The House of Representatives pushed through a government funding bill days before the deadline of a partial government shutdown — and some far-right Republicans are not happy.
The more than $450 billion “minibus” funding package passed the House Wednesday in a 339-85 vote, with nearly all Democrats and 132 Republicans voting in favor. Members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus voiced their consternation at the compromise.
The hardline group released a joint statement Tuesday encouraging other Republicans to vote against the spending bill, arguing it does not address GOP priorities and sacrifices the...
The more than $450 billion “minibus” funding package passed the House Wednesday in a 339-85 vote, with nearly all Democrats and 132 Republicans voting in favor. Members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus voiced their consternation at the compromise.
The hardline group released a joint statement Tuesday encouraging other Republicans to vote against the spending bill, arguing it does not address GOP priorities and sacrifices the...
- 3/7/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
House Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind Greg Abbott as the Texas governor continues to defy the Biden administration following a Supreme Court ruling granting the federal government authority to remove swaths of razor wire installed at the southern border by the state.
On Monday, the conservative-controlled court determined in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration can remove concertina wire Texas installed at various points of their border with Mexico. The coils of wire have been linked to slews of injuries of undocumented migrants.
In response to the ruling,...
On Monday, the conservative-controlled court determined in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration can remove concertina wire Texas installed at various points of their border with Mexico. The coils of wire have been linked to slews of injuries of undocumented migrants.
In response to the ruling,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.
The decision leaves Trump and former Un Ambassador Nikki Haley as the last major candidates remaining in the race ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. This is the scenario Trump’s foes in the GOP have long sought, raising the stakes for this week’s contest as the party’s last chance to stop the former president who has so far dominated the race.
But as some Trump critics cheered, DeSantis nodded toward Trump’s primary dominance — and attacked Haley — in an exit video he posted on social media.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis said in the straight-to-camera video, delivered in a cheerful tone.
He continued:...
The decision leaves Trump and former Un Ambassador Nikki Haley as the last major candidates remaining in the race ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. This is the scenario Trump’s foes in the GOP have long sought, raising the stakes for this week’s contest as the party’s last chance to stop the former president who has so far dominated the race.
But as some Trump critics cheered, DeSantis nodded toward Trump’s primary dominance — and attacked Haley — in an exit video he posted on social media.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis said in the straight-to-camera video, delivered in a cheerful tone.
He continued:...
- 1/21/2024
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform.
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
“President Trump failed, along with Republicans … they failed in 2018 to actually move a border security bill to tighten this so that we weren’t dealing with this crisis right now,...
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
“President Trump failed, along with Republicans … they failed in 2018 to actually move a border security bill to tighten this so that we weren’t dealing with this crisis right now,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) attacked her colleague and former friend, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado).
Greene famously stood alongside Boebert to heckle President Joe Biden during his 2022 State of the Union Address.
However, earlier this June, she called her colleague a “little b——“ on the House floor.
Green accused Boebert of copying her articles of impeachment against Biden, which Greene had previously asked her to sponsor.
In conversation with reporters outside of the Capitol, Greene expanded on her frustration with Boebert.
“I have defended her when she’s been attacked,” Greene said. “She and I have virtually the same voting record. We’re both members of the House Freedom Caucus. We should be natural allies… But for some reason, she has a great skill and talent for making most people here not like her. And so, it’s her issue.”
On Thursday, Greene posted on social media an attack on Rep.
Greene famously stood alongside Boebert to heckle President Joe Biden during his 2022 State of the Union Address.
However, earlier this June, she called her colleague a “little b——“ on the House floor.
Green accused Boebert of copying her articles of impeachment against Biden, which Greene had previously asked her to sponsor.
In conversation with reporters outside of the Capitol, Greene expanded on her frustration with Boebert.
“I have defended her when she’s been attacked,” Greene said. “She and I have virtually the same voting record. We’re both members of the House Freedom Caucus. We should be natural allies… But for some reason, she has a great skill and talent for making most people here not like her. And so, it’s her issue.”
On Thursday, Greene posted on social media an attack on Rep.
- 11/4/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
House Republicans had a chaotic October — ousting Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, fighting bitterly about it for weeks, and then electing Mike Johnson to replace him, seemingly because no know knew him well enough to hate him. The GOP may have unanimously agreed to let a Christian nationalist election denier lead the caucus, but that doesn’t mean the infighting has stopped.
