HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Judiciary has given up on the Mueller Report, sadly for them after two years and $40,000,000 spent – ZERO COLLUSION, ZERO OBSTRUCTION. So they say, OK, lets look at everything else, and all of the deals that “Trump” has done over his lifetime. But it doesn’t….” –Donald Trump, […]
Category: House of Reps
9/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to intensify its investigation of Republican President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-12-19], as lawmakers edged closer to deciding whether to recommend his impeachment. The 41-member panel adopted a resolution allowing it to designate hearings as impeachment proceedings, subject witnesses to more […]
9/11/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Jim_Jordan: The House Judiciary Committee has a storied history of defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But today, Democ…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2019 10:18 pm […]
9/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans should allow Chairs of Committees to remain for longer than 6 years. It forces great people, and real leaders, to leave after serving. The Dems have unlimited terms. While that has its own problems, it is a better way to go. Fewer people, in the end, will leave!” […]
9/6/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/MILITARY/SCOTLAND/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In early Spring of this year, an Air National Guard crew made a routine trip from the U.S. to Kuwait to deliver supplies. What wasn’t routine was where the crew stopped along the way: President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort, about 50 miles outside Glasgow, Scotland. Since April, the House Oversight Committee […]
9/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/SPENDING/TRUMP BUSINESS: “House Democrats have taken their first formal steps to probe President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to steer U.S. and foreign government business to his luxury resorts, part of an expanding roster of inquiries informing them whether to recommend of articles of impeachment. In a series of letters revealed Friday [9-6-19], the […]
9/4/2019
DHS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/INVESTIGATIONS/PARDONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday [9-4-19] subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security for documents connected to President Donald Trump’s alleged offer to pardon officials who break the law while carrying out his immigration agenda. Trump has denied making such an offer, and his allies have reportedly claimed his closed-door […]
9/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Based on the IG Report, the whole Witch Hunt against me and my administration was a giant and illegal SCAM. The House of Representatives should now get back to work on drug prices, healthcare, infrastructure and all else. The Mueller Report showed No Collusion, No Obstruction!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/29/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “A federal judge on Thursday [8-29-19] denied an attempt by House Democrats to fast-track its attempt to force the Treasury Department and IRS to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The ruling from Judge Trevor McFadden in Washington, DC, does not stop the lawsuit by the Democratic-led House Ways and Means […]
8/26/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee on Monday [8-26-19] subpoenaed the former top White House aide Rob Porter to testify about President Trump’s efforts to impede the Russia investigation and asked a court to expedite a ruling on whether Donald F. McGahn II, the former White House counsel, must testify, […]
8/15/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas on Thursday [8-15-19] compelling President Trump’s first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and a former White House aide to testify publicly about actions taken by the president that could constitute obstruction of justice. The summons set up another potentially high-stakes, made-for-TV hearing around […]
8/7/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee sued on Wednesday [8-7-19] to force the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II to testify before Congress, asking a federal judge to strike down the Trump administration’s claim that top presidential aides are ‘absolutely immune’ from its subpoenas. In a filing in the […]
8/2/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF PRES/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A majority of House Democrats are now on record publicly supporting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to a CNN count — a sign of momentum for pro-impeachment lawmakers that is likely to ramp up pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders. The current number […]
8/2/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate. Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election, sharing the ticket with President Trump and being asked to answer daily […]
8/1/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, the only black Republican in the House, won’t seek reelection in 2020, he announced on Thursday [8-1-19]…Hurd, a former CIA officer who was first elected in 2014, has been an advocate for bipartisan compromise on immigration and other key issues in Congress. And he has […]
8/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans have seen a recent string of retirements ahead of the 2020 elections, a not entirely surprising outcome now that the GOP is in the minority but still a hurdle for the party seeking to retake control of the House. This year, eight Republicans have announced their decisions […]
8/1/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Monday [7-29-19], it was a soft-spoken senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri. On Tuesday, the careful chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot L. Engel of New York, threw in his support. So did Jennifer Wexton and Jason Crow, two freshmen who […]
