Tag Archives: U.S. House

Via the New York Daily News: Things got ugly between Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal. Former IRS official Lois Lerner was present to testify at the hearing, but she pleaded the Fifth and didn’t respond to questions about her leadership over the IRS division that improperly …

Crackpot teabagger US Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) today suffered a humiliating defeat in his GOP primary bid to unseat US Sen. John Cornyn, taking only 17% of the vote. You might recall that last fall Stockman gave every member of Congress a World Net Daily-published book which calls for the impeachment of President Obama. In 2012 Stockman mailed his supporters …

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American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken yesterday filed the paperwork to officially become a candidate for the US House. The Charlotte News-Observer reports: The performer, a Democrat, turned in his paperwork at the State Board of Elections to seek the 2nd District seat currently held by Republican Renee Ellmers. Aiken, who lives in the Raleigh-Durham area, announced his bid three weeks …

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which endorses and backs many LGBT candidates, has declined to give their thumbs-up to homocon GOP candidate for the US House, Carl DeMaio. DeMaio this month became the first congressional candidate from either major party to include a same-sex partner in campaign advertising. He is trying to unseat first-term Democratic Rep. Scott Peters. DeMaio …

Brian Brown has written a curiously homoerotic denouncement of the US House candidacy of San Diego homocon Carl DeMaio. It begins: Dear Marriage Supporter, It’s a beautiful summer day in southern California. Throngs of people line streets as paraders march by. They include transvestite brides (men in wedding gowns) who strut their stuff. Nearby a float with bare-chested, heavily muscled …

We don’t often see a Fox anchor going after a GOP rep this way. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) was just one of 199 Republicans who voted against raising the debt ceiling yesterday, in open defiance of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). But when Gohmert appeared on Fox Business Network with Lou Dobbs, he received what seemed like 100% of the …

Via the Wall Street Journal: Carl DeMaio is one of three openly gay Republicans running for Congress this year, and he would be at least the third to serve in the House if he wins. But Mr. DeMaio on Thursday will take a step that none of them has, airing a campaign ad that features a shot of him with …

Viciously anti-gay Virginia GOP Del. Bob Marshall will this week announce his candidacy for the U.S. House. During his many years in the House of delegates, prior to and since redistricting, Bob has represented one-third of the current 10th district so he is very familiar with the people and the issues in the district. Since first running for office in …

Sandra Fluke, who is perhaps the most mocked progressive in Teabagistan thanks to Rush Limbaugh’s infamous “slut” campaign, has filed the paperwork to run for the U.S. House seat to be vacated by the retiring liberal icon, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). The 32-year-old lawyer had said earlier in January that she was “strongly considering” making a bid for Waxman’s seat, …

Staunch progressive and LGBT ally Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who has a 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign, has announced his retirement at the end of this term, his 20th. During a congressional career that began when Gerald R. Ford was president, Waxman became one of the Democratic Party’s most prolific and savvy legislators, focusing on issues related to …

From the Facebook page of Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS): “Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t value the same conservative beliefs we do in Mississippi. Last night’s demonstration at the #Grammys is a perfect example of their disconnect.” Palazzo was elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. He has a 0% rating from the Human Rights Campaign. (Tipped by JMG reader Ashton)

The final image is a reboot by Equality North Carolina.

Freshman US House Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), who billed himself as a “hip-hop conservative,” will resign today. Radel was busted for cocaine possession in November. Radel’s decision to step down was confirmed by his chief of staff, Dave Natonski. Radel, a freshman who represents a Fort Myers-based district, returned to work in Washington earlier this month after taking a leave …

It’s definitely been a week for super crazy Republicans. This one, Susan Atanus, is running for the US House in Illinois. Atanus, 55, has run for this office twice before — she lost the 2010 GOP primary and in 2012 was taken off the ballot because she didn’t have enough valid signatures. She says her plans for the economy will …

The GOP has appointed climate change denier Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) to head the House Science subcommittee on the environment. Schweikert will replace Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), who moved to the House Appropriations Committee. He said he plans to use his new post to target the Obama administration’s regulatory agenda. “Too often, this Administration has tried to bypass Congress and …

The New York Daily News explains: Sen. Chuck Schumer needs a new roommate. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), 68, Schumer’s landlord and roommate for more than 31 years in a famously messy Capitol Hill rowhouse, announced he will retire this year. Schumer is one of the lawmakers who began renting rooms in the house in 1982, when Miller’s family moved back …

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), a former HVAC repairman who won the seat vacated by retiring fellow crackpot Ron Paul, has introduced a bill he calls the State Marriage Defense Act. The bill appears to limit the federal government to only recognizing same-sex marriages that are conducted legally in the state where the married couple resides. From Weber’s …