The party is now at odds over Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat whom Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to censure for participating in a Gaza ceasefire protest at the Capitol last month.
The party is now at odds over Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat whom Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to censure for participating in a Gaza ceasefire protest at the Capitol last month.
- 11/2/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Jenna Ellis smiled in her mugshot. The former Trump attorney who was indicted alongside him and 17 others over an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results even made the Fulton County booking photo her profile picture on Twitter. “Those who mock me, my former client, and my God want to see me break and they aren’t going to get that satisfaction,” she told The New York Times in August.
On Tuesday, through tears, Jenna Ellis accepted a plea deal from Georgia prosecutors. Five years probation and some community service...
On Tuesday, through tears, Jenna Ellis accepted a plea deal from Georgia prosecutors. Five years probation and some community service...
- 10/24/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The GOP’s search for a new House Speaker has led to mayhem and infighting that has crippled the caucus for weeks now. Despite managing to approve a preliminary nomination of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise in a two-thirds majority vote on Wednesday, by Thursday afternoon House Republicans were publicly stating the speaker negotiations had descended into “utter chaos.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost the caucus vote despite having been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and though Jordan offered to personally introduce Scalise’s nomination to the House floor there...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost the caucus vote despite having been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and though Jordan offered to personally introduce Scalise’s nomination to the House floor there...
- 10/12/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
A contingent of Republicans is attempting to raise the threshold of support needed within the GOP caucus before a candidate’s nomination as House Speaker can be brought to a floor vote.
Following Tuesday’s ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and a small cohort of allies, Republicans are seeking to avoid another public display of GOP disunity. On Friday, 12 GOP representatives officially called for a meeting to consider “an amendment to House Republican Conference Rules to temporarily raise the threshold needed to elect a Speaker.
Following Tuesday’s ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and a small cohort of allies, Republicans are seeking to avoid another public display of GOP disunity. On Friday, 12 GOP representatives officially called for a meeting to consider “an amendment to House Republican Conference Rules to temporarily raise the threshold needed to elect a Speaker.
- 10/6/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The office of House Speaker is officially empty, and the Republican Party is in a state of chaos.
On Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became the first House Speaker ever to be fired from the position. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) brought a motion to oust him on Monday, and then he and seven other Republicans voted to ditch the California congressman a day later. The rest of the party was not happy, and in some cases visibly distraught, after the GOP left itself with no leader and no clear path forward.
On Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became the first House Speaker ever to be fired from the position. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) brought a motion to oust him on Monday, and then he and seven other Republicans voted to ditch the California congressman a day later. The rest of the party was not happy, and in some cases visibly distraught, after the GOP left itself with no leader and no clear path forward.
- 10/4/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
“Happy Juneteenth!”
The holiday, which was designated a federal holiday in 2021 and has been recognized within Black and African-American communities for far longer than that, has gained broader recognition in recent years.
Still, for many Americans there is much to learn about the new holiday. Many people of all races remain unsure of what Juneteenth is, mostly because not much is taught about the holiday in public schools.
Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, commemorates the total abolition of slavery in the U.S. that took place on June 19, 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation three years earlier — making slavery illegal by Jan. 1, 1863 — many enslaved people were still not free because slave owners in the south, and particularly Texas, neglected to tell the people they enslaved for months. In fact, many slave owners relocated the enslaved and plantations to Texas because it was viewed...
The holiday, which was designated a federal holiday in 2021 and has been recognized within Black and African-American communities for far longer than that, has gained broader recognition in recent years.
Still, for many Americans there is much to learn about the new holiday. Many people of all races remain unsure of what Juneteenth is, mostly because not much is taught about the holiday in public schools.
Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, commemorates the total abolition of slavery in the U.S. that took place on June 19, 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation three years earlier — making slavery illegal by Jan. 1, 1863 — many enslaved people were still not free because slave owners in the south, and particularly Texas, neglected to tell the people they enslaved for months. In fact, many slave owners relocated the enslaved and plantations to Texas because it was viewed...
- 6/19/2023
- by Samson Amore and Rasha Ali
- The Wrap
On Tuesday, a cohort of House Republicans blocked a rules package that would allow debate on four pieces of legislation, including two bills that would prohibit regulation on gas-powered stoves. The move is surprising not only because procedural rule votes rarely fail to pass muster, but because for months Republicans have been screeching about the need to defend gas stoves from the tyranny of consumer safety standards.
Twelve Republicans sided with Democrats to strike down the package. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) confirmed to reporters shortly after the vote that the...
Twelve Republicans sided with Democrats to strike down the package. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) confirmed to reporters shortly after the vote that the...
- 6/6/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Update: The Senate cleared the debt ceiling bill late on Thursday, the final hurdle for the U.S. to avoid default on its debt with a deadline approaching in just a matter of days.
The bill, which passed 63-36, now goes to President Joe Biden. It ends the most precarious standoff over the debt limit since 2011. Forty four Democrats, 17 Republicans and two independents voted in favor; four Democrats, 31 Republicans and one independent voted against.
“Senators from both parties voted to protect our heard-earned economic progress and prevent a first-ever default,” Biden said. “No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but make no mistake: this bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people.”
The president is planning an Oval Office address at 7 p.m. Et on Friday.
Senate leaders issued a statement saying that the legislation would not limit their ability to appropriate emergency funds for the military.
The bill, which passed 63-36, now goes to President Joe Biden. It ends the most precarious standoff over the debt limit since 2011. Forty four Democrats, 17 Republicans and two independents voted in favor; four Democrats, 31 Republicans and one independent voted against.
“Senators from both parties voted to protect our heard-earned economic progress and prevent a first-ever default,” Biden said. “No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but make no mistake: this bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people.”
The president is planning an Oval Office address at 7 p.m. Et on Friday.
Senate leaders issued a statement saying that the legislation would not limit their ability to appropriate emergency funds for the military.
- 6/2/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The debt ceiling deal narrowly passed the House Rules Committee on Tuesday, clearing a hurdle that threaten to stall the bill before it reached the floor.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-Sc) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-tx) joined with the committee’s four Democrats in voting against advancing the bill. But seven Republicans voted for it.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Ok), the Rules Committee chairman, reminded his colleagues that even though the bill left members with misgivings, “that is to be expected in divided government.”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-ma), the ranking member, said that the bill goes after “vulnerable people,” possible only because the GOP was “weaponizing the debt ceiling” in ways that “will haunt us.”
Stock indexes were mixed, with the S&P 500 up slightly, along with Nasdaq. The Dow was off slightly, finishing down 0.15% to close at 33,042.78. The Rules Committee meeting was still ongoing at the close of trading.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-Sc) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-tx) joined with the committee’s four Democrats in voting against advancing the bill. But seven Republicans voted for it.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Ok), the Rules Committee chairman, reminded his colleagues that even though the bill left members with misgivings, “that is to be expected in divided government.”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-ma), the ranking member, said that the bill goes after “vulnerable people,” possible only because the GOP was “weaponizing the debt ceiling” in ways that “will haunt us.”
Stock indexes were mixed, with the S&P 500 up slightly, along with Nasdaq. The Dow was off slightly, finishing down 0.15% to close at 33,042.78. The Rules Committee meeting was still ongoing at the close of trading.
- 5/31/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is making the rounds touting his debt ceiling agreement with the Biden administration, but the die-hard Trump wing of the party is very unhappy with the deal. Even though the final text of the agreement has yet to be released, GOP Rep. Chip Roy called the deal a “turd sandwich.”
1st – the leadership playbook is to line up cheerleading on phone calls to demonstrate “unity.” 2nd, not 95% – I know of more no’s than that already. 3rd – they haven’t been educated yet on what a turd-sandwich this “deal” is.
1st – the leadership playbook is to line up cheerleading on phone calls to demonstrate “unity.” 2nd, not 95% – I know of more no’s than that already. 3rd – they haven’t been educated yet on what a turd-sandwich this “deal” is.
- 5/28/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The upper ranks of Donald Trump’s campaign and political operation exploded in jubilation on Tuesday, mocking Ron DeSantis’ staff as a bunch of “amateurs,” with multiple officials belly-laughing with one another over how much Trump had — in their verbiage — “cuck[ed]” the Florida governor on securing endorsements from the state’s congressional delegation, according to three sources familiar with the internal chatter.
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
- 4/19/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Chip Roy (R) will be endorsing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, despite the governor having yet to publicly declare he’s actually running.
Texas’ Roy, a former Assistant Attorney General and former Chief of Staff to Sen. Ted Cruz, released a lengthy statement via email on Wednesday regarding the endorsement. “Governor DeSantis makes clear he would lead our nation as commander in chief with the kind of resolve and sober strength that produces peace through strength,” Roy wrote, lauding the governor’s military background, anti-...
Texas’ Roy, a former Assistant Attorney General and former Chief of Staff to Sen. Ted Cruz, released a lengthy statement via email on Wednesday regarding the endorsement. “Governor DeSantis makes clear he would lead our nation as commander in chief with the kind of resolve and sober strength that produces peace through strength,” Roy wrote, lauding the governor’s military background, anti-...
- 3/15/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, has since July 2022 maintained an unfiltered Twitter presence as @BasedMikeLee, using this personal account to vent, bluster, own the libs, and share epic memes. But on Wednesday, the account was briefly suspended.
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
“Thanks to all who assisted in operation #Free@basedMikeLee,” he...
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
“Thanks to all who assisted in operation #Free@basedMikeLee,” he...
- 3/1/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
According to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, America’s founding fathers would have been totally fine with the physical altercation that took place on the House floor last week among members of his party. During the 14th round of voting to elect a speaker late Thursday night, Rep. Richard Hudson restrained Rep. Mike Rogers when Rogers angrily confronted fellow GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for refusing to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to lead the Republican majority.
“Sometimes democracy is messy, but I would argue that’s how the founders intended it,...
“Sometimes democracy is messy, but I would argue that’s how the founders intended it,...
- 1/8/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally got the speakership early Saturday morning, but not before a weeklong slog that saw flared tempers, animated huddles and, in the penultimate drama before his moment of victory, a near-brawl.
Inside the chamber, many reporters in the press gallery had risen from their seats once McCarthy walked down the center aisle to converse with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-fl), the lone holdout he needed to obtain a majority, as McCarthy’s allies sat and crouched down to plead with the dissident. “On your knees,” one Democrat said loudly, as other lawmakers began to fix their gaze on what was unfolding.
Soon voices were raised. Gaetz pointed his finger at McCarthy, and McCarthy’s face was one of utter frustration. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-al) walked over and, in a moment that will forever live in the annals of House speaker votes, began to lunge at Gaetz before being restrained by Rep.
Inside the chamber, many reporters in the press gallery had risen from their seats once McCarthy walked down the center aisle to converse with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-fl), the lone holdout he needed to obtain a majority, as McCarthy’s allies sat and crouched down to plead with the dissident. “On your knees,” one Democrat said loudly, as other lawmakers began to fix their gaze on what was unfolding.
Soon voices were raised. Gaetz pointed his finger at McCarthy, and McCarthy’s face was one of utter frustration. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-al) walked over and, in a moment that will forever live in the annals of House speaker votes, began to lunge at Gaetz before being restrained by Rep.
- 1/7/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The weeklong slog to launch a new Congress continued with a 13th ballot, as Kevin McCarthy picked up a vote yet still was short a majority.
Rep. Andy Harris (R-md) shifted his vote to McCarthy, giving the Republican leader 214 votes in the latest round. That’s still three short of what he needed to win the speakership.
Meanwhile, reports are emerging of the concessions that McCarthy made to win over the holdouts, including requiring just one member to file a motion to remove the speaker. Other concessions, according to Politico, would require a vote on a balanced budget amendment and there would guarantees for giving members of the Freedom Caucus seats on committees.
Hakeem Jeffries gained a vote in the latest round, as Rep. David Trone (D-md) made it to the floor after having surgery earlier in the morning. He drew loud cheers as he made his way to...
Rep. Andy Harris (R-md) shifted his vote to McCarthy, giving the Republican leader 214 votes in the latest round. That’s still three short of what he needed to win the speakership.
Meanwhile, reports are emerging of the concessions that McCarthy made to win over the holdouts, including requiring just one member to file a motion to remove the speaker. Other concessions, according to Politico, would require a vote on a balanced budget amendment and there would guarantees for giving members of the Freedom Caucus seats on committees.
Hakeem Jeffries gained a vote in the latest round, as Rep. David Trone (D-md) made it to the floor after having surgery earlier in the morning. He drew loud cheers as he made his way to...