7/26/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee on Friday [7-26-19] is moving to obtain the secret grand jury material from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in federal court, arguing they need the information in order to decide whether to impeach President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday, escalates the investigation […]
7/25/2019
BUDGET/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to announce the House has passed our budget deal 284-149. Great for our Military and our Vets. A big thank you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2019 6:25 pm […]
7/25/2019
BUDGET/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans should support the TWO YEAR BUDGET AGREEMENT which greatly helps our Military and our Vets. I am totally with you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2019 8:00 am […]
7/23/2019
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats hope to bring Robert Mueller’s report to life on Wednesday [7-24-19]. But at least one member of the target audience says ‘they’re just grooming a corpse.’ Senate Republicans are dismissing Mueller’s testimony to the House before it even happens. Most say they are too busy and won’t watch […]
7/23/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has done everything short of publicly calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment since Democrats unleashed their oversight arsenal on the president earlier this year. But Lindsey Boylan, a former New York state official who’s giving the liberal stalwart from Manhattan’s West Side […]
7/18/2019
BUSINESS/DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday [7-18-19] passed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by October 2025, a big win for workers and labor groups, even as it remained unlikely the bill would pass a Republican-controlled Senate. The move comes at a time when […]
7/17/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States House of Representatives has just overwhelmingly voted to kill the Resolution on Impeachment, 332-95-1. This is perhaps the most ridiculous and time consuming project I have ever had to work on. Impeachment of your President, who has led the….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2019 5:24 pm […]
7/17/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/HOUSE OF REPS/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives backed resolutions on Wednesday [7-17-19] to block the sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, sending them to the White House, where President Donald Trump has promised a veto. Nearly a month after the Senate supported 22 resolutions disapproving […]
7/17/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday [7-17-19] to table an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump, effectively killing the measure for now but not burying the issue that has divided Democrats. The resolution’s sponsor, Democratic Representative Al Green, was seeking to capitalize on growing criticism of Trump after the […]
7/17/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CENSUS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House voted Wednesday [7-17-19] evening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The citations for two […]
7/17/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [7-17-19] killed an attempt to impeach President Trump for statements that the chamber condemned this week as racist, turning aside an accusation that he had brought ‘ridicule, disgrace and disrepute’ to his office. The move split Democrats, underscoring the divisions within the party over whether they […]
7/17/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House gave final passage on Wednesday [7-17-19] to a series of measures that would block the sale of billions of dollars of arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, sending to President Trump a fresh rebuke of his administration’s efforts to circumvent Congress to help Persian […]
7/17/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats have kicked and screamed about the White House’s refusal to allow key Trump officials to come before Congress. But they haven’t done the one thing they can do to force the issue: Go to court. Democrats have handed out procedural slaps on the wrist — from subpoenas to […]
7/16/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….visible members of the House Democrats, who are now wedded to this bitterness and hate. The Republican vote was 187-4. Wow! Also, this was the first time since 1984 that the Speaker of the House was ruled Out of Order and broke the Rules of the House. Quite a day!” […]
7/16/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior progressive Democrats are urging House leaders to abandon plans to vote on a contentious measure in support of Israel next week, just as tensions within the caucus had temporarily faded into the background. A small group of Democrats, including leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, have cautioned House Majority […]
7/13/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is a far superior leader than was Lame Duck Speaker Paul Ryan. Tougher, smarter and a far better fundraiser, Kevin is already closing in on 44 Million Dollars. Paul’s final year numbers were, according to Breitbart, ‘abysmal.’ People like…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, […]
7/11/2019
2016 ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [7-11-19] laid into congressional Democrats over their investigations into his administration and 2016 campaign, asking, ‘How many bites at the apple do they get’ before dropping their probes and moving on to issues like immigration reform? The tweets, which came as part of a […]
7/11/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday [7-11-19] approved a dozen new subpoenas targeting a who’s who of witnesses cited in Robert S. Mueller III’s report as Democrats sought to elevate their showdown with President Trump over episodes of possible obstruction of justice documented by the special counsel. The […]
