Omar gives fiery speech before removal from committee lead imageRead More
Rep. Tony Gonzales criticizes effort to remove Omar from committee lead imageRead More
Ocasio-Cortez: Omar vote is ‘about targeting women of color’ lead imageRead More
After a flip-flop-filled struggle, the House GOP’s whip operation appears poised to pass its first major test: booting progressive Ilhan Omar from a prized committee spot. Just days ago, it seemed like a real possibility Speaker Kevin McCarthy — despite his projected confidence — could lose his long-threatened vow to remove the Minnesota progressive from […]Read More
Even before Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy held their first debt limit meeting, many lawmakers were already thinking about a backup plan to avoid a devastating default. The president and the speaker’s Wednesday sitdown started what may prove a long Biden-McCarthy dance over averting fiscal disaster by the time the nation hits its “drop-dead” deadline […]Read More
‘Loaded weapons?’: Tensions flare during gun debate in committee lead imageRead More
Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell got evicted from the House Intelligence Committee by the GOP. Their fellow Democrat, Mike Quigley, lost his perch there thanks to his own party. The Illinoisan, who’s served on the panel’s Democratic roster since 2015, said he found out Wednesday that he did not make the cut. While he indicated […]Read More
House Democrats have tapped a former Donald Trump impeachment manager to lead their counterattack to Republicans’ sweeping investigative panel. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced his picks to sit on the select subcommittee on the “weaponization” of the federal government, which will be the home of several high-profile, controversial Republican probes — including a broad dive […]Read More
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans on Wednesday defeated Rep. Jared Huffman’s (D-Calif.) push to reinstate an explicit ban on carrying firearms to the committee room after a lengthy and occasionally heated debate. The panel’s chair, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), repeatedly declined to clarify, under questioning from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Huffman, […]Read More
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