🇺🇸 Discussion: Congress, The Senate, The House of Representatives - Part I

[MagnarTheGreat]

Democrats launch effort to counter conservatives’ sweeping ‘Project 2025’​

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4714841-democrats-launch-effort-to-counter-conservatives-sweeping-project-2025/

 

[squeekness]

Democrats launch effort to counter conservatives’ sweeping ‘Project 2025’​

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4714841-democrats-launch-effort-to-counter-conservatives-sweeping-project-2025/

Hope it works, those guys scare me to peices.

 

[blueharvest]

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked after comparing Trump to Jesus

Controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has again compared Donald Trump to Jesus in a bid to protect his reputation.

www.thepinknews.com

 

[squeekness]

Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked after comparing Trump to Jesus

Controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has again compared Donald Trump to Jesus in a bid to protect his reputation.

www.thepinknews.com

As she should be. Blasphemy!

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

Oh, but if Biden was convicted it'd all be just fine......

 

[blueharvest]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he will block Democrats' effort to unanimously pass Supreme Court ethics bill

The South Carolina Republican’s objection means the bill won't be able to move forward under a unanimous consent request, which any senator can block.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-NATO bill gets dozens of GOP votes

Roughly a fifth of the House Republican conference thought it’d be a good idea to defund NATO as members prepared to recognize the anniversary of D-Day.

www.msnbc.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ocasio-Cortez, Raskin to introduce legislation to ‘rein in a fundamentally unaccountable and rogue’ Supreme Court​

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4717214-ocasio-cortez-raskin-to-introduce-legislation-to-rein-in-a-fundamentally-unaccountable-and-rogue-supreme-court/

 

[squeekness]

Ocasio-Cortez, Raskin to introduce legislation to ‘rein in a fundamentally unaccountable and rogue’ Supreme Court​

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4717214-ocasio-cortez-raskin-to-introduce-legislation-to-rein-in-a-fundamentally-unaccountable-and-rogue-supreme-court/

Too bad it won't pass.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rep. Nancy Mace fends off Kevin McCarthy-backed challenger in South Carolina GOP primary

Mace’s role as one of the eight House Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy as House speaker loomed large over the race.

www.nbcnews.com

Nancy Mace faces ethics investigation after listing her DC townhouse on VRBO as a vacation rental

Republican lawmaker reportedly expensed more than $23,000 in 2023

www.yahoo.com

Senate Democrats Launch Probe Of Foreign Payments To Jared Kushner’s Firm

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants Affinity Partners to explain its investment schemes.

www.huffpost.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

D'oh!

 

[blueharvest]

Nancy Pelosi says ‘I take responsibility’ for not having National Guard at the Capitol on Jan. 6 in video shot by her own daughter

As rioters stormed the seat of Congress, Pelosi, 84, fumed about the lack of “accountability” and accepted “responsibility” for a lack of security at the Capitol Building.

nypost.com

 

[blueharvest]

Paul Ryan says Trump puts himself "above the Constitution," calls him "unfit for office" - Salon.com

The former House speaker accused the Republican and convicted fraudster of putting himself above the law

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats think they can flip Texas House seats by going after GOP’s education funding and school voucher policies

Much of the House battlefield is centered in districts with struggling schools, where Democrats hope public education will resonate at the ballot box.

www.texastribune.org

 

[blueharvest]

That's why you should read the bills you're supposed to be voting on before opening your mouth.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Who? The MAGA terrorists who you protected?

 

[blueharvest]

Who? The MAGA terrorists who you protected?

It's just the Domestic Terrorist Party, trying to stoke the fears of xenophobia and whatever else, in an effort to stir up their base, so the people who watch Conservative media will go out and try to commit another January 6th before November of this year. Probably.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Paul Ryan says Trump puts himself "above the Constitution," calls him "unfit for office" - Salon.com

The former House speaker accused the Republican and convicted fraudster of putting himself above the law

www.salon.com

What gave it away?

 

[blueharvest]

Congress Poised to See First Transgender Member

Meet Sarah McBride, who faces no significant opposition to her bid for a US House seat. She'd be the first transgender member of Congress.

time.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump humiliates Marjorie Taylor Greene by telling her to ‘be nice’ to Speaker

Ex-president tries to mend fences between warring House Republicans in classic Trump-like way

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Senate Republicans block Democratic bill to protect IVF nationwide

It's part of a push by Democrats to highlight the electoral contrast over reproductive rights. Before the vote, GOP senators said they favor legal IVF but prefer a narrower bill.

www.nbcnews.com

The vote was 48-47, with just two Republicans voting for it: Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine. Others in the GOP said the legislation went too far, instead signing on to a scaled-back version that Democrats said was ineffectual.

Americans Back IVF; Divide on Morality of Destroying Embryos

Americans widely regard in-vitro fertilization as morally acceptable, but they divide over whether destroying frozen embryos created by IVF is morally acceptable (49%) or wrong (43%).

news.gallup.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]