Steil, Pocan on new Congress
Reps. Bryan Steil and Mark Pocan on House GOP moving full steam ahead
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The Senate minority leader previously said he had no hard feelings toward the men, but his actions said otherwise.
- NBC News
Republicans quash Democratic ban on carrying guns in a congressional committee room
A House committee meeting turned heated when a Democrat offered an amendment that would prohibit lawmakers from carrying guns in the panel's hearing room.
- NBC News
Fireworks in House after Democrat says 'insurrectionists' should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance
A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hour-long debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that "insurrectionists" who backed former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election should be banned from leading it.
- INSIDER
House GOP accidentally gives Democrats supermajority on new 'weaponization' subcommittee
An apparent typo in a resolution organizing the committee gives Democrats 9 members on a 12-member committee. The actual plan is to have 21 members.
- Fox News
Mike Lee, Rick Scott lose key committee seats; Scott blames McConnell
Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida were removed from the Senate Commerce Committee as the new Congress gears up, Fox News Digital has learned.
- Fox News
Democrat wants to expand House of Representatives by 150 seats to create smaller voting districts
A House Democrat says there aren't enough House members to represent a growing U.S. population, and is proposing the addition of 150 more lawmakers to the House chamber.
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Omar lashes out at McCarthy for 'personally whipping votes' against her: 'Pathetic'
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., lashed out at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, calling his attempts to personally whip votes against her retaining her committee assignments "pathetic."
- The Hill
House to vote on resolution removing Omar from panel
The House is set to vote on a resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, marking the culmination of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) longtime effort to oust the congresswoman from the panel as punishment for making antisemitic comments. McCarthy’s announcement of a Thursday vote came shortly after…
- Kansas City Star
After marijuana vote, Missouri House passes bill to make it harder to change constitution
“Marijuana would still be illegal in this state, would still be fully criminalized in this state, if not for the ballot initiative that allowed less than 60% to pass,” state Rep. Peter Merideth, a St. Louis Democrat said on the floor Thursday.
- Fox News
Sen. Kennedy moves to repeal Biden admin's pistol brace rule: 'Assault on the Second Amendment'
Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy will take action to counter the Biden administration's new rule tightening regulations on pistol stabilizing braces, which took affect this week.
- The Hill
Maxwell Frost hits back at Jim Jordan over his Tyre Nichols comments
First-term Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is hitting back at Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for his comments that police reform legislation may have failed to prevent the “evil” of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating at the hands of Memphis, Tenn., officers. Jordan made his comments during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, telling host…
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Matt Gaetz urges colleagues to abolish the ATF before it strips Americans of gun rights: 'Cannot be trusted'
Rep. Matt Gaetz is urging his colleagues to support a bill he introduced that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
- USA TODAY
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to give State of the Union rebuttal, GOP ousts Omar from committee: live updates
Republicans have tapped Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to give their response to Biden’s speech. House GOP removes Ilhan Omar from committee.
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Senate Republicans push for concealed carry reciprocity in new Second Amendment bill
More than 40 Senate Republicans are pushing to expand Second Amendment protections to make concealed carry permits reciprocal across states.
- LA Times
House Republicans vote Rep. Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee
Fulfilling a pledge, Speaker Kevin McCarthy's GOP-led House narrowly votes to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
- National Review
Bye, Bye, DiFi? Pelosi Issues Qualified Endorsement of Schiff for Feinstein Seat
Nancy Pelosi released a statement conditionally endorsing Adam Schiff's bid to succeed Dianne Feinstein in the senate, provided she opts not to run.
- Business Insider
86 House Democrats voted against a GOP-proposed resolution 'denouncing the horrors of socialism'
The resolution, sponsored by Cuban-American Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, was met with eye-rolls from many in the Democratic Party.
- Time
Exclusive: John Fetterman Is Using This Assistive Technology in the Senate to Help With His Stroke Recovery
The Sergeant at Arms has installed a permanent live caption display monitor at Fetterman’s desk in the Senate chamber, among other new accommodations.
- The Hill
Scott: ‘I don’t think it made any sense’ for McConnell to boot me from Commerce
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has challenged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) leadership and strategy on multiple fronts, told CNN in an interview that he doesn’t think McConnell kicking him off the powerful Commerce Committee “made any sense.” But Scott said he’s undeterred by the setback, which some Senate conservatives think is payback after…
- Reuters
California Democrats aim to protect gun control measures from challenges
California Democrats on Wednesday vowed to enact new legislation aimed at protecting state restrictions on carrying concealed weapons from conservative legal challenges, days after two mass shootings left 18 people dead in the most-populous U.S. state. The proposed legislation would raise the age at which a gun owner can apply for a concealed-carry permit, increase the training requirement for obtaining a permit and ban the use of alcohol while carrying a concealed weapon. It also would carve out sensitive zones in airports and around schools where concealed weapons would not be allowed.