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The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a resolution aimed at restricting the President's ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. The measure passed by a nearly party-line vote of 224-194, but there were a few defectors from both sides of the aisle. Three Republicans voted in favor of the […]
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath (D) defeated incumbent Rep. Karen Handel in 2018 by 1%, so it was expected that Handel would challenge McBath in the 2020 presidential election, especially after it was exposed that McBath’s primary resident is in Tennessee, not Georgia. Rep. McBath is vulnerable. Very vulnerable. The appeal that she had during 2018, running on a gun violenc...
The House passed President Trump’s amended North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Thursday by overwhelming bipartisan support in a bitterly divided Congress.
As Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) is said to be “all out of options” over whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump over the recent allegation that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look into vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Today, Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) introduced the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019 (PSA Act), as a response to fraud and federal student aid programs.
The influential House Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives has once again voted in another chairman, Rep. Andy Biggs (R) of Arizona. The group of conservative-minded legislators has helped guide a fiscally responsible government narrative since it first came into existence.
Democrats and Republicans don’t have much in common these days, but both groups can agree that pedophilia has no place in our society, and individuals who commit heinous crimes against children should feel the full wrath of the criminal justice system.
Much like the U.S. has done, Israel has decided to impose its immigration right to allow, or prevent, whoever they wanted from entering the country. Israel has taken the recommendation of President Donald Trump and has blocked Reps. Ilhan Omar (D) and Rashida Tlaib (D) from entering the country.
After the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton were deemed domestic terrorist attacks, Arizona Senator Martha McSally (R) has penned a bill that will make domestic terrorism a federal crime.
Big-name Florida Democrats hold off from Backing Biden
Rep. Brian Mast (D) was booed and jeered on the floor of the House last week when he spoke out against the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement, in particular, a pro-BDS bill introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D).
President Donald Trump’s controversial tweet where he told several progressive House Democratic women to go back to the countries “from which they came from” has been condemned and labeled as racist by Democrats and the clear majority of the media.
A bipartisan Senate bill has been introduced to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the four Americans killed during the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Allen West is running for office again, but it’s not for the congressional seat most Republicans hoped for.
Rodden is running on her military background as well as her real world experiences. After leaving the military, Rodden joined the private sector where she worked on all marine vessels of all sizes as a navigation officer.
The world watched in disbelief when a suspected Iranian Revolutionary Guard boat circled back to a Japanese tanker in the Strait of Hormuz to retrieve a mine that failed to explode. The mine was one of two that were placed along the hull the Iranians. Tehran is denying having any involvement in the bombings of […]
Congressional Democrats like Rep. Omar Ilhan are besides themselves over President Trump’s recent remarks that he would “take” information about potential political opponents from possible Russia or China, which has now fueled their call for his impeachment.
The ongoing ‘ban on abortion bans’ continues, as celebrities and now elected officials are opening up about their personal stories about their abortions to counter recent state’s passing of restrictive abortion laws.
He's still way up in the polls, but Joe Biden's days at the top could be numbered if he past continues to come out to bite him in his 'campaign.'
The political world shook as Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) agreed to join efforts to permanently ban former members of Congress from ever becoming lobbyists.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) just got a bipartisan boost of support for his BLAST Act, a bill he introduced back in March with Sen. Mike Braun that would permanently ban former members of Congress from “cashing in and becoming lobbyists.”
After winning back the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, congressional Democrats vowed to bring back earmarks, but that appears to now be dashed by the Senate Republican Conference.
Holder, who has been found in contempt by the Republican-led House of Representatives in 2012 over the failed Fast and Furious gun program, believes that Barr “deliberately misrepresented the Mueller report,” adding that Barr is “protecting the president” and is “not fit to lead the DOJ.”
It took one critical phone call for House Democrats to agree not launch impeachment proceeding against President Trump, but only for now.
“Special Counsel Mueller’s report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn’t apply to him. But if you hadn’t read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn’t have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading.
Congressional Democrats have come out in force to condemn the recent video President Donald Trump created and tweeted of Rep, Ilhan Omar making an insensitive e 9/11 terrorist attack remark at recent CAIR event in California. The video shows clips of the actual attack in New York City followed by the video snippet of Omar […]
Her suggestion that Crenshaw do something about terrorism is highly questionable, considering the he is a former U.S. Navy SEAL, who lost his eye fighting terrorists in Afghanistan, earning 2 Bronze Stars (one with Valor), the Purple Heart, the Navy Commendation Medal with Valor.
Omar's string of anti-Israel tropes, and now this highly insensitive and pro-Al-Qaeda statement has painted a very disturbing pattern of behavior, and could bring to question her overall mindset.
Speaking at a Temple in Plantation, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed the rise of anti-Semitism, and Airbnb apparent decision to take anti-Israel position. DeSantis said that Airbnb’s anti-Semitic policies in the West Bank, and anti-Semitic tropes that have gripped politics over the past several months. “Airbnb wants to go public, they go public, the state […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) is being investigated by the state of Minnesota for allegedly violating that state’s campaign finance laws.
Democrats are up in arms, and are now pivoting from the Mueller report findings to defending the flawed healthcare law.
Rep. Schiff has been pushing the Russian collusion narrative since Day 1, and now that the Mueller investigation has concluded, finding no “collusion” or “conspiracy”
But Ocasio-Cortez has made the most news with her off-the-cuff fact-check worthy remarks, including those that skirt the racial divide.
The letter alleges that Yang, through an investment company she set up, “may be selling access to the President and his family to clients in China.”
"I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY WHO VOTES 97 PERCENT OF THE TIME WITH NANCY PELOSI IS NOT GOING TO DO VERY WELL IN TEXAS. ...
The meme first references the Hollywood elite who were recently busted for allegedly bribing their kids into colleges.
