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Category Archives: US House of Representatives
Can Democrats Turn Activism Into Votes? Special Elections Might Be A Clue
Democrats have a long way to go to rebuild their party after brutal losses across the board last November. But they're seeing glimmers of hope in recent and upcoming special elections where they argue the backlash to President Trump is resulting in change at the ballot box.
Trump hotel may be political capital of the nation’s capital
At a circular booth in the middle of the Trump International Hotel's balcony restaurant, President Donald Trump dined on his steak - well-done, with ketchup - while chatting up British Brexit politician Nigel Farage.
Pence Jokes With ‘Enemy of the People’ at Gridiron Dinner
President Donald Trump has declared that the media are the "enemy of the people," but his administration is willing to joke around with reporters - and poke fun at itself - in a venerable Washington tradition. Vice President Mike Pence was the featured speaker Saturday night at the 132nd annual Gridiron Dinner, a comedic white-tie affair featuring skits, songs and speeches.
Hillary Clinton appears to read Pence email headline in viral photo A …
A photo of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appearing to read a newspaper headline about Vice President Mike Pence's use of private email while he was governor of Indiana has gone viral. According to the Huffington Post , Clinton was flying from Boston to New York on Friday when fellow passenger Caitlin Quigley sneaked a snapshot of the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, who was sitting in coach next to aide Huma Abedin.
Printed Letters: March 5, 2017
Council must clear a path to broadband I am an engineer with a business for which I work from home. The best internet option I can find that sufficiently serves my needs is $800 a month.
BLM planning rule gives locals a voice
Late last year, the federal Bureau of Land Management issued a new and long overdue rule - called Planning 2.0 - that gave a wider range of voices the opportunity to weigh in on how federal lands can be used and developed for decades to come. Planning 2.0 was grounded by an idea at the heart of American democracy: that people most affected by public policy decisions deserve to be heard.
US Vice-President Mike Pence takes centre-stage at traditional comedic white-tie dinner
Donald Trump has declared that the media are the "enemy of the people", but his vice president showed he is still willing to joke around with reporters - and poke fun at himself - in a venerable Washington tradition.
Alaska lawmakers are following a budget path that’s ended in gridlock …
The Alaska Legislature's budget process for the past two years has ended in gridlock and partisan sniping, then long overtime sessions. Halfway through the Legislature's 90-day session, the Republican-led Senate and the largely Democratic House majority are still drifting apart, with senators pushing for a spending cap and steep budget cuts as the House advances an income tax proposal and increased oil and gas taxes.
Mike Pence Rips AP For Publishing His Wife’s Email Address
Mike Pence blasted The Associated Press Saturday and demanded an apology for revealing his wife's email address in a story on the vice president's use of his personal email account to conduct state business while he was Indiana governor. Pence complained that releasing the address of his wife, Karen Pence, was "violating her privacy and our security."
Sessions slams ‘unfair’ criticism of meetings with Russian Federation
He told the Senate Judiciary Committee that when he was a U.S. Attorney, he "personally" litigated four civil rights cases, which he listed as among his most significant cases. "When Senator Sessions testified under oath that 'I did not have communications with the Russians, ' his statement was demonstrably false, yet he let it stand for weeks", Cummings said .
Yoho Answers To Contentious Town Hall Crowd That Ends With Protestor Violence
Protestors and supporters alike gathered to voice their opinions to their representative, District 3 Rep. Ted Yoho , Saturday morning, an event that ended with one man on the ground. Yoho and Gainesville Indivisible, the local chapter of the national group Indivisible Guide aimed at resisting President Trump's agenda, hosted a town hall Saturday morning at Countryside Baptist Church in Gainesville, his first of the year .
Emails from VP Pence’s time as governor delivered in Indiana
Vice President Mike Pence takes a short tour of the Blain Supply's company headquarters and warehousing facility during his visit to Janesville, Wis. on Friday, March 3, 2017.
AP, NY Times Still Not Covering Cedric Richmond’s Sick Conway ‘Joke’
On Thursday, Kristine Marsh at NewsBusters noted that "none of the big three networks or cable news found time" to report Louisiana Democratic Congressman Cedric Richmond's "vile sexual joke" directed the previous evening at Trump presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway. The fact that the establishment press's lead gatekeepers at the Associated Press and the New York Times had no story likely influenced that nonresponse - and despite Richmond's determination to claim that he didn't mean what he really said and refusal to apologize, they still haven't.
Hillary Clinton spotted on plane reading about Pence’s email
The former presidential contender on Friday was spotted on an American Airlines flight checking out the front page of USA Today, the words"Pence used personal email in office" splashed across the top in big, bold letters. The page-one title likely evoked an eerie sense DA jA vu for Clinton who was blasted by President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign for her use of a private email address and server during her tenure as secretary of state.
Republican health care push coming; success a question mark
Republicans seem set to start muscling legislation through Congress reshaping the country's health care system after seven years of saber-rattling. Don't confuse that with GOP unity or assume that success is guaranteed.
Education, health care top issues as lawmakers pass deadline
Struggling schools, opioid addiction and the state's medical marijuana program appear likely to dominate the rest of Georgia's legislative session. Lawmakers spent January and February consider bills introduced in their own chamber.
Washington Post Op-ed: Ayn Rand is dead. Liberals are going to miss her.
Ayn Rand is dead. It's been 35 years since hundreds of mourners filed by her coffin , but it has been only four months since she truly died as a force in American politics.
Trump administration mulls separating migrant women children at Mexico border drawing Democrat ire
An undocumented immigrant family from Guatemala talks to a volunteer after their arrival to Announciation House, an organisation that provides shelter to immigrants and refugees, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. on January 17, 2017. Photo - Reuters/Tomas Bravo /File Photo An undocumented immigrant family from Guatemala talks to a volunteer after their arrival to Announciation House, an organisation that provides shelter to immigrants and refugees, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. on January 17, 2017.
House committee wants evidence for Trump’s wiretap claim
The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged. President Donald Trump asserted in a tweet last week: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory.