Tag Archives: US House

Court Okays Bid By McCarthy’s Would-Be Successor

Politico reports: California Assembly member Vince Fong’s congressional hopes remain alive after a judge ruled Thursday he could proceed as a candidate to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The ruling by Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang caps off a chaotic start in the race to succeed the former House speaker. The decision rejects the argument by California Secretary of …

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: The House Can Refuse To Certify Electors From States That Bar Trump From Ballot

The Hill reports: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) issued a warning to states moving to keep former President Trump off the presidential ballot, saying the House of Representatives has the final say over whether electors from those states are certified on Jan. 6, 2025. “Maine, Colorado, and other states that might try to bureaucratically deny ballot access to any Republican nominee …

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GOP Rep Claims He Paid $5.72 For Two Apples In DC

“I bought two apples the other day in DC. Now, I know that’s the most expensive place in the world to buy groceries. Two apples in DC were $5.72 for those two apples. Now, I don’t know when the last time Joe Biden has been grocery shopping. but I suggest that he get out of his little penthouse up there …

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Bernie Sanders Isolates After Testing COVID Positive

The Hill reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19, amid a nationwide spike in infections. The 82-year-old Sanders, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, he was experiencing “minimal” symptoms and will continue to isolate while working from his home in Vermont. The U.S. is seeing elevated levels of respiratory illness this …

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Georgia Republicans Win Ruling On US House Map

Reuters reports: A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map, rejecting arguments from voting rights groups and Democrats that the latest district lines illegally diluted the voting power of minority residents near Atlanta. The decision from U.S. District Judge Steve Jones likely ensures that Republicans will maintain their 9-5 advantage among the state’s 14 seats in …

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Desperate Beetleboob Announces CO District Switch

The Denver Post reports: In a true Colorado political surprise, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday night that she will abandon the congressional district she has represented for nearly three years — and seek her party’s nomination in 2024 on the other end of the state. Boebert said she will run to represent Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, vying to succeed …

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Dems To Spend $6M To Flip Back Santos’s House Seat

NBC News reports: The Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC is putting down $5.2 million in initial reservations for TV and digital ads to try to win the House special election to replace the expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., the group told NBC News. The group said it will spend $3.7 million on TV and $1.5 million on digital platforms, along with …

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GOP Gives Up On Ending Rule Used To Oust McCarthy

The Messenger reports: After Kevin McCarthy’s historic removal from the speakership in October, many of the California Republican’s allies vowed not to support a replacement speaker unless they agreed to defang the procedural tool used to oust him. They eventually rallied around Mike Johnson, a conservative Republican from Louisiana, without him committing to changing the motion to vacate. But two …

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House Candidate/Convicted Rioter Derrick Evans Posts Image Of Top Democrats In Nooses As Xmas Ornaments

The Messenger reports: A Republican congressional candidate expressed regret after posting an image of a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments showing Democrats in nooses. The image shared by former West Virginia state lawmaker Derrick Evans, which was quickly deleted, showed tiny versions of politicians like President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, …

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Beetleboob’s Challenger Leads 2024 Fundraising

The Insider reports: Lauren Boebert is facing a brutal and very expensive reelection fight in 2024. The lightning-rod Republican congresswoman from Colorado’s 3rd district’s main Democratic challenger, Adam Frisch, has been raking in jaw-dropping amounts of campaign cash. According to FEC data, Frisch’s campaign has raised over $7.7 million so far, making him one of the top fundraisers in the …

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Appeals Court Vacates Conviction Of Former GOP Rep

Bloomberg Law reports: Former US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) won an appeal to vacate his convictions for making false statements to federal investigators after the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday that he shouldn’t have been tried in Los Angeles. The alleged false statements were made during in-person interviews in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. A jury found Fortenberry guilty of one count …

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Dem Rep Blasts Trump’s “Rot In Hell” Xmas Message

“I’m going to tell you that I think it was one of the most pathetic Christmas greetings I’ve heard when a former president of the United States who wants to return tells people on Christmas Day that they can rot in hell.  “After he went after me, quite frankly, there were men outside of my house with assault weapons and …

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GOP Rep: The Border Patrol Works As “Travel Agents”

“We have brave men and women of Border Patrol who are down there ready, willing and able, who want to enforce our laws, who want to fight for our country. And instead, as you point out, they’re being assigned tasks like passing out blankets and working as travel agents to just bring people into this country. “We don’t know who …

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MTG Claims Her Home Was Swatted On Xmas Morning

Forbes reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said in a post on X she and her family were “swatted” on Christmas morning, marking the latest instance in which someone allegedly called in a fake emergency at the controversial lawmaker’s address, drawing a response from police. Greene did not elaborate on the alleged incident. Read the full article. I was just …

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GOP-Led House Ends Year With “Do-Nothing” Record

The Associated Press reports: This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that. House lawmakers proceeded not only to oust the GOP speaker, they also punished their own colleagues with censures and expulsion, launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden …

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House Likely To See Wave Of Post-Holiday Retirements

NBC News reports: Retirement announcements often come after the holidays, as lawmakers discuss their next steps with their families and weigh whether to continue in an increasingly dysfunctional Congress. And because Democrats need a net gain of just five seats to take control of the House in 2024, every seat is going to matter, and the dynamics can shift if …

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GOP Rep: “Good Conservatives” In Congress Are Being Blackmailed Over “Naked Motel Sex” With Strangers

“Why in the world would good conservatives vote for crazy stuff like what we’ve been seeing out of Congress? Here’s how it works. You’re visiting, you’re out of the country or out of town or you’re in a motel or at a bar in DC and, whatever you’re into – women, men, whatever — comes up and they’re very attractive …

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House GOP Demands DOJ Docs On Trump Investigation

The Messenger reports: Republican leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent a letter to Special Counsel Jack Smith requesting detailed information about the Justice Department’s investigation of former President Donald Trump. In the letter, obtained by The Messenger, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., wrote that they have “significant concerns” about Smith’s “commitment to …

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Watchdog Group Accuses GOP Rep Of Insider Trading

The Daily Beast reports: On Wednesday, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, accusing Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) of breaking disclosure laws and the STOCK Act when he failed to properly report multiple transactions in the run-up to the 2020 election—including the sale of Boeing stock weeks before a …

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Johnson Attended Creepy “Purity Ball” With Daughter

ABC News reports: Years before Mike Johnson would ascend to No. 2 in the presidential line of succession, a German TV news outlet profiled the future speaker of the House and his then-teenage daughter. “This looks like a wedding,” a news reporter says in German in a 2015 n-tv news segment that was unearthed by ABC News. “But they are …

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