The House on Wednesday advanced a Republican-backed voting requirements bill and three other measures, rebounding from a mini-GOP revolt that had derailed the passage of a procedural rule a day earlier. The lower chamber voted 216-215 to pass the rule, which tees up debate and votes on final passage for all four measures. It was…
Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed a request from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) to turn around and address victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were in the audience of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, resulting in a shouting match during which the attorney general accused the lawmaker of “theatrics.” Jayapal used her questioning to criticize the Justice Department for…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) celebrated Wednesday after a grand jury failed to indict six Democratic lawmakers in connection to a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to defy illegal orders. “Yesterday, a Grand Jury of everyday Americans rejected a baseless attempt to indict six Members of Congress and the United States…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday ripped Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration official admitted to having lunch with his family on the disgraced financier’s private island in 2012. “I’m glad he told the truth under oath today,” Mace said during an appearance on…
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) on Wednesday ripped the Trump administration for failing to be transparent about why the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso International Airport overnight. Vasquez said in a video posted to social platform X that the FAA did not alert local officials before it grounded flights to…
Virginia Democrats advanced a proposed set of new congressional lines on Tuesday that would give the party four more pickup opportunities heading into November, putting them one more step closer toward teeing up a new House map before the midterms. Democrats in both chambers separately passed a House map that would give the party a 10-1 edge in the congressional…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seeing her political influence grow among Democrats as chatter builds about her future. Ocasio-Cortez had her latest win over the last week when her endorsed candidate in a crowded New Jersey House special primary election, Analilia Mejia, performed above expectations. On Tuesday, her top rival, former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.),…