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

[squeekness]

GOP congressman corrected after flubbing who signed the Constitution

The exchange came during a floor debate over a bill introduced in March by Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., that would change D.C. criminal sentencing codes.

www.nbcnews.com

Forgetting our history when it matters most.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Watch top Democrat slam GOP for defending Trump's 'indefensible acts'

The House Judiciary Committee met on Thursday to discuss whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. The charge? That the Department of Justice has refused to hand over ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

House Oversight Committee Hearing Goes Totally Off the Rails Thanks to MTG

It might have been just the wildest night for the committee yet—and that’s saying something.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

FBI probe into Rep. Perry’s work to overturn 2020 election could undo his committee hopes

House Intelligence Committee member says committee members "are typically not bomb throwers."

www.pennlive.com

 

[blueharvest]

House Democrat Takes Down Trump For Continually 'Lifting Up' Jan. 6 Rioters

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who was in the Capitol amid the riot, said lawmakers should've come forward to vote that Trump wouldn't "be able to serve again."

www.huffpost.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?

The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.

newrepublic.com

 

[squeekness]

Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?

The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.

newrepublic.com

With them, nothing would surprise me.

 

[blueharvest]

Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?

The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.

newrepublic.com

Yes. They don't care about the lower class or children.

 

[blueharvest]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792106958708711547

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Are the Republicans Sneakily Trying to Cut Food Stamps?

The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.

newrepublic.com

Sneakily?

 

[squeekness]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792106958708711547

Taylor Green is like a spoiled little child.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4671167-raskin-drinking-oversight-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-osasio-cortez-crockett/

 

[blueharvest]

Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4671167-raskin-drinking-oversight-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-osasio-cortez-crockett/

I'd be more surprised if they weren't drinking, to be honest.

 

[squeekness]

I'd be more surprised if they weren't drinking, to be honest.

Out of control .

 

[InCali]

Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4671167-raskin-drinking-oversight-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-osasio-cortez-crockett/

If I had to sit in the same room with MTG for hours on end, I would definitely have been drinking.

 

[blueharvest]

Newly released photos depict cash and gold bars seized from Sen. Bob Menendez's home

The pictures were entered as evidence by prosecutors, who accuse the high-profile New Jersey Democrat of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Sen. Schumer tells Democrats he'll reintroduce bipartisan border bill

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will bring the bipartisan border deal that was negotiated early this year back up on the floor this week for a standalone vote.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

'She's a joke': Meet Marjorie Taylor Greene's election enemies

POLK COUNTY, Ga. — Northwest Georgia is such a deep red part of the country that sometimes Democrats don’t even bother taking a shot at the congressional seat in the state’s 14th Congressional District. That was the case in 2016. And when conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)...

www.alternet.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Watch: Democrat criticizes GOP’s allegiance to ‘dictatorial wannabe’ Trump

Rep. Jim Jordan scheduled another circus House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the weaponization of the federal government. Yes, another one.� This time, Republicans had a chance to claim ...

www.dailykos.com

Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet

Legislation just signed into law has made it exceedingly to difficult to track private jet activity.

gizmodo.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793325712411447660

 

[squeekness]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793325712411447660

They did manage to waste a lot of time on the taxpayer dime.

 

[DA_Champion]

Food stamps would be more viable as a political program if they were expanded and made universal.

Right now they're perceived as something "the others" get.

Give them to everybody and I bet that even millionaires will be careful in using them.