Tag Archives: U.S. House

Earlier this week Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced a House resolution condemning “ex-gay” therapy. Which, according to World Net Daily, means she loves pedophiles. Hit the link if you can bear it.

Two weeks ago I noted that Tea Party House Rep. Scott “Sanctity of Marriage” DesJarlais had been exposed as a serial adulterer who may have pressured one of his mistresses into an abortion. Today a House watchdog group is calling for an ethics investigation. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the Office of Congressional Ethics on Tuesday to …

More from ACT UP New York: “As the US Congress and President begin negotiating on the so-called fiscal cliff, ACT UP/NY ACT UP/Philadelphia, Housing Works and Student Global AIDS Campaign plan to give Congress a pre-World AIDS Day Message that AIDS Budget Cuts Kill.” UPDATE: Mediaite has a few more photos.

From the office of Rep. Jackie Speier: In response to tragic examples of the harmful psychological abuse inflicted on young people through dangerous sexual orientation conversion practices, also known as reparative therapy to convert or “repair” an individual’s sexual orientation, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) will introduce the Stop Harming Our Kids (SHOK) resolution on Wednesday, November 28. At …

The family of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr announced today that he will resign from Congress. Jackson, 47, a South Side Democrat, has been treated for bipolar depression and has been on a medical leave from Congress since June. He has been under investigation by federal authorities for alleged misuse of campaign dollars and also has faced a congressional ethics probe. …

Tea Party darling and accused war criminal Rep. Allen West finally conceded this morning after his supporters had spent two weeks accusing Florida election officials of sabotaging the vote counts. In a statement, the Republican freshman said ‘‘There are certainly still inaccuracies in the results’’ but not enough to change the outcome, giving the race to Democratic newcomer Patrick Murphy. …

Twitter’s wingnuts are screaming bloody murder at this writing after Florida’s St. Lucie County failed to finish their court-ordered recount by today’s noon deadline, prompting Patrick Murphy’s campaign to claim final victory over Rep. Allen West. Under Florida law, the final certified results were due from all of the state’s 67 supervisors of elections today. If the results do not …

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), who swept into Congress in the 2010 Tea Party wave, has been exposed as an adulterer many, many times over. DesJarlais is an ardent supporter of “God-given traditional marriage.” His campaign website adds “AND PROUD OF IT!” Today’s news comes via his just-released divorce files. Obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the couple’s 2001 trial …

After teasing the press with hints that she might be stepping down, today Rep. Nancy Pelosi told the House Democratic Caucus that she will stay Minority Leader. According to a Democratic aide, Leader Pelosi told members of her caucus, “They say a picture is worth a million words. Well, this picture is worth millions of aspirations of the American people. …

Tea Party darling Rep. Allen West yesterday filed an injunction demanding a full recount of early votes in Florida’s St. Lucie Country.  Election officials this weekend declared West the loser, but he has refused to concede. A partial recount of early votes on Sunday showed Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy losing 667 votes and West losing 132 — a net gain …

According to multiple reports, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is preparing to step down tomorrow as House Minority Leader. “I love you all very dearly, but I thought I’d tell my caucus first,” Pelosi told reporters Tuesday. Pelosi has held the top slot among Democrats in the House for 10 years, a decade that saw her lead her party to control of …

It took almost a week to count all the absentee ballots, but today the Associated Press finally called the election for Krysten Sinema, who becomes the nation’s first-ever openly bisexual member of Congress. Chris Geidner has a recap at Buzzfeed: Sinema defeated Vernon Parker in the closely fought contest. She will be the only out LGBT female in the House …

Tea Party freshman Rep. Allen West, the war criminal who famously claimed that there are 80 communists posing as Democrats in the U.S. House, won’t have to sit with those pinkos any more. Rep. Allen West (Fla.) lost to Democrat Patrick Murphy in one of the closest, nastiest races in the nation, according to MSNBC election projections. Despite out-raising Murphy …

Massachusetts homocon Richard Tisei (above right) has narrowly lost his bid to become the first out-before-elected GOP member of the U.S. House. Despite a deluge of outside spending and a withering challenge from a longtime state legislator, US Representative John F. Tierney held on Tuesday to win a ninth term, prevailing by the narrowest margin since his first race. With …

Openly gay Rep. Jared Polis has won a third term in the U.S. House.  And the hits keep coming!

Openly gay former Clinton White House staffer Sean Patrick Maloney has won his U.S. House bid against first-term teabagger Rep. Nan Hayworth. The hits keep coming!

The Orlando Sentinel just called it.  One of the loudest, smartest, and most progressive members of the U.S. House is BACK.

Details. The Advocate has more on the race.