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Category Archives: US House of Representatives
Indivisible Wichita Falls holds Empty Chair Town Hall
The event was hosted by the group Indivisible Wichita Falls, a grassroots organization who claims Congressman Mac Thornberry refused to hold an in person town hall meeting in Wichita Falls. For over an hour the floor was open to anyone who had concerns or questions for Congressman Mac Thornberry, who was not in attendance.
The Latest: Steady pace for voting in Georgia’s 6th District
Georgia voters continue to stream into polling sites in the suburbs north of Atlanta to cast their ballots in the special election to fill the 6th Congressional District seat. Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will stay open until 7 p.m. Local election officials have reported steady turnout all day, and state officials have received few reports of problems.
Political Happy Hour: April 18, 2017
Here's your bhang lassi tub of politics from Joshua Miller of the Boston Globe at the Massachusetts State House. DOOKHAN FALLOUT CONTINUES, via the AP: "Prosecutors in Massachusetts are moving to dismiss thousands of drug convictions tainted by a former state drug lab chemist who pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and falsifying tests.
Trump targets visa program he says hurts American workers
Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday he said should help American workers whose jobs are threatened by skilled immigrants. At the headquarters of hand and power tool manufacturer Snap-on Inc., Trump signed an order that that asks the government to propose new rules and changes that will stop what he called abuses in a visa program used by U.S. technology companies.
Democratic candidate has Donald Trump, Republicans worried about Georgia race
Republicans are pushing to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district where Democrats stoked by opposition to President Donald Trump have rallied behind a candidate who has raised a shocking amount of money for a special election. Tuesday's primary lumps all 18 candidates -Republicans, Democrats and independents - on one ballot in a race that is testing both parties' strategies for the 2018 midterm elections with Trump in the White House.
Bill lets Indiana governor, not voters, pick schools chief
Indiana legislators sent Gov. Eric Holcomb a measure Tuesday that would eventually give the governor authority to appoint the state schools superintendent, a post that has been elected by voters for more than 150 years. House Speaker Brian Bosma, an Indianapolis Republican who sponsored the bill, said keeping the head of the Department of Education off the ballot will absolve the position from partisan politics.
Georgia Is First Battle in GOP Civil WarBy Lachlan Markay
A heated special election in Georgia is turning into a proxy battle between Republican forces loyal to President Donald Trump and a conservative group that has long been a thorn in his side. The race to fill Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price 's Georgia House seat is pitting the Club for Growth, a free market group that has criticized Trump since he declared his candidacy for president, against a network of political committees, dark money groups, and seasoned Republican operatives loyal to the president.
Just in: Bernie Sanders heading to S. Florida on Wednesday
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will visit Miami on Wednesday and try to bestow some grass-roots cred on new Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, but this parade in Philadelphia last year shows he has a strong following among Dems.
Trump rallies Georgia Republicans ahead of special election
President Donald Trump is rallying voters in Georgia's 6th Congressional District to "get out and vote" Republican ahead of Tuesday's special election. In a tweet early Tuesday, Trump urged voters not to vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff for the House seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price .
NJ Politics Digest: Under Fire Over Healthcare, Frelinghuysen Raises Cash
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is under fire from the right and left these days - and when facing a fight a prudent politician builds up a big war chest . That's what the 12-term incumbent is doing as progressives stage protests in front of his office and a conservative group runs ads targeting him for not supporting failed GOP healthcare efforts.
Chicago, the City of Weak Shoulders and ‘I Can’t’
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has done the unthinkable: He told graduates of the city's dismal public school system that he wants them to do something with their diploma. Or else they won't get a diploma.
Bloomberg View: Albert R. Hunt – Don’t bother to wait for a centrist revival
I wasn't a big fan of PowerPoint presentations until I saw the one Tom Davis uses to depict some depressing trends in American politics. It shows polarization, which is no surprise.
Schatz talks policy with 500 constituents
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz nimbly fielded questions on a range of weighty policy issues ranging from internet privacy, health care, North Korea's nuclear threat and the situation in Syria during a mid-day town hall meeting at Chaminade University's Richard Mamiya Theatre in Kaimuki today. The Democratic senator blasted President Donald Trump's proposed policies, ethical conflicts and picks to lead departments such as the Department of Education and Environmental Protection Agency.
Photo: Elayn Briggs of Carson City was among the dozens o
Elayn Briggs of Carson City was among the dozens of women who wore pink T-shirts declaring their support for Planned Parenthood at a town hall meeting in Reno, Monday, April 17, 2017. The town hall was hosted by Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.
Trump order would target high skilled worker visa program
President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order that seeks to make changes to a visa program that brings in high-skilled workers. Trump is heading Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he plans to sign an order dubbed "Buy American, Hire American," said administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity despite the president's frequent criticism of the use of anonymous sources.
Some info still unknown in Interstate 85 bridge case
Nearly three weeks after the fire under the Interstate 85 northbound bridge near Piedmont Road caused it to collapse and damaged the southbound bridge enough to also warrant its replacement, little new information on the case has been provided by the Georgia Department of Transportation, mainly due to an ongoing investigation.
Trump attacks lead Democrat in Georgia congressional race
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - President Donald Trump on Monday attacked his political enemies seeking an upset in Georgia's special congressional election, blasting the leading Democratic candidate as a "super liberal" who "wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes!" Trump did not expound on his unfounded accusations about 30-year-old Jon Ossoff, but the president's Twitter broadside just a day before the special primary underscores how big a Democratic victory would be nationwide and in the historically conservative northern suburbs of Atlanta.
Teenager slams top Republican senator during testy town hall
A 16-year-old girl from Tucson slammed Arizona Republican senator Jeff Flake during a town hall on Thursday, grilling him over his support for a law that will give states the right to deny Title X funds to family-planning centers that also provide abortions, like Planned Parenthood. President Trump signed the bill into law on Thursday, the same day as Flake's town hall, and it was seen by many as a strike at Planned Parenthood, which uses Title X money to provide healthcare to millions of low-income women across the country.
New Kansas congressman Estes plans to take office April 25
Estes is state treasurer and won a special election for the 4th Congressional District seat previously held by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Estes plans to step down as state treasurer when he's sworn in as congressman.