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

[blueharvest]

For decades, it’s been a man’s world on Capitol Hill – that’s finally changing

More women are in chief of staff roles than ever before. With an election ahead, they’ve reached a pivotal moment

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

For decades, it’s been a man’s world on Capitol Hill – that’s finally changing

More women are in chief of staff roles than ever before. With an election ahead, they’ve reached a pivotal moment

www.theguardian.com

I mean the biggest young politician has been AOC a woman.

 

[blueharvest]

GOP Senate incumbent gets worrying sign in state Trump won by 19 points

Nebraska's Deb Fischer faces a tight reelection race against independent Dan Osborn, defying the state's Republican lean.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Lindsey Graham pours cold water on Donald Trump's new campaign promise

Following the former president's IVF campaign promise, the Republican senator said on Sunday that he instead believes in a tax credit for children.

www.newsweek.com

 

[InCali]

Lindsey Graham pours cold water on Donald Trump's new campaign promise

Following the former president's IVF campaign promise, the Republican senator said on Sunday that he instead believes in a tax credit for children.

www.newsweek.com

Uhhhh......why would anyone listen to him? Call me in the morning and let me know what he said then.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Why shouldn't they pay the same as us?

 

[blueharvest]

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson comes to Ohio to raise money in support of continued gerrymandering • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is coming to Ohio tonight to raise money in support of gerrymandering. Joined by Ohio Gov. DeWine at a swanky Cleveland fundraiser, they are trying to defeat an anti-gerrymandering amendment signed by more than 535,000 Ohioans.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

 

[squeekness]

Anybody in favor of gerrymandering is a soulless butt hole.

 

[Lily Adler]

A wealth tax and universal healthcare are not radicals ideas! They're common sense. If you're against such things, then you just lack the sense.

 

[squeekness]

A wealth tax and universal healthcare are not radicals ideas! They're common sense. If you're against such things, then you just lack the sense.

It's about what's fair, really.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[InCali]

I don't see Cruz losing, but if he did, the senate is gone.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Republican-led House committee subpoenas Antony Blinken over Afghanistan withdrawal

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mike McCaul, R-Texas, threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt if he doesn't comply with the subpoena.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Congressional Democrats demand Trump provide evidence he didn't take a $10 million bribe from Egypt

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are asking the former president to prove he did not take a bribe

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Republican-led House panel subpoenas Tim Walz over $250m Covid relief fraud

Minnesota governor has conceded state education officials did insufficient due diligence to prevent scheme

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[InCali]

Hopefully she has some very large electrodes.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Like this, maybe?

 

[squeekness]

Thank you!

 

[Lily Adler]

Elon Musk could be the world's first trillionaire in just a few years

And others are hot on his heels.

fortune.com

 

[blueharvest]

US House clashes over Harris’s role in 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal

Democrats say Republican chairman’s report inflates Harris’s role and overlooks Trump’s for election purposes

www.theguardian.com