D21 Joins In Urging House Leaders To Approve OCC Board Overseeing House Ethics
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Tag Archive for: Congress
Speaker Johnson, The House, & Ukraine Funding
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Mike Johnson Ukraineby Jackie HowellA funding package focused mainly on military assistance for Ukraine and Israel, and humanitarian aid, has been stymied in the House of Representatives since the […]
The Silent Republicans
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhy are so many Republican officeholders being silent as former President Donald Trump threatens to create an autocracy, if not a dictatorship, if elected again […]
They Call Him “MAGA Mike”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Election Deniers House Republicans Mike Johnsonby Jackie HowellBefore Wednesday, when Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected Speaker of the House, he was one of those “under the radar” Members of Congress. But […]
Jim Jordan Is Unfit To Be Speaker Of The House
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Jim Jordanby Jackie HowellThere may be no better example of how badly our national politics are polarized than the case of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). Jordan is anything […]
The House In Chaos
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Kevin McCarthy TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn 1994, Republicans, led by Rep. Newt Gingrich, won control of the House for the first time in 40 years. Republicans have had five Speakers […]
Is Bipartisanship Dead?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Congress House Republicansby Jackie HowellAs the country faces a potential government shutdown at the end of September, Senators appear to be working in a bipartisan way to avoid the […]
The Debt Ceiling Limit & Other Obsolete Congressional Rules That Need To Change
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Debt Ceilingby Jackie HowellFred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 18, 2023 Many congressional rules are relics of the past that need to be changed to bring Congress into […]
Michel, Joscelyn, & Eisen In Salon: Jim Jordan Has Found No “Weaponization” Of Government — And No Actual Whistleblowers
|Press Releases |"Weaponization" Subcommittee Congress House Republicans Jim Jordanby Jackie HowellAs Capitol Hill investigators who have worked for both parties, Paul Michel, Tom Joscelyn, and Norm Eisen see Rep. Jim Jordan’s far-right snipe hunt as […]
Welcome to The Insurrection: Part II
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 23, 2023 The Trump-led insurrection that culminated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol did not end with […]
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