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

[Lily Adler]

Pete should be Press Secretary or White House Communications Director.

 

[blueharvest]

Schumer says he will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut the CDC's budget

The Senate’s top Democrat says he'll work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Is Nancy Pelosi running for reelection? What she's up to besides promoting her new book

Nancy Pelosi is busy promoting her new book, but she will also run for reelection in November.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Sanders, AOC Speak Out After Cori Bush Loss: “We Have to End Citizens United”

“Billionaires buying elections is not what this country is supposed to be about,” said Sanders.

truthout.org

 

[Lily Adler]

Sanders, AOC Speak Out After Cori Bush Loss: “We Have to End Citizens United”

“Billionaires buying elections is not what this country is supposed to be about,” said Sanders.

truthout.org

 

[squeekness]

Schumer says he will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut the CDC's budget

The Senate’s top Democrat says he'll work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

apnews.com

You'd think after covid the CDC would be untouchable.

 

[Lily Adler]

You'd think after covid the CDC would be untouchable.

It was a hoax created by Dr. Fauci and the liberal media! Keep up.

 

[blueharvest]

Kevin McCarthy says Trump needs to stop questioning Harris’s crowd sizes

Former Republican House speaker urges party’s nominee to make race about policies not personalities

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Kevin McCarthy says Trump needs to stop questioning Harris’s crowd sizes

Former Republican House speaker urges party’s nominee to make race about policies not personalities

www.theguardian.com

Kevin you got fired after a month as Speaker by MAGAs in the House. You're not exactly in the position to be telling anyone how to do their job.

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans losing three Senate races in new poll

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs in November's election as Democrats and Republicans view themselves as having a chance of winning a majority.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Republicans losing three Senate races in new poll

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs in November's election as Democrats and Republicans view themselves as having a chance of winning a majority.

www.newsweek.com

Yes! I'd love for this to happen.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Former Democratic leader Steny Hoyer suffers stroke, has 'responded well' to care

The 85-year-old former House majority leader \

www.usatoday.com

He retired from leadership along with Pelosi in 2023 and is running for reelection to Congress in November's general election.

 

[Lily Adler]

Former Democratic leader Steny Hoyer suffers stroke, has 'responded well' to care

The 85-year-old former House majority leader \

www.usatoday.com

No, he really shouldn't.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

Rashida Tlaib is not going to be the only Arab American in Congress, dammit!

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Ilhan Omar, member of the ‘Squad’, wins Minnesota Democratic primary

Minnesota race is last in series of heated primaries for progressive Democrats who have criticized the Gaza war

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Marjorie Taylor Greene complains Mike Johnson boxing her out of budget negotiations

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for “not talking to us conservatives” about the Sept. 30 government funding deadline in what she says is

gazette.com

 

[InCali]

Marjorie Taylor Greene complains Mike Johnson boxing her out of budget negotiations

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for “not talking to us conservatives” about the Sept. 30 government funding deadline in what she says is

gazette.com

Honey. Before you're part of the budget talks, you're going to have to go back and pass your 1st grade remedial arithmetic class. It starts at 9AM in room 2 and is taught by Miss Newman. Then it's playground time and then nutrition (but only if you live in Minnesota).

It's probably best to leave these kinds of things to the adults anyway. They really don't want you screwing up the November elections more than they already are.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

With one week until Sen. Menendez leaves the Senate, no word on his replacement

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, convicted of � bribery and acting as a foreign agent � last month, is scheduled to resign in one week, and Gov. Phil Murphy has not divulged who he will name to take ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Marjorie Taylor Greene complains Mike Johnson boxing her out of budget negotiations

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for “not talking to us conservatives” about the Sept. 30 government funding deadline in what she says is

gazette.com

Why don't they like talking to me? Said the weirdo who groped a cardboard cutout of Trump.

 

[InCali]

Why don't they like talking to me? Said the weirdo who groped a cardboard cutout of Trump.

Good thing the cutout was flat and didn't have a protrusion.

 

[Lily Adler]

Oh for those who don't know. A sitting Congressperson can also be a cabinet member. There is no law forbidding such a scenario.

 

[Lily Adler]