7/8/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William P. Barr accused House Democrats on Monday [7-8-19] of subpoenaing testimony from Robert S. Mueller III to ‘create some kind of public spectacle,’ rather than elicit facts, pointing to Mr. Mueller’s declaration that he would discuss only the facts laid out in the Russia investigation […]
7/3/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats’ legal bid for President Donald Trump’s tax returns has been assigned to a district court judge appointed by Trump. Trevor McFadden is slated to hear a suit filed Tuesday [7-3-19] by lawmakers demanding the administration turn over six years of the president’s tax filings. McFadden has previously ruled for […]
7/2/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IRS/LAWSUIT/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The House sued the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday [7-2-19], demanding access to President Trump’s tax returns and escalating a fight with an administration that has repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate its attempt to obtain the financial records. The lawsuit moves the dispute into the federal courts after […]
7/2/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats on Tuesday [7-2-19] sued for President Trump’s tax returns, marking the beginning of a high-stakes legal fight over his efforts to keep his taxes secret. Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) filed suit in federal court to enforce a subpoena for the records rejected in May by the […]
6/28/2019
ETHICS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee said on Friday [6-28-19] it will investigate Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz after allegations he tried to threaten and influence the congressional testimony of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. Gaetz came under scrutiny earlier this year for a Twitter post that critics […]
6/28/2019
ETHICS/HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Representative Matt Gaetz, an outspoken Florida Republican with close ties to President Trump, has landed in hot water — again. The bipartisan leaders of the House Ethics Committee said on Friday [6-28-19] that Mr. Gaetz had flouted their requests for an in-person interview to answer to accusations that he had […]
6/25/2019
BORDER/FOREIGN AID/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [6-25-19] approved a $4.5 billion aid package to address the migrant surge along the U.S.-Mexico border, including new standards for migrants in custody following reports of poor conditions facing young children at overcrowded facilities. The Democratic-led House voted 230-195, mostly along party […]
6/25/2019
BORDER/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided House voted on Tuesday [6-24-19] to send $4.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the border to address horrific conditions facing a crush of migrants, attaching significant rules on how the money could be spent in the first action by Democrats to rein in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. […]
6/21/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Donald Trump business associate Felix Sater did not appear behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday [6-21-19] morning because he overslept after he took a sedative, Sater told CNN. The House Intelligence Committee says it will issue a subpoena for Sater to appear before their panel […]
6/21/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Felix H. Sater, a former business associate of President Trump’s, failed to show up on Friday [6-21-19] to an interview with House investigators meant to explore his work on a proposed Trump real estate project in Moscow. He will now face a congressional subpoena. Mr. Sater had voluntarily agreed to […]
6/19/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Felix Sater, the Russian-born business associate of President Donald Trump who worked on the Moscow Trump Tower project, told CNN Wednesday [6-19-19] he will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday [6-21-19]. Sater’s testimony, which will be behind closed doors, is a sign that the House Intelligence Committee is […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After weeks of simmering frustration, House Democrats took their first shot on Wednesday [6-19-19] at questioning a key figure from Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into whether President Trump obstructed justice. They were not entirely happy with the results. Behind closed doors, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee pressed Hope […]
6/17/2019
DEMS/FOREIGN POLICY/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are largely pursuing flashy, partisan, made-for-TV investigations targeting President Donald Trump, but one panel is taking a different approach — and getting results. The House Foreign Affairs Committee is quietly amassing documents on allegations of politically motivated retaliation at the State Department. It’s looking into whether Trump […]
6/13/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unrelated to Russia, Russia, Russia (although the Radical Left doesn’t use the name Russia anymore since the issuance of the Mueller Report), House Committee now plays the seldom used ‘Contempt’ card on our great A.G. & Sec. of Commerce – this time on the Census. Dems play a…..” –Donald […]
6/13/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unrelated to Russia, Russia, Russia (although the Radical Left doesn’t use the name Russia anymore since the issuance of the Mueller Report), House Committee now plays the seldom used ‘Contempt’ card on our great A.G. & Sec. of Commerce – this time on the Census. Dems play a…..” –Donald […]
