Category: US House of Representatives

Diana DeGette, Dems urge supporters to fight repeal of Obamacare

People hold signs and cheer during a rally in the packed auditorium of the Laborers International Union of North America Local 720 offices on Jan. 15, 2017 in Denver. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and other Democratic state and federal lawmakers rallied Obamacare supporters Sunday, urging them to fight against repeal of the law and promising to protect it from Republicans bent on scrapping it.

Top StoryOutgoing CIA chief rips into Trump on Russia threat

In this June 16, 2016 file photo, CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Brennan, said on “Fox News Sunday Jan. 15, 207, that Donald Trump’s “talking and tweeting” is not in the nation’s interest and that the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the threat Russia poses to the U.S. The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect that further highlighted the bitter state of Trump’s relations with American intelligence agencies.

ABC Comes to the Aid of Lewis, Slams Trump for Twitter Attacks

ABC had clearly picked sides in the fight between President-elect Donald Trump and Congressman John Lewis, who claimed Trump was an “illegitimate president,” during their Sunday morning programming. The network spent that time slamming Trump for his counterattack on the congressman, even tying it to Martin Luther King Jr. ” You know, just five days before the inauguration and one day before MLK day, ” noted Paula Faris on Good Morning America , ” President-elect Donald J. Trump is doubling down in his war of words with the civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis.

Donald Trump’s Tweets About Congressman And Civil Rights Icon John…

Over the weekend, Donald Trump spent far too much time disrespecting Georgia Congressman John Lewis – a true civil rights icon who has fought for racial and social justice for decades, quite literally nearly losing his life during a protest years ago. Stemming from criticism Congressman Lewis had of The Donald late last week, Trump got wind of the negative talk and fired off a pair of offensive tweets trying to call out Lewis about the district in Georgia over which he presides : Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart January 14, 2017 mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results.

In Trump, man elected by Americans is president they’ll get

In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Some Democrats to ditch inauguration for Florida conference

Democratic officials, spoiled celebrities and pouting think-tankers – still sulking over their loss in the November election – are turning their backs on Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities. The ad hoc boycott flouts the traditional standards of DC decorum as the nation celebrates the peaceful transfer of power.

In Trump, man elected by Americans is president theya ll get

After 10 weeks, dozens of tweets and one rollicking news conference, Donald Trump’s transition into the White House has left little doubt that the man Americans elected in November is the president they’ll get. The immense responsibilities of the office and the daunting decisions that await Trump when he takes office Friday have not appeared to change the confrontational, divisive Republican.

Rep. John Lewis’ books sell out following Donald Trump’s attacks

Rep. John Lewis asks questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2017. Rep. John Lewis asks questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2017.

A president from Facebook? Vanity Fair makes a case

Nick Bilton of Vanity Fair writes of indications that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will run for president of the U.S. someday. Among the lesser bits of circumstantial evidence: Zuckerberg, who has a habit of posting his annual New Year’s resolution on his Facebook page, declared that after conquering the previous challenges of learning Mandarin, and building an artificial-intelligence butler for his home, this year he was going to meet “people in every state in the US.”

Number of Democrat lawmakers boycotting Trump’s inauguration swells …

Your boss is watching you: Companies fit staff with tracking devices to they can follow their movements night and day Trump inauguration boycott grows to 19 Democrat lawmakers: Congressmen will NOT attend after The Donald’s feud with civil rights hero John Lewis, who said he will not be a ‘legitimate President’ A growing number of Democrat lawmakers are boycotting Donald Trump’s inauguration this week, in the wake of his remarks about civil rights campaigner-turned-Representative John Lewis over MLK weekend. There are now 17 Democratic Representatives saying they will spurn Trump’s swearing-in in favor of focusing on their constituents or even taking part in protests and ‘resistance’ movements.

GOP leaders pledge vape law overhaul, subject of FBI probe

Republican legislative leaders say they want to unwind stiff regulations they imposed on Indiana’s vaping industry, which created a stranglehold on the burgeoning market for one company and prompted an FBI investigation. The law, which is subject to a legal challenge, was passed in 2015 ostensibly to ensure that the nicotine-laced liquid consumed through vaping met safety standards.

James Comey’s Worst Week in Washington

James Comey had hoped to lay low for a while after the election. After all, the FBI director — via his last-minute interjection into the presidential race — had become a major player in the fight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Trump unleashes attack on US civil rights icon

US President-elect Donald Trump aimed his latest Twitter blast at longtime congressman John Lewis, a prominent civil rights icon. Photo: AFP President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is skipping next week’s inauguration ceremony because he sees the New York businessman’s election as illegitimate.

5 Images that refute Trump’s attack on Hero John Lewis

It began when Rep. John Lewis announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not consider him a legitimate president. Lewis, sometimes called “the conscience of Congress,” emerged to prominence as a very young man in 1963-66 as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee – of which he had been one of the founders.

Protesters across US decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. “We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the Statue of Liberty,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told a standing-room-only crowd at historic African-American church in downtown Washington during one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

DNC chair contenders seek unified front against Trump

Over and over, the candidates to helm the Democratic National Committee stressed Saturday that they’re waging a new fight against Donald Trump — not re-fighting the old one between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Their race is no proxy battle, and the party is now unified around the cause of stopping Trump as he prepares to take the oath of office, the seven contenders said.

Toyota’s line into Trump: Mike Pence

Broadsided by this month’s Trump tweet targeting Toyota, the Japanese carmaker’s president, Akio Toyoda, is wasting no time in appealing to the new administration. On day one of the Detroit auto show, Toyoda ballyhooed the company’s plan to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.

Protesters across US decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. “We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the Statue of Liberty,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told a standing-room-only crowd at historic African-American church in downtown Washington during one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

Report: Trump to visit African American museum in DC

After a public feud with a black civil rights figure, President-elect Trump will likely visit the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, according to a report Saturday. The Saturday evening report from ABC News , citing senior transition sources, follows a pair of Trump’s tweets reacting to comments made by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a well-known leader from the civil rights movement, suggesting Russia’s interference with the election sullied Trump’s Electoral College win over Democrat Hillary Clinton .

Protesters denounce Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, plans

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the United States, denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the US-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. A standing-room-only crowd packed into a historic African-American church in downtown Washington for one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

Jeff Sadow: Medicaid expansion becomes an obsession

If you agree with the agenda of Medicaid reformers taking power in Washington, Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards and his intemperate chief health bureaucrat say you’re the bad guy. With a mixture of conceit and high dudgeon, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Rebekah Gee declared efforts to repeal Medicaid expansion “irresponsible, inhumane and ill-advised.”

The Latest: Capitol architect says pig painting breaks rules

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., center, accompanied by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., right, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 to discuss P… Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having… Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having terroristic… States across the nation’s midsection are bracing for another round of winter storms expected to add to thick ice that already has glazed roads, grounded flights and prompted class cancellations amid warnings… Parts of the central U.S. grappled … (more)

Trump unleashes attack on U.S. civil rights icon who called election ‘illegitimate’

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is skipping this week’s inauguration ceremony because he sees the New York businessman’s election as illegitimate. Trump aimed his latest Twitter blast at longtime Rep. John Lewis and the majority-black district in Georgia he represents, drawing widespread criticism just days before the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A park near the monument to King was the endpoint Saturday of the first major protest in Washington ahead of Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration: Nearly 2,000 people rallied both in honor of King and against the president-elect.