Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times, Top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are calling for attention from U.S. health authorities on the “suspicious” clusters of viral infections and reports of pneumonia affecting Chinese children, warning that it would be “an abdication” of their duty for allowing the Chinese regime to […]
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Republican Lawmakers Call CDC Attention To “Suspicious” Virus Outbreak In China
Maryland lawmakers threaten leading immigrant advocacy group for urging Gaza ceasefire
The retribution from state lawmakers was swift and severe after Gustavo Torres, the executive director of CASA de Maryland, posted a tweet and statement on November 6, calling out Israel’s “terror” against Gaza and urging a ceasefire. Outrage and threats rained down from donors and politicians against the largest immigrant rights group in the Mid-Atlantic […]
House GOP lawmakers in live interview don’t think Biden is ‘cognitively strong enough’ to be president
When asked during a segment with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity who thinks President Biden is “cognitively strong enough” for the top spot, it appeared no House GOP members present for the segment raised their hands. During a live interview with several GOP leaders and an audience of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday night, Hannity asked… […]
34 Lawmakers Say Strikes Put Pensions at Risk, Worker Demands Must Be Met
Dozens of Arizona elected officials wrote a letter this week asking their state’s retirement fund to not invest with the private equity firm Blackstone until it meets the demands of California’s striking hotel unions out of concern that labor strife will negatively affect pensions. The Thursday open letter was organized by UNITE HERE Local 11—which represents […]
Lawmakers react to Biden’s Oval Office address
Lawmakers reacted after President Biden delivered an Oval Office address on Thursday night, during which he spoke on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the war in Ukraine. Democrats seemed to react well to their leader’s Thursday night speech, with many praising the president’s words on the current foreign conflicts. “Tonight, President Joe Biden masterfully presented the… […]
US Lawmakers Demand Biden Declassify Intelligence On Gaza Hospital Disaster
During his Tel Aviv visit on Wednesday, President Biden had been pressed by reporters as to what convinced him to side with Israel’s denial that it didn’t strike Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, killing up to 200-300 people, according to local health officials. Biden had said that data from his Defense Department showed the explosion […]
GOP lawmakers tap victims of violent crime as witnesses in latest effort to show DC is soft on crime
House Republicans called victims of violent crimes in Washington, D.C., to act as witnesses in a Thursday Judiciary Committee hearing as part of their latest effort to highlight the abundance of violence in the District. GOP members of the subcommittee on crime and the federal government continued their months-long attempt to highlight the pitfalls of… […]
US, Israeli Lawmakers Call for Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
By Dave DeCamp Lawmakers in the US and Israel have called for the mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza Source Views: 0
Bipartisan lawmakers introduce Iron Dome appropriations act
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would appropriate $2 billion to help Israel with its Iron Dome defense system. The Iron Dome is a system that intercepts rockets being fired at Israel. “Radical Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists are kidnapping, torturing, raping, burning… […]
BREAKING—GAME CHANGER! 11 HERO Lawmakers Sue MI SOS Jocelyn Benson and MI Director of Elections In Federal Court For Violating US and MI Constitution To Change Election Laws
BREAKING—GAME CHANGER! 11 HERO Lawmakers Sue MI SOS Jocelyn Benson and MI Director of Elections In Federal Court For Violating US and MI Constitution To Change Election Laws Source Views: 0
GOP lawmakers press Ford on deal with Chinese battery maker
A trip of GOP House members sent a letter to Ford leadership Wednesday, questioning the company over a decision to partner with a Chinese battery manufacturer on a new plant in Michigan and threatening to subpoena its CEO. Ford paused work on the battery plant this week, but the lawmakers said the auto maker has… […]
Californians To Pay 18% Tax On Firearms, Ammo After Anti-Gun Lawmakers Strike
Californians To Pay 18% Tax On Firearms, Ammo After Anti-Gun Lawmakers Strike Two weeks ago, the California Legislature passed a new excise tax on the sales price of all firearms, firearm precursor parts, and ammunition. The 11% tax, paid in addition to sales taxes (base statewide sales tax of 7.25%), would take effect on July […]
Alarm bells ring as lawmakers prep for possible shutdown
Alarm bells are ringing in Washington as some lawmakers begin to make preparations for a government in shutdown. House Republicans left town Thursday without a deal for a short-term funding patch, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), scrapping expected weekend votes. Congress has little over a week until the looming deadline to prevent a… […]
Tech moguls, lawmakers hold Senate hearing on AI amid its rapid rise
(NaturalNews) Technology bigwigs and senators sat down for a closed-door hearing on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on different facets of… Source Views: 0
US lawmakers advance legislation blocking the digital dollar
READ HERE: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-lawmakers-advance-legislation-blocking-digital-dollar Source Views: 0
GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin scheme to remove elections chief
Wisconsin Republicans are moving to fire the state’s nonpartisan elections director ahead of the upcoming presidential primary in the state, casting a shadow of uncertainty over 2024 elections. The state Senate is set to hold a hearing Tuesday on Meagan Wolfe, the administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, the first step in what is likely […]
Lawmakers weigh in on Jacksonville shooting
Lawmakers weigh in on Jacksonville shooting lead image Source Views: 0
Iran FM briefs lawmakers on foreign relations
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian along with other foreign ministry officials attended a meeting with the members of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee to brief them on the latest in Iran’s foreign policy developments. Source Views: 0
Trading places: More lawmakers are swapping political parties
For Elliott Pritt, defecting to the GOP was an obvious choice. The West Virginia lawmaker comes from an area of the state that used to be solidly blue — voters sent a Democrat to his seat in the state House for 24 straight years. But attitudes in his district have recently swung towards Republicans, credited […]