- 1/6/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: After five roll call votes and no speaker. the House is adjourning for the night.
When they return, many members will be marking the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.
Previously: As expected, Kevin McCarthy fell short on the 11th ballot for speaker of the House.
While there are reports of an imminent deal with at least some of the dissidents, an agreement doesn’t appear to be finalized as McCarthy’s allies plan to seek an adjournment until noon Et/9 Am Pt on Friday.
On the floor, Democrats have been in a large huddle around Hakeem Jeffries and other leaders.
Jeffries received 212 votes in the most recent roll call, McCarthy received 200, Byron Donalds garnered 12, Kevin Hern got 7 and Donald Trump got one. There were some guffaws when the clerk read Trump’s vote total.
Previously: The House has moved on to an 11th vote, with Matt Gaetz...
When they return, many members will be marking the second anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.
Previously: As expected, Kevin McCarthy fell short on the 11th ballot for speaker of the House.
While there are reports of an imminent deal with at least some of the dissidents, an agreement doesn’t appear to be finalized as McCarthy’s allies plan to seek an adjournment until noon Et/9 Am Pt on Friday.
On the floor, Democrats have been in a large huddle around Hakeem Jeffries and other leaders.
Jeffries received 212 votes in the most recent roll call, McCarthy received 200, Byron Donalds garnered 12, Kevin Hern got 7 and Donald Trump got one. There were some guffaws when the clerk read Trump’s vote total.
Previously: The House has moved on to an 11th vote, with Matt Gaetz...
- 1/6/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with third vote: The House adjourned late Tuesday afternoon as Republicans grapple with what to do next, with Kevin McCarthy failing to secure enough votes for speaker after three ballots.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-tx) told reporters that he wasn’t sure what the next steps will be. He said that “there is a deep sense of animosity. You’re going to have to come back from it because in the end, you just got to. You just got to work together. We’ll see. We’re not there yet.”
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The House will reconvene at 9 a.m. Pt on Wednesday.
A McCarthy ally, Rep. Don Bacon (R-ne...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-tx) told reporters that he wasn’t sure what the next steps will be. He said that “there is a deep sense of animosity. You’re going to have to come back from it because in the end, you just got to. You just got to work together. We’ll see. We’re not there yet.”
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The House will reconvene at 9 a.m. Pt on Wednesday.
A McCarthy ally, Rep. Don Bacon (R-ne...
- 1/3/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin McCarthy really, really, really wants to be speaker of the House of Representatives. It’s not coming. The 118th Congress began on Tuesday, and though Republicans won control of the chamber last November, a not-insignificant portion of the party remains steadfastly opposed to giving McCarthy the gavel. McCarthy has lost three consecutive speakership ballots, with 19 Republicans opposing him on the first two, and 20 on the third.
Rep. Byron Donalds joined the 19 other defectors to vote against McCarthy on the third ballot, which means McCarthy is drifting even further away from securing the majority necessary.
Rep. Byron Donalds joined the 19 other defectors to vote against McCarthy on the third ballot, which means McCarthy is drifting even further away from securing the majority necessary.
- 1/3/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The House Jan. 6 committee possesses nearly 100 text messages from two Republican lawmakers urging then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn the 2020 presidential election, CNN reported on Friday.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Texas Congressman Chip Roy supported former President Trump’s decision to not concede the election once it was called on Nov. 7, with Lee offering Meadows “unequivocal support for you to exhaust every legal and constitutional remedy at your disposal to restore Americans faith in our elections.”
“This fight is about the fundamental fairness and integrity of our election system,...
Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Texas Congressman Chip Roy supported former President Trump’s decision to not concede the election once it was called on Nov. 7, with Lee offering Meadows “unequivocal support for you to exhaust every legal and constitutional remedy at your disposal to restore Americans faith in our elections.”
“This fight is about the fundamental fairness and integrity of our election system,...
- 4/15/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Vladimir Putin: Do we love him, or do we hate him? Sean Hannity can’t make up his mind!
During Friday’s episode of The Sean Hannity Show, the Fox News host unironically cited a quote from a Kremlin spokesperson, reported by Reuters, that questioned the mental faculties of President Joe Biden in response to the president’s recent critical remarks about the Russian leader.
