Dems eye big infrastructure package, with or without Trump
If Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Trump can’t strike an infrastructure deal, key Democrats say they should push their own partisan bill through the House ahead of the 2020 elections.That...
View ArticleTlaib accuses House Republicans of trying to 'ignite vile attacks'...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday said that Republicans are trying to "ignite vile attacks" against her over a podcast interview where she made comments about the Holocaust and voiced her support...
View ArticleOmar defends Tlaib after Trump Twitter attack
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) defended fellow freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Monday after President Trump attacked Tlaib on Twitter, accusing him of trying to "sow division between minority...
View ArticleHoyer defends Tlaib Holocaust remarks after criticism from GOP
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is asking for an apology from the Republicans hammering Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over her recent comments on Israel and the Holocaust. Hoyer said the...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez tears into Economist columnist for linking increased...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized a columnist for The Economist over the weekend for apparently linking decreased sexual activity among millennial adults to "female empowerment.""If you...
View ArticleTrump attorneys protest judge's effort to expedite congressional...
President Trump is fighting back against a judge’s order to expedite his lawsuit seeking to block a congressional subpoena for his financial records.Trump’s lawyers wrote in the filing Monday that...
View ArticleSanders defends Tlaib from Trump: 'Stop dividing the American people up...
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday defended freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) after President Trump accused her of anti-Semitism.Sanders became the first 2020...
View ArticleOmar accuses Cheney of 'deep seeded hate and Islamophobia'
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Monday accused House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of "deep seeded hate and Islamophobia" after Cheney repeatedly criticized Rep. Rashida Tlaib...
View ArticleFrom prosecution to House Intel
When he left the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan in 2017, Daniel Goldman didn’t envision a future career in Washington, D.C., the city where he grew up.But now, Goldman is leveraging the very...
View ArticleTop Dems threaten Trump officials with 'alternative means of obtaining...
Top Democratic lawmakers are escalating a standoff with the White House over the administration's decision not to defend the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare.Several committee chairmen have warned the...
View ArticleRashida Tlaib addresses Holocaust comments with Seth Meyers
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Monday clarified past comments she made about the Holocaust and support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while appearing on "The Late Show"...
View ArticleDem House chairman, top Republican release measure to end surprise medical...
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday released a discussion draft of a measure to protect patients from getting massive, unexpected medical bills,...
View ArticleIlhan Omar and Illinois Dem co-author op-ed on threat of white nationalism
Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) urged Muslim and Jewish Americans to come together to confront the threat of white nationalist violence in an editorial for CNN Tuesday.Omar, one...
View ArticleCummings threatens salaries of Trump officials who enforce nondisclosure...
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Tuesday threatened to withhold the salaries of White House officials who enforce nondisclosure agreements that lack protections...
View ArticleDem calls for fines, jail time if Mnuchin refuses to release Trump's tax...
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) argued Monday that if President Trump's tax returns are not turned over to Congress following a subpoena, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles...
View ArticleTlaib blasts arrests of pro-impeachment protesters on Capitol Hill
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday criticized the arrests of protesters on Capitol Hill who called on lawmakers to start impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Eight individuals were...
View ArticleDefense spending bill includes $15M to study Space Force
A House defense spending bill would provide $15 million to study plans for a Space Force rather than funding the establishment of the military branch as President Trump requested.The bill would...
View ArticleHouse Dems propose billions in extra funding for environmental programs that...
House Democrats on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s attempts to drastically scale back funding for environmental programs, releasing two spending bills that upped funding to the programs, including...
View ArticleDems plan 12-hour marathon Mueller report reading at Capitol
A group of more than 20 Democratic lawmakers are planning a marathon-style reading of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report at the Capitol on Thursday. The office of Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon...
View ArticleDems probe DOJ's handling of civil rights violations by law enforcement
A group of Democrats sent a letter to the Department of Justice Tuesday regarding the agency's handling of potential civil rights violations by law enforcement.“Despite continuing concerns from civil...
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