Ocasio-Cortez accepts GOP lawmaker's invitation to tour Kentucky coal mine
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) this week accepted the invitation of a Republican colleague to tour a Kentucky coal mine in order to see how her Green New Deal could affect the industry.Rep....
View ArticleHouse Dem offers bill to ban federal funds for conversion therapy
A new bill from a House Democrat would ban Medicaid funding from being used for conversion therapy for LGBTQ people.Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who co-chairs the Congressional LGBT Equality...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers troll Schiff over collusion allegations
Two GOP lawmakers took aim at Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Thursday in a video mocking the House Intelligence Committee chairman over his claims about the Russia investigation.In a video posted by...
View ArticleDems introduce climate change legislation after Senate votes down Green New Deal
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced legislation Thursday to tackle climate change and boost the economy two days after the Senate blocked the hotly contested Green New...
View ArticleHouse GOP leader: Nunes 'proven correct' by Mueller report
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday said special counsel Robert Mueller's report shows Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, comes...
View ArticleHouse GOP leader says he opposes Special Olympics cuts
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Thursday he disagrees with the requested funding cuts to the Special Olympics in President Trump’s budget proposal.“No. I fully support Special...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez blasts DeVos for saying she 'loves' the Special Olympics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) knocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday after DeVos defended the Trump administration's plan to cut funding to the Special Olympics.Responding to...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker suggests female colleague 'misunderstands' equal pay...
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) suggested Wednesday that a Democratic female colleague did not understand language surrounding equal pay legislation.Byrne was trying to propose an amendment to the Paycheck...
View ArticleDem rep worried White House will cite privilege 'to avoid'...
A Democratic lawmaker on Friday said that he's worried the White House will attempt to claim executive privilege to halt the release of Robert Mueller's report on the findings of his special counsel...
View ArticleTlaib on meeting Obama: He looked straight at me and said 'I'm...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), one of a group of outspoken progressives in the House Democratic freshman class, shared a photo of her first meeting with President Obama, saying Thursday the former...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker draws backlash for telling Democratic colleague to 'shut...
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) drew backlash from some of his fellow committee members this week after telling a Democratic colleague to "shut up" during a heated discussion of the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticlePelosi knocks Nunes amid mounting calls for Schiff's resignation
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized Rep. Devin Nunes's (R-Calif.) leadership while chairman of the House Intelligence Committee as Republicans call for the resignation of his successor atop the...
View ArticleGOP rep introduces bill marking Cesar Chavez's birthday as...
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), a hard-liner on immigration in Congress, introduced legislation Thursday marking labor and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez’s birthday as “National Border Control Day.”The...
View ArticleLawmakers introduce bill to create women's history Smithsonian
A bipartisan pair of female senators is renewing the push bring a women's history Smithsonian museum to Washington.Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced S.959, the...
View ArticleDems stand firm on early April deadline for Mueller report
House Democrats are standing by their April 2 deadline for the Justice Department to send special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report to Congress.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler...
View ArticleHouse to vote on resolution condemning Trump admin over ObamaCare repeal efforts
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Friday that the House will vote on a resolution next week condemning the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).“This week, the...
View ArticleHouse Dems seek to subpoena former White House official over security clearances
Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee plan to hold a vote next week on subpoenaing the former White House personnel security director in their investigation into the White House's...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez shuts down town hall audience member after they call GOP...
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) shut down an audience member at an MSNBC town hall on Friday who yelled out, calling a former GOP lawmaker a "moron."Ocasio-Cortez appeared alongside...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez responds to 'AOC sucks' chant: Trump just wants...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) responded on Friday to chants of “AOC sucks” that broke out at President Trump's rally in Michigan a day earlier, saying the president just want another woman to...
View ArticleDems hammer Nielsen over border crisis
Democrats and immigration activists are firing back at Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, blaming her for the humanitarian crisis on the southwest border as the government struggles to deal...
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