“Given such irritability from Mr. Biden, his fatigue and sometimes forgetfulness…fatigue that leads to aggressive statements, we will not make harsh assessments, so...
During Friday’s episode of The Sean Hannity Show, the Fox News host unironically cited a quote from a Kremlin spokesperson, reported by Reuters, that questioned the mental faculties of President Joe Biden in response to the president’s recent critical remarks about the Russian leader.
“Given such irritability from Mr. Biden, his fatigue and sometimes forgetfulness…fatigue that leads to aggressive statements, we will not make harsh assessments, so...
- 3/19/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is concerned. Innocent people are dying needlessly. A tyrannical government has grossly overstepped its bounds. Freedom and democracy are under attack — and it’s all Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fault.
In an appearance on Fox News Friday evening, the Texas Congressman and outspoken anti-vaxxer used his platform not to decry Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but instead to continue peddling his wild conspiracy theory that the government is failing to report deaths caused by the Covid-19 vaccine, instead labeling the deaths as Covid-induced casualties. This unfounded claim is,...
In an appearance on Fox News Friday evening, the Texas Congressman and outspoken anti-vaxxer used his platform not to decry Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but instead to continue peddling his wild conspiracy theory that the government is failing to report deaths caused by the Covid-19 vaccine, instead labeling the deaths as Covid-induced casualties. This unfounded claim is,...
- 3/5/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
The House of Representatives on Monday night passed The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which would make lynching a federal hate crime. The bill received unanimous support save for three Republicans. Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Chip Roy (R-Texas) opposed the bill.
In explaining his “no” vote, Massie wrote in a Twitter thread that designating enhanced penalties “for ‘hate’ tends to endanger other liberties such as freedom of speech.” He also argued that lynching is illegal in all states already.
Roy issued a statement Tuesday explaining his decision.
In explaining his “no” vote, Massie wrote in a Twitter thread that designating enhanced penalties “for ‘hate’ tends to endanger other liberties such as freedom of speech.” He also argued that lynching is illegal in all states already.
Roy issued a statement Tuesday explaining his decision.
- 3/1/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
“Congressman is literally the only job in the world you can get with so much prestige and so many perks while being a complete doofus with absolutely no skills, knowledge or qualifications,” said Bill Maher as he began the final of his “New Rules” on Real Time Friday.
“Name almost any job — dental hygienist, rodeo clown, dog walker, mall Santa, chicken sexer, tilt-a-whirl operator — they all demand some kind of definable skill set,” he said. “Not Congress.”
Maher had examples.
“You can be in jail and get this job. You can be deranged and get this job. If you have a heart attack, they just let your wife start doing the job.
“All you need is a smile and a tie. I’d say you need a pulse, but dead people have been elected to congress,” he observed.
“Unremarkable people can get a remarkable life in Congress. And that’s...
“Name almost any job — dental hygienist, rodeo clown, dog walker, mall Santa, chicken sexer, tilt-a-whirl operator — they all demand some kind of definable skill set,” he said. “Not Congress.”
Maher had examples.
“You can be in jail and get this job. You can be deranged and get this job. If you have a heart attack, they just let your wife start doing the job.
“All you need is a smile and a tie. I’d say you need a pulse, but dead people have been elected to congress,” he observed.
“Unremarkable people can get a remarkable life in Congress. And that’s...
- 8/7/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s now been over 24 hours since President Trump told a group of congresswomen of color to “go back” to the “totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Gop lawmakers are still silent.
As Republicans and their staffs continue to sort out the calculus of whether it’s politically expedient to issue some sort of statement distancing themselves from the president’s racism, Trump has doubled and tripled down on his attacks. “So sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country,...
As Republicans and their staffs continue to sort out the calculus of whether it’s politically expedient to issue some sort of statement distancing themselves from the president’s racism, Trump has doubled and tripled down on his attacks. “So sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Though Joe Biden believes Republicans and Democrats will join hands and work together once President Trump is out of office, most recognize real bipartisanship in Congress as nothing more than a pipe dream. There simply doesn’t appear to be any way to reconcile the ideological gap between progressive Democrats and Trump-loving conservatives, as was exemplified last month when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-ny) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx) couldn’t even agree on the pricing of croissants at New York’s Laguardia Airport.
But on Thursday, the two divisive politicians...
But on Thursday, the two divisive politicians...
- 5/31/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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