House Democrats plan to call on a key immigration agency to release all transgender people who are currently being detained, arguing that the U.S. has failed to follow guidelines to protect individuals who face more perilous conditions in detention than other migrants. “We write to demand the release of all transgender people currently detained by […]
Category: Legislative
Pelosi To Send Articles Of Impeachment To Senate Soon
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she would likely send articles of impeachment to the Senate soon despite winning no concessions from Republicans on allowing witnesses to testify during a trial on the House’s charges against President Trump. Though she refused to budge on her previous demands, Pelosi signaled that the next phase of […]
Bolton Basically Begging To Testify Against Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is prepared to get Senate Republicans to unilaterally pass a resolution setting the rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial despite John Bolton’s statement Monday saying he would testify under subpoena. The decision by Trump’s former national security adviser handed Senate Democrats calling for witnesses to the trial a new […]
Dems To Impeach Trump Again?
The House Judiciary Committee told a federal appeals court on Monday that it is still seeking testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn because he could provide information that would help the panel decide whether to recommend additional articles of impeachment against President Trump. The committee submitted a brief to the D.C. Circuit Court […]
Trump Accepts Pelosi’s State Of The Union Invitation
Amid the impeachment battle on Capitol Hill and a potential Senate trial beginning in January, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi extended an invitation Friday to President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 4. A short time later, the White House issued a short statement saying the president “has accepted the […]
McConnell Refuses To Call Witnesses In Impeachment Trial
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday hit back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) upbraiding of the House impeachment votes and questioned why the GOP leader wouldn’t support trial witnesses. “Is the president’s case so weak that none of the president’s men can defend him under oath? If the House’s case is […]
Pelosi Delays Sending Article Of Impeachment To The Senate
House Democrats on Thursday are rallying behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she said she’ll delay the deliver of impeachment articles to the Senate in an effort to ensure a fair trial. President Trump has urged a speedy trial in the upper chamber, and Pelosi’s allies argue that delaying the delivery of the articles will […]
Supreme Court Will Take Trump Tax Return Case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of lower court orders, now on hold, that require his banks and accountants to turn over financial records to the House and local prosecutors in New York. The cases could yield major rulings on the power of the House to demand […]
House Passes Major Drug Bill To Lower Prices
The House on Thursday passed a sweeping bill aimed at lowering prescription drug prices, a step toward a long-held Democratic goal that was met with sharp Republican resistance. The bill passed on a largely party-line vote of 230-192. The measure, which would allow the government to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs, is one of […]
Gov’t Shutdown Averted As Lawmakers Agree On Spending Bill
Lawmakers reached a deal in principle Thursday on 12 annual spending bills to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. Appropriators reached agreement on a number of contentious issues, including how to fund President Trump’s proposed border wall. “We had a very good meeting, and there’s a meeting of the minds, and we’re going to […]
High Crimes And Misdemeanors, House Introduces Impeachment
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump about two and a half months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., first announced a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., announced that his committee will consider two articles of impeachment — one for abuse of […]
Dems Agree To Fund Trump’s Space Force
The White House and House Democrats have reportedly reached a tentative deal to authorize the creation of the Space Force, a priority for the Trump administration first outlined in an executive order by the president earlier this year. The Washington Post reported Sunday that Democrats and White House negotiators had struck a bargain that would […]