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CNN's John Berman on Wednesday went to war with Rep. Jim Jordan over the congressman's public accusation that the FBI conspired against then-candidate Donald Trump last year. As Berman noted, then-FBI Director James Comey notoriously re-opened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server, a move many credit for handing Trump the election.
As House Republicans spilled out of a closed-door meeting Wednesday night, it was clear that things hadn't gone well. Members gave wildly varying accounts of the proposal that's being cobbled together to keep the government open ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.
Former Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder called for mass protests if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller. This is the second warning Holder has issued this week in respect to rumors about President Trump relieving Mueller of his duties as special counsel.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio declared Thursday he will vote against the GOP'S sweeping tax package unless negotiators expand its child tax credit, jeopardizing the Republicans' razor-thin margin as they try to muscle the $1.5 trillion bill through Congress next week.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio declared Thursday he will vote against the GOP'S sweeping tax package unless negotiators expand its child tax credit, jeopardizing the Republicans' razor-thin margin as they try to muscle the $1.5 trillion bill through Congress next week. Rubio wants to increase the portion of the basic $2,000-per-child tax credit that would go to low-income families.
Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus said Thursday they support a sweeping tax package speeding toward votes in Congress next week, giving GOP leaders a boost from a key faction as they work to deliver a major legislative victory to President Donald Trump. "I think it's going to pass.
Two simple questions: How did the FBI's Russia investigation start? And was it started because the Trump "dossier" was presented to somebody at the FBI? Rep. Ron DeSantis asked FBI director Christopher Wray those questions at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but he got no answers: "How did the Russia investigation start?" DeSantis asked Wray. "Did Peter Strzok -- was he -- did he start it?" Wray answered, "I'm not aware of who started the investigation within the FBI."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Thursday that another special counsel ought to be appointed to investigate the warrant against Carter Page, former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign. "The only logical way to get to the answers for the American people is to appoint a second special counsel.
From left, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meet with reporters after House Republicans held a closed-door strategy session as the deadline looms to pass a spending bill to fund the government by week's end, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that a government shutdown was possible this weekend because Democrats were demanding to have tossing incendiary rhetoric onto a partisan showdown that had been showing signs of easing.
A bipartisan bill aimed at protecting reporters from revealing confidential sources has its roots in a similar bill co-sponsored by then Congressman Mike Pence 10 years ago, the Washington Examiner reports. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, former head of the Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, introduced a similar bill and hope that Pence's influence will stem any urge that President Donald Trump's administration might have to prosecute reporters.
During a hearing on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned about the propriety of initiating a criminal investigation of President Donald Trump's chief political rival, Hillary Clinton. Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, left, and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, center, talk with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, at the end of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Washington.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a heated exchange with Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday over the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton. "We will use the proper standards, and that's the only thing I can tell you Mr. Jordan," Sessions said.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to supporters gathered at The Champions of Liberty Rally in Hebron, Ky., Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Paul was joined at the fundraising event by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, and U.S. Reps Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
In a series of interviews with Politico's Tim Alberta for a massive - and massively entertaining - profile of the former speaker of the House, Boehner offered his thoughts on everything from Jason Chaffetz and Jim Jordan to what members of Congress should eat, to Ted Cruz to, yes, his smoking habits. The whole story is amazing, but what stands out is Boehner's candor.
Former House Speaker John Boehner, who retired in October 2015, is no longer holding back his anger against several of his former colleagues in Congress. The Ohio Republican talked to Politico Magazine in a lengthy profile Sunday about the widening political divide in America.
Rep. Jim Jordan praised President Donald Trump's tax plan Friday, telling Newsmax TV that "any tax cut should first actually cut taxes." "This is what we said at the Freedom Caucus," the Ohio Republican and a founder of the group of conservative party members, told Miranda Khan on "America Talks Live" in an interview.
Most Republicans support killing the estate tax as part of a tax overhaul, but doing so could have dire consequences for something else conservatives cherish -- charitable giving. President Donald Trump along with top GOP lawmakers have proposed ending what they call the death tax -- a 40 percent levy that's applied to estates worth more than $5.49 million for individuals and $10.98 million for married couples.
Conservatives in the House hope to revive the failed effort to gut the Affordable Care Act with a long-shot drive to force Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to hold a vote to simply repeal the health care law without a replacement. Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus want to seize control of the health care debate by petitioning Republicans to hold a vote on a version of a repeal bill that passed the House in 2015.