6/13/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..much tougher game than the Republicans did when they had the House Majority. Republicans will remember! “This has already been argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, but the House doesn’t want to wait. This is a common thread between all of the Committees – do whatever you…” –Donald Trump, […]
6/12/2019
ARMS-WEAPONS/HOUSE OF REPS/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior State Department official on Wednesday [6-12-19] defended the Trump administration’s use of an emergency declaration to push through arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, telling a hostile House committee that holding back the weapons would have offered an opening to commercial rivals in […]
6/12/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House committee voted on Wednesday [6-12-19] to recommend that two cabinet secretaries be held in contempt of Congress, hours after President Trump invoked executive privilege to block disclosure of crucial documents on the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s […]
6/12/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s closest former campaign and White House aides, has agreed to participate next week in a transcribed interview with the House Judiciary Committee on topics stemming from the special counsel’s investigation, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday [6-12-19]. The hearing will be the first time […]
6/11/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted on Tuesday [6-11-19] to authorize the Judiciary Committee to go to court to enforce two subpoenas related to Robert S. Mueller III’s inquiry — threatening to open a new legal front in the Democrats’ efforts to investigate President Trump and his administration. The resolution, which passed […]
6/10/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department, after weeks of tense negotiations, has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence collected by Robert S. Mueller III that Democrats believe could shed light on possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Trump. The precise scope, volume or usefulness of the […]
6/10/2019
BORDER/COURTS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House of Representatives today appealed a federal judge’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s ability to funnel billions of non-congressionally approved dollars toward border wall construction. The move deepens the legal fight between the Democrat-led House and Trump over his February declaration of a national emergency as part of […]
6/7/2019
CENSUS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Oversight Committee’s Democratic staff charged in a memo on Friday [6-7-19] that the White House ‘interfered directly and aggressively’ with a previously undisclosed interview the panel conducted Monday [6-3-19] with former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach related to the Trump administration’s push to include a citizenship […]
6/6/2019
DEMS/HOLIDAY/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three senior House Democrats are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his plans to speak at the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), who oversees the Appropriations subpanel that funds Interior, expressed […]
6/6/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After weeks of pledging to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in contempt for defying subpoenas, House Democrats appear poised to pursue an alternative path to try to force them into sharing information. A resolution that the House Rules Committee […]
6/5/2019
BORDER/DEMS/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic leaders are facing sharp pushback from rank-and-file members on plans to deliver billions of dollars to ease the migrant crisis at the southern border, threatening to drag out another border funding fight with President Donald Trump. Leaders of several groups, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the […]
6/5/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘House Republicans support the President on Tariffs with Mexico all the way, & that makes any measure the President takes on the Border totally Veto proof. Why wouldn’t you as Republicans support him when that will allow our President to make a better deal.’ Thank you @GOPLeader” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/5/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats, fresh off a Republican victory against them (in Federal Court) on the Wall, keep asking people to come and testify regarding the No Collusion Witch Hunt. They are very unhappy with the Mueller Report, especially with his corrective letter, & now want a Do Over!” –Donald Trump, […]
6/4/2019
CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrat-led House passed legislation on Tuesday [6-4-29] to grant a path to citizenship to about 2.5 million immigrants whose legal protections President Trump has moved to end, advancing a measure that highlights the bitter partisan differences over immigration. The bill, which passed 237 to 187, with seven Republicans voting […]
5/29/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller’s investigation may be complete, but House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff says the special counsel owes one final duty to the nation: congressional testimony…Earlier Wednesday [5-29-19], Mueller offered his first public remarks since the special counsel report’s release, largely reiterating his team’s written findings of extensive Russian election […]
5/23/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The war of words between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi escalated in dramatic fashion on Thursday [5-23-19], with each leader questioning the other’s temperament and mental fitness in an extraordinary exchange of personal insults. The president, who has largely avoided direct personal attacks on the speaker, finally gave […]
5/23/2019
