Peers admitted defeat in their desperate efforts to water down the legislation just before midnight, with one describing the moment as a 'funeral'.
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
During Donald Trump’s presidency, “infrastructure week” in Congress was a thing that the White House kept trying and failing to make happen. It became a running joke on social media because Trump never did manage to persuade lawmakers to put the desired $1 trillion infrastructure spending package on his desk. It remains to be seen […]
Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., on Republicans accusing DHS Secretary Mayorkas of
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Rep. Chip Roy speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has endorsed GOP border Rep. Tony Gonzales for a third term in Congress ahead of the incumbent’s Republican primary runoff against YouTube gun star Brandon Herrera. Abbott announced Wednesday morning that he would support Gonzales, a Navy veteran, in his race and called Gonzales a “fierce champion” for bolstering border security […]
(Inside California Politics) — Northern California Congressman Tom McClintock (R-El Dorado Hills) joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss his opposition to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Rep. McClintock says this effort should not have moved forward based on policy disagreements. "This was an unfortunate dumbing-down of the standards for []
While criminal trials often have dramatic moments, the process of selecting a jury isn’t exactly riveting. An NBC News report on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial noted, “The quest to find a jury of 12 people and six alternates got off to a slow start Monday, as more than half of the 96 potential jurors summoned to the Manhattan courtroom said they couldn’t be ‘fair and impartial’" when it comes to the former president. But as the day got underway in New York, one of the presumptive...
The University of Maine just unveiled the world’s largest polymer 3D printer. The new printer, named Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0), can print objects as large as 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high. It’s also quite speedy, relatively speaking, as it can print up to 500 pounds per hour. That’s like three people, every hour. It can dynamically switch between printing techniques to suit different aspects of complex jobs. The printer can flip between large-scale additive...
California state Sen. Shannon Grove, a Republican, blasted her Democratic colleagues for weakening a bill that would make buying a child for sex a felony Read More
House GOP leaders on Wednesday introduced a new border security bill designed to appease conservatives who are up in arms that Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) foreign aid package excluded tougher measures to battle migration. Johnson announced Wednesday morning that he was plowing ahead with sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan despite outspoken opposition from