Capitol agenda: Jeffries vows ‘maximum warfare’
The minority leader is taunting Republicans after Virginia voters approved redistricting favorable to Democrats.
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Americans’ disapproval rating of Congress matches historic high
Only 10 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a new poll.
Greene blames Trump for Democratic win in Virginia
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday cast blame on President Trump and the GOP for Virginia voters approving a mid-decade redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ hopes of reclaiming the House in November. “A once red state is turning into one of the bluest states because people don’t want to support Republicans now,”…
Iowa Republican zeroes in on birth control access in heated Senate race
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is running to succeed retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R), is pushing to expand access to birth control as the race for the open Senate seat heats up. The Iowa congresswoman has long supported efforts to improve access and reintroduced legislation late last month aimed at reducing barriers to contraception, particularly…
Mills-Mace feud blows up into tit-for-tat expulsion threats
A simmering feud between Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has roared back up to a boil, escalating to tit-for-tat threats of expulsion as each lawmaker publicly lobs attacks on the other’s character. Mace on Monday filed a resolution to expel Mills, citing allegations of dating violence and campaign finance laws — a move…
House Judiciary Democrats request information from Patel following Atlantic report
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel turn over information to Congress related to accusations that he has regularly consumed alcohol in excess during his time leading the counterintelligence agency. “These glimpses of your relationship to alcohol would be alarming to see in an FBI agent; for us to…
Democrats boost midterm edge with Virginia redistricting win: 5 takeaways
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a mid-decade redistricting plan that could help Democrats win four more House seats ahead of the November midterms Voters in the Old Dominion approved a temporary amendment to the state constitution allowing Democrats to draw new congressional lines favoring the party in all but one of its 11 House districts….