In the midst of one of his early morning social media snits, Donald Trump thumped out an all-caps “KILL FISA” insisting that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was used to spy on his campaign. Trump’s timing wasn’t coincidental, as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson had scheduled a rule vote on Wednesday to bring the FISA bill up for reauthorization. It’s the kind of thing that should have gone along without an issue. During both tenures of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the number of rule...
Democratic members have argued the articles are a matter of policy dispute and not ‘high crimes’ outlined in the constitutionHouse Republicans on Tuesday formally presented articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, to the Senate, part of the party’s attempt to force an election-year showdown with the Biden administration over immigration and border security.In a ceremonial procession, 11 House Republican impeachment managers carried the two articles of...
Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has gone after Newhouse for his impeachment vote. "Jerrod Sessler is a fantastic candidate and will be a GREAT Congressman for Washington State’s 4th Congressional District," Trump...
Republican House members have delivered their articles of impeachment against pro-migration DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate.
WASHINGTON >> The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws.
Who runs the House? Donald Trump runs the House It’s clear who’s really in charge. Instead of fixing Arizona abortion law, Republicans take a vacation Sure, they say they want to fix it but Trump's abortion gambit is going off the rails He said abortion is now “largely taken out of play” in this election. Not so much. Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug presents Trump's Illustrated Bible The perfect gift from someone who thinks he’s God’s gift. Kari Lake almost worked for group supporting...
Despite parading through the halls of the Capitol as a handsome group to deliver their articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, they appear to have fallen short again of producing the kind of political stunt that can boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses the Republican disarray as they try to find issues they can rally around that don't also push away voters.
House Republican impeachment managers are set to send the Senate articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday after Senate conservatives successfully lo
WASHINGTON — The House drama continued into Friday as rumors spread that Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could imminently move to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his leadership post — but her colleagues told Raw Story there was little appetite to join her fight.The Republican Conference met in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, where Greene said she didn't address the issue with the members."I respect my conference," she said when asked why she didn't bring it up. Read...
Several House Republicans were caught by surprise when GOP leaders announced they would postpone sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, including those preparing to lead the prosecution in the trial. The House was initially scheduled to send the articles of impeachment to the upper chamber on Wednesday evening, […]
House Republicans are likely to delay transmitting articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported Tuesday.That's because Senate Republicans are pleading with House colleagues for more time in order to avoid a procedural hurdle that could end the whole exercise before it begins, according to reporter Andrew Desiderio."Senate Republicans spoke up at lunch today urging House GOP to delay sending the Mayorkas...
'The House of Representatives stands strongly with Israel, and there must be consequences for this unprovoked attack,' says House Majority Leader Steve Scalise