AGRICULTURE/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ratcheted up his feud with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday [5-23-19], turning an event organized to announce a multibillion-dollar aid package to farmers into a nearly half-hour-long diatribe against his Democratic rivals. Rejecting Pelosi’s characterization of his decision to scrap a meeting Wednesday [5-22-19] […]
5/22/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Zero is getting done with the Democrats in charge of the House. All they want to do is put the Mueller Report behind them and start all over again. No Do-Overs!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2019 9:31 pm […]
5/22/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a letter to her House colleagues, Nancy Pelosi said: ‘President Trump had a temper tantrum for us all to see.’ This is not true. I was purposely very polite and calm, much as I was minutes later with the press in the Rose Garden. Can be easily proven. […]
5/21/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/HOUSE OF REPS/REX TILLERSON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with a handful of House members and staffers for seven hours Tuesday [5-21-19] to discuss President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decision-making, including on issues related to Russia. Tillerson served roughly a year as America’s chief diplomat before the president fired him […]
5/21/2019
CONGRESS/COURTS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-21-19] appealed a federal judge’s ruling against his attempt to block a House of Representatives committee from seeking his financial records, according to a court filing. Lawyers for Trump and his company filed the appeal in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia one […]
5/17/2019
BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have agreed to begin negotiations on a two-year deal to lift stiff budget caps, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. The ‘Big 4’ congressional leaders will meet with top […]
5/16/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced on Thursday [5-16-19] that the panel will consider an ‘enforcement action’ against Attorney General William Barr next week for defying the chairman’s subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report and its supporting intelligence materials. Schiff’s announcement came a day after […]
5/14/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether lawyers tied to President Trump and his family helped obstruct the panel’s inquiry into Russian election interference by shaping false testimony, a series of previously undisclosed letters from its chairman show. The line of inquiry stems from claims made by the president’s […]
5/10/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Republicans have harangued House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, accusing him of lying to the country and demanding his resignation. But the senior Republican who spearheaded the call for Schiff to step down now says those disagreements are ‘water under the bridge.’ GOP Rep. Mike […]
5/9/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @HouseGOP: D’s bill on the floor today has nothing to do w/ pre-existing conditions. But it will prevent states from reducing the pric…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 9, 2019 8:35 pm […]
5/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Returning to a central issue of the 2018 campaign, House Democrats on Thursday [5-9-19] passed legislation to reverse Trump administration rules that allow expansion of health care plans that do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s mandated coverage of pre-existing medical conditions. The vote — 230 […]
5/9/2019
CENTRAL AMERICA/DEMS/FOREIGN AID/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives committee moved on Thursday [5-9-19] toward restoring hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to Central America that was cut off by President Donald Trump, setting up a potential showdown with the White House. A House Appropriations subcommittee released a draft of […]
5/8/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday [5-8-19] to recommend that the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Robert S. Mueller III’s unredacted report, hours after President Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the full report and underlying evidence […]
5/8/2019
FLORIDA/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENATE: “We’re vastly expanding affordable alternatives to Obamacare before we terminate it and replace it with something good once we take over the House, the Senate, the presidency together. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. Always. The Republican Party will always protect patients with preexisting condition. People with preexisting […]
5/7/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A bipartisan group of more than 100 former members of the House of Representatives filed a court brief Tuesday [5-7-19] in a case challenging the President’s national emergency declaration. The case, brought by the House of Representatives, seeks to block President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to fund his signature […]
5/7/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s wholesale refusal to provide information to Congress threatens to upend the delicate balance that is the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. Earlier administrations fought isolated skirmishes over congressional subpoenas. Mr. Trump, by contrast, has declared an all-out war on efforts by House Democrats to look into […]
5/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The Trump administration on Monday [5-6-19] formally rejected demands by House Democrats to turn over the president’s tax returns, setting the stage for what’s likely to be a long legal battle. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said their demands raise ‘serious constitutional questions’ and that lawmakers do not have […]
