In Congress
Keeping up with legislation, congressional investigations, member actions and the general goings-on in the halls of Congress.
Ocasio-Cortez Responds After Alaska Governor Says Dems’ Green New Deal Will Collapse His State’s Economy
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s concerns that the News York Democrat’s climate policies would wreck his state’s…
Read More »Schumer Announces Plan To Nix Virtually Every Gasoline-Powered Vehicle In The Country
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on a long-shot plan that would…
Read More »Republicans Storm Closed Impeachment Proceeding
House Republicans stormed a closed-door proceeding Wednesday where lawmakers were questioning witnesses involving the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.…
Read More »Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings dead at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings died at 68 at Johns Hopkins Hospital early Thursday as a result of complications from longstanding health…
Read More »Schiff Says Congress May Not Need To Interview Whistleblower After All
Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday that the House Intelligence Committee might not need to interview the CIA analyst who filed…
Read More »Tom Cotton Unloads On IC IG Over ‘Evasive’ And ‘Obstructive’ Testimony About Trump Whistleblower
Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Community, accused Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson of being…
Read More »Grassley Seeks Update After Referring Avenatti, Swetnick To Justice Department For Kavanaugh Claims
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked the Department of Justice and the FBI Tuesday for an update on the…
Read More »Pelosi Suggests Losing The House Might Be Worth The Price If Trump Is Impeached
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Saturday night that she is willing to lose the House of Representatives to Republicans if…
Read More »Democrats Want To Tie One Of Trump’s Judicial Picks To The Impeachment Inquiry
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a judicial nominee about his possible connection to President Donald Trump’s July…
Read More »Trump Judicial Nominee Falters Amid Conservative Revolt
A second conservative lawmaker will vote against U.S. District Judge Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden’s nomination for the 5th U.S. Circuit…
Read More »House Democrats Reach Major Milestone In Impeachment Push
More than half of the members of the House of Representatives support an inquiry into whether to impeachment President Donald…
Read More »As Democrats Prepare For Impeachment, Senate GOP Tees Up More Judicial Confirmations
As House Democrats moved forward with an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee convened confirmation…
Read More »Schiff Says Whistleblower Wants To Speak With Congress, And Could Do So This Week
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Tuesday that the whistleblower who filed a complaint against President Donald Trump wants…
Read More »Ocasio-Cortez: House Dems’ Refusal To Impeach Is A Bigger Scandal Than Trump’s’ ‘Law Breaking’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested Saturday that House Democrats unwillingness to oust President Donald Trump is more scandalous than anything the…
Read More »House Republicans Maintain Pressure On Democrats To Hold FISA Abuse Hearing
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday that House Democrats have not contacted him to testify about his anticipated…
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