Tag: House of Representatives

Biden to Sign Historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

While the "human infrastructure" bill known as the “Build Back Better Act” will unfortunately have to wait a little longer, Saturday marked an historic...

Infrastructure and ‘Build Back Better’: Democrats’ ‘Do or Die’ Moment

Democrats have a day to prove they are capable of delivering on President Joe Biden's campaign promise of "building back better." If they fail, they...

Here Are the 16 Republicans Who Voted to Block Afghan Refugees

Predictably, republicans and the corporate for-profit media pandering to them are tripping over themselves in piling on critiques of President Joe Biden's handling of...

House Democratic Majority Passes Historic Voting and Police Reform Bills (Video)

One day after the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) was expected to hear two cases threatening to unleash “the most aggressive attacks on the right...

Donald Trump Has Become The Third President To Be Impeached

Donald John Trump, the forty-fifth President of the United States, has officially become the third president in American history to be impeached. Just after 9:00...

Economics 101: The National Deficit Under The Obama Administration

In a speech President Obama made on the 5th anniversary of the financial crisis, the president stated that his administration had cut the deficit...

Republicans Attempted To Defund The CBO – Because They Didn’t Like...

The Congressional Budget Office survived two major assaults on its existence earlier this week. The House of Representatives considered two amendments to a spending bill...

The Man Challenging Paul Ryan In 2018 Has Come Out Swinging...

Randy Bryce (D) is challenging Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) for re-election in Wisconsin’s first congressional district. A mustachioed Army veteran and union...

Cummings Thinks Trump Will Go Down In History As A Great...

President Donald Trump tells two kinds of lies. One kind is big and grandiose – for instance, that 3 to 5 million "illegals" voted...
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Support For Trumpcare Goes Flaccid As More GOP Representatives Rise Against...

The House will be voting on the American Healthcare Act, aka "Trumpcare" next week, and despite what we've been told, it's not a sure...

NEW: Republicans Plan To Weaken National Teacher Training (VIDEO)

The Republican Congress is wasting no time in undoing many of the actions taken by the Obama administration. They are planning to use a...

OOPS! Trump Is Just Fine With Tearing Down Ethics Office After...

As much as it hurts to agree with President-elect Donald Trump, sometimes he's right. Take the media, for example. Mr. Trump loves to tell us...
law

House Republicans Attempting To Ban Broadcasting and Photography From Chamber Floor...

House Republicans are proposing a rule change that would punish representatives who take photos or videos on the floor of the chamber. They are...

Paul Ryan Hops On Party Bus Instead Of Doing His Job...

The United States desperately needs to work out how we will meet our energy needs in the next several years. Not only are we...
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A Constitutional Convention Could Have Devastating Results For America (VIDEO)

This year has been a bad year for progressives. After the last election, the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the presidency. What's even scarier than...

House Democrats Delay Leadership Vote – Is Nancy Pelosi In Trouble?...

After election results that sent many of us into a panic, it looks like the House Democrats may be in the process of changing...
Jason Chaffetz on the stump in American Fork, Utah (image courtesy Michael Jolley, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)

House Dem Aide: We Didn’t Even See Comey’s Letter Until Jason...

With apologies to Keith Olbermann, there is no doubt who the Worst Person in The World is this week--FBI Director James Comey. But according...
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Paul Ryan: The Milquetoast Leader Of House Republicans

When it comes to Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., offers no empathy or support. Speaker Ryan has regularly come out in opposition...

BREAKING: Reports Say Paul Ryan Considering Withdrawing Trump Endorsement

As the total meltdown of Republican presidential candidate Trump continues, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis) finds himself in uncharted territory. https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/785499982996574209 The Speaker of the House...

Conservatives In The House Are Busy Planning A Coup Against Paul...

If Republicans do manage to keep control of the House of Representatives after the November election, it appears that there could be a challenge...