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“We don’t have a right to take top-secret information to our home. I’ve dealt with top secrets since I was 22 years old, in the military for 30 years now, and now in Congress. You don’t show our attack plans on Iran to people who are not cleared, or pick documents that talk about our nuclear technology or where our …

Congress Minutes reports: Republicans are gearing up for another debate over Confederate-named Defense Department assets after GOP appropriators added a little-noticed amendment into a funding bill. The GOP friction stems from a push by Rep Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) who publicly revived the discussion by trying to prevent funding in an energy and water development bill from being used to rename …

The Memo reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert, one of the fiercest among the GOP’s right-wing firebrands, surprised many of her colleagues by introducing an impeachment resolution earlier this week. The move caused disarray in the House Republican conference and the furor was only defused with a deal to send the resolution for consideration by committees. The move, passed in a 219-208 …

Politico reports: Tensions inside the conservative House Freedom Caucus have reached the point that some members are floating the idea of purging colleagues from the group. At least two hardliners have discussed — and proposed to Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) — trying to boot members who no longer meet the group’s ideological standards, according to three Republicans with …

NBC News reports: The Republican-led House Ethics Committee said Thursday that it has issued dozens of subpoenas and requests for information in connection with its investigation of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was indicted last month on 13 counts, including making materially false statements to the House. In a statement, the committee, which has been investigating Santos since early March, …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) laid blame Thursday on the U.S. Coast Guard after the armed forces branch said it had found pieces of the lost Titan submersible on the ocean floor. Things might have turned out differently, he said, if leadership “had just acted sooner.” “I have been hearing a lot of concerning things from people, …

The Hill reports: The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it has expanded its probe into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), adding allegations that the congressman fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits to the list of investigative areas. The news comes more than one month after Santos was indicted on 13 federal charges over allegations that he, among other claims, received …

Fox News reports: House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced resolutions Thursday to expunge Trump’s first impeachment from December 2019 and his second from January 2021. Those resolutions would expunge what the lawmakers are calling “unconstitutional” impeachments and make it legally as if the articles “had never passed the full House of Representatives.” …

The Daily Beast reports: We finally know who bailed Rep. George Santos (R–NY) out of jail—despite the beleaguered congressman claiming he’d rather go to jail than give up their names. ABC News reported Thursday that his father and aunt put up the $500,000 bail bond that allowed Santos to walk free after his arrest by federal authorities. Santos’ father, Gercino …

CNBC reports: The secret identities of Republican Rep. George Santos’ bail backers in his federal criminal case are set to be revealed Thursday at noon ET. Santos was arrested last month and charged with numerous crimes including money laundering and wire fraud. After pleading not guilty to all 13 counts against him, Santos was released on a $500,000 bond backed …

Via press release from Rep. Jerry Nadler: Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Rep. Mark Takano and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in leading the reintroduction of the Equality Act, landmark legislation to expand LGBTQ+ civil rights in America. “When I first came to Congress in the early 90’s, Representative Nancy Pelosi and …

NPR reports: The House of Representatives has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his past actions while chair of the House Intelligence Committee in leading investigations into then-President Donald Trump. The vote was entirely along party lines, with the California congressman calling the resolution “false and defamatory.” Democrats attempted to kill the bill from advancing but were outvoted. …

CNN reports: The effort to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a key figure in the House investigations into Donald Trump and who is running for a US Senate seat in California, cleared a key procedural obstacle Wednesday afternoon after a vote to kill the legislation failed. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, is leading the effort with a revamped …

The Hill reports: House Republicans on Wednesday teed off on one of their own colleagues, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), over her stunning move to force a vote this week to impeach President Biden. While no fans of the president, Boebert’s GOP critics said her move to stage an impeachment vote this week is wildly premature, harming the Republicans’ ongoing efforts …

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: Six people are accused of forging signatures in attempt to get a Republican candidate on the primary ballot for the 7th Congressional District (CD7), according to the Colorado Attorney General’s office. According to court documents, the charged individuals — Alex Joseph, Terris Kintchen, Patrick Rimpel, Jordahni Rimpel, Aliyah Moss, and Diana Watt — were paid circulators …

CNBC reports: The identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed Thursday at noon ET, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. Judge Joanna Seybert’s order in U.S. District Court in Long Island came less than two weeks after the Republican lawmaker’s attorney argued that the bail backers’ identities should be …

“It continues to show the two-tier system in America. If you are the president’s leading political opponent, the DOJ tries to literally put you in jail and give you prison time. But if you are the president’s son, you get a sweetheart deal. “Now this does nothing to our investigation. It actually should enhance our investigation because the DOJ should …

Mediaite reports: Congressman James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, released a statement bemoaning the “sweetheart deal” and saying “Hunter Biden is getting away with a slap on the wrist.” This as Comer continues to push unproven allegations that Hunter and his father were engaged in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme while Joe Biden was vice president. “These …

Congress Minutes reports: The Justice Department largely rejected House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan’s request for information related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation involving former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department, responding to that request on Friday, told Jordan that he was requesting “non-public information about an ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution by a Special Counsel.” DOJ warned that …

Axios reports: Trump-aligned Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), fresh off a failed effort to censure former House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), is already planning another run at it. Luna’s effort is part of a sprawling GOP mobilization to defend former President Trump after he was indicted for alleged mishandling of classified documents. Luna’s office said they will remove …