy speaks to media at the US Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, January 9. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP) Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his allies had to scramble to ensure they…
Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy
WASHINGTON — Smarting after a dozen years under iron-fisted Republican rule, House Democrats promised to do things differently and open up the institution when they regained majority control in 2007.…
Rachel Maddow Explains The Giant Ramifications Of Republicans If Kevin McCarthy Fails To Be Elected Speaker
Rachel Maddow explained that if Kevin McCarthy or someone else is not elected to be the next Speaker of the House, the new Congress will not start. Video: Rachel Maddow…
House Republicans Move To Take Away Unions And Completely Fail
House Republicans thought they could stop congressional staffers from unionizing just by banning unions, but that’s not how the law works. One of the immediate priorities for House Republicans when…