The Republican-held House has a razor-thin majority of just a few members. After the departure of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., over the weekend the majority is even smaller. Currently, there are 217 Republicans in the House compared to 213 Democrats. Republicans can only lose one GOP vote to pass legislation along party lines
Despite pleas from House Speaker Mike Johnson that he stay on, Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher followed through on his plans to resign from Congress on Saturday. The direct result of Gallagher’s departure is that Johnson can now afford just a single GOP defection on any given vote. That in turn means Johnson, who is already heavily dependent on Democrats to pass any legislation, will grow even more reliant on them. The math—if you’re Johnson—is grim. With Gallagher gone, Republicans hold just 217...
Luzerne county, in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, has faced high-profile mistakes like discarded ballots, and turnover. Did it pass its primary season test?Overworked, underpaid, under attack: on the frontlines in a US election officeEveryone seemed determined not to jinx it.Jim Rose, the director of administrative services in Luzerne county in north-eastern Pennsylvania, had been listening to the radio all morning and had not heard “a single peep” about problems at the polls during...
The Prime Minister is expected to announce his plans for a crack down on benefits ahead of a predicted bruising week for the Tories in the local elections.
The Affordable Rent Act was passed in a vote on Thursday by the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Parliament. This law, submitted by outgoing Interior Affairs Minister Hugo de Jonge, should reduce the rental prices on some units that are available for tenants on the private rental sector.
With primary voting over and ballots being tallied, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said at a news conference Tuesday night, “Pennsylvania’s voters overwhelmingly encountered an improved voting experience this year.” So far, Schmidt’s office said, the issues election officials have been made aware of were “minimal” and “isolated,” such as a couple of polling
Check out the Transformers One trailer for the upcoming CG-animated movie starring Chris Hemsworth (Orion Pax), Brian Tyree Henry (D-16), Scarlett Johansson (Elita-1) and Keegan-Michael Key (B-127), Steve Buscemi, with Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.The film is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom...
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Gabo-heads (Gab-lins?), rejoice: the trailer for the upcoming mini-series adaptation of the Márquez masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, has officially dropped. And though we’ve been b
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Austin man was arrested on multiple counts of mail theft, records show. Miguel Angel Frayre was arrested on five counts of theft of mail, according to Hidalgo County Jail records. At 1 p.m. on April 19, detectives were called for a theft of mail on the 2200 block of W. []