4/30/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The Trump family lawsuit to block oversight of its finances has House Democrats scrambling to confront what many see as the gravest threat to congressional independence since the Nixon era, reviving internal debate over the ultimate weapon in the Democrats’ arsenal: impeachment. For nearly two weeks, Democrats have debated […]
4/29/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump is moving ahead with a Thursday [5-2-19] hearing to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report, even if the attorney general doesn’t show. The standoff took its latest turn Monday [4-29-19] when the Judiciary […]
4/29/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats signaled on Monday [4-29-19] that they would press ahead with plans to have staff lawyers question Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday [5-2-19], despite his threat to skip the much-anticipated hearing on the work of Robert S. Mueller III if Democrats stick by that format. The […]
4/25/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RepMarkMeadows: We knew they wouldn’t give up. The collusion delusion fell flat, and now reports say House Democrats are preparing to…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2019 8:32 am […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/OBSTRUCTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday [4-24-19] accused President Donald Trump of a ‘unprecedented, and growing pattern of obstruction’ after he ordered federal employees not to comply with congressional investigations. The Republican president ordered officials not to obey legal requests from the Democratic-led House of […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges caution on impeachment, rank-and-file House Democrats are agonizing over the prospect of trying to oust President Trump, caught between their sense of historic responsibilities and political considerations in the wake of the special counsel’s damning portrait of abuses. The Democrats — including more than […]
4/23/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House of Representatives has asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall using Defense Department funds. On Tuesday [4-23-19], House lawyers requested that U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden issue a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to spend about $6 […]
4/22/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump and his businesses, seeking to brush back congressional investigators, sued the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday [4-22-19] to try to quash a congressional subpoena for their financial records. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court here, argued that the committee’s chairman, Representative […]
4/16/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After three months in power, House Democrats have finally hit their investigative stride. They’ve teed up invasive probes of President Donald Trump’s finances, uncorked subpoenas and set the stage for court battles that could consume Washington through the 2020 election. But everything could change Thursday [4-18-19] when Attorney General […]
4/15/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of House Democrats’ bid to seize the president’s tax returns, telling the Treasury Department that the lawmakers have offered no good reason to obtain the documents. William Consovoy attacked Democrats’ arguments that they need Trump’s confidential filings so they can vet the […]
4/15/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Congressional investigators on Monday [4-15-19] intensified their pursuit of President Trump’s personal and business financial records by issuing a subpoena to his longtime lender, Deutsche Bank. The two committees that issued the subpoena, the House’s Intelligence and Financial Services committees, also demanded documents from numerous other financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, […]
4/15/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IRS/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday [4-15-19] urged the Treasury Department not to hand over Mr. Trump’s tax returns to House Democrats, warning that releasing the documents to lawmakers he accused of having a ‘radical view of unchecked congressional power’ would turn the Internal Revenue Service into a political weapon. It […]
4/14/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KimStrassel: Actually, they chose NOT to give give GOP House a lot of what GOP investigators wanted–easily more than 400 pages. It’s a…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2019 8:50 pm […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Democrats on Saturday [4-13-19] rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of the significance of the worst terrorist assault on U.S. soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Trump for using the ‘painful images of 9/11 […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The chairman of the House oversight committee said Friday [4-12-19] he intends to subpoena President Donald Trump’s accountant for his financial records. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told committee members in a letter that Mazars USA wouldn’t turn over records for Trump, his company and related entities without a subpoena. Cummings […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats want to negotiate a $2 TRILLION spending increase but can’t even pass their own plan. We can’t afford it anyway, and it’s not happening!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:14 pm […]
4/10/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The Treasury Department said on Wednesday [4-10-19] evening that it would not immediately comply with a congressional request to hand over President Trump’s tax returns, setting up a protracted legal battle between two branches of government. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said in a letter to Representative Richard E. Neal, […]