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Nov 08 2021
Opinion
How 31 Republicans Just Betrayed The Country To Reward Illegal Immigration, Worsen Inflation, And Pay Off Democrats’ Donors
A vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a vote for Biden's reconciliation legislation -- the largest cradle-to-grave expansion of federal power since the New Deal.
At nearly midnight on Friday, 13 House Republicans gave Speaker Nancy Pelosi the votes she needed to pass the so-called “bipartisan infrastructure bill” — colloquially known in DC as the BIF. In doing so, these House
The Federalist
Aug 09 2022
News
Jan. 6 Committee Gets 2 Years Of Alex Jones’ Text Messages
A lawyer for two Sandy Hook parents suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones turned over more than two years of his text messages to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple reports.
The messages were turned over by Houston attorney Mark Bankston, who represents the parents of a child killed during the 2012 school shooting
HuffPost
Jan 16 2017
News
Donald Trump’s attack on civil rights leader John Lewis, explained
John Lewis is probably not the person you want to accuse of “all talk, no action” if you’re the big-talking, Twitter-triggered president-elect of the United States. Lewis is a leader of the civil rights movement and 30-year veteran of the House of Representatives; he’s a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and an American hero.
Vox
Mar 01 2022
News
Lawmakers express "extreme concern" over border robot dog plan
A small group of Latino U.S. House members recently expressed "extreme concern" about a plan to potentially dispatch robot dogs along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Driving the news: A letter obtained by Axios Latino shows that U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) are seeking a meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection about the
Axios
Nov 20 2020
News
Georgia Secretary of State ‘Disappointed’ Trump Did Not Win, but Says ‘Numbers Don’t Lie’
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is accepting the results of the election despite being a supporter of President Donald Trump.
“As I’ve said before, I’m a proud Trump supporter. I was with him early in the 2016 election cycle and he’s governed the nation by the same conservative principles that I hold dear,” Raffensperger said during a press conference Friday.
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Independent Journal Review
Feb 16 2022
News
Joe Biden Promises to ‘Work Like the Devil’ to Bring Down Gas Prices After Strategic Oil Reserve Release Fails
President Joe Biden promised Monday to continue working to bring down the price of gasoline, less than three months after his historic release of oil from the strategic oil reserves.
“I’m going to work like the devil to get gas prices down,” Biden told attendees at the National Association of Counties 2022 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC.
The price of gasoline has spiked
Breitbart News
Dec 17 2021
Fact Check
The Whoppers of 2021
Mass rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines has been the defining story of 2021, yet for all its success, vaccination rates remain stubbornly low in some populations.
As with all things in American life these days, partisanship has played an outsized roll: an estimated four in 10 Republicans, for example, remain unvaccinated, according to a November Kaiser Family Foundation survey. With more
FactCheck.org
May 10 2022
Analysis
5 things to watch in the West Virginia, Nebraska primaries
Nebraska and West Virginia are holding May’s second round of primaries Tuesday and will offer yet more tea leaves for this November and the state of both parties.
Nebraska is hosting a competitive GOP gubernatorial race, and two West Virginia House incumbents are squaring off in a Republican primary after redistricting lumped them together. In Nebraska, businessman Charles Herbster
The Hill
Oct 19 2021
News
Bannon and other top Trump officials face legal peril for defying subpoenas
Steve Bannon and other former top officials in the Trump administration are facing legal peril for defying subpoenas issued by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack, as the panel prepares to pursue criminal referrals for non-compliance.
The legal jeopardy for Bannon – who is expected to be held in contempt by the committee on Tuesday – is anticipated after it
The Guardian
Dec 29 2021
News
Analysts predict rising gas prices
Analysts expect U.S. gasoline prices to rise in 2020, saying they could reach around $4 per gallon in late spring, presenting a major political problem for President Biden.
Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, told The Hill that there’s a “good chance” prices will be “close" to 2008 highs, when prices were above $4 per gallon.
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The Hill