Hill Leaders Slipped Scheme into Spending Bill to Block, Stymie Investigations into Congress
Congressional leadership slipped a provision into the stopgap spending bill that would block or stymie investigations into Congress.
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Rand Paul: Bill ‘Full of Pork’ Shows Speaker Johnson Is a ‘Weak, Weak Man’
The recently unveiled government funding bill “full of pork” shows that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is a “weak, weak man,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said.
Republicans Bristle at Speaker Johnson over Spending Bill ‘Full of Handouts from the Uniparty to the Swamp’
Republicans are bristling at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over the 1,547-page spending deal released mere days ahead of the deadline, full of pork and disappointment.
Rep. Andy Biggs Blasts Speaker Johnson’s Spending Bill: Trump ‘Didn’t Drag the GOP Across the Finish Line for Us to Abandon the American People’
“The 1,547-page Christmas omnibus is an insult to the American voters who demanded change from the inside out,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said of the spending bill.
Spending Bill Subsidizes State Department’s Conservative Censorship Slush Fund
The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency that funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.
Job Well Done: Congress Gives Itself a Raise with Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal
The lame-duck continuing resolution unveiled just three days before a potential government shutdown strips a provision included in spending bills since 2009 to block automatic raises for Congress, effectively giving senators and House members a raise.
Congress Unveils 1,547-Page Spending Deal Three Days Before Deadline
House leaders unveiled a 1,547-page continuing resolution — including at least tens of billions of dollars in additional goodies — just hours before a vote to keep the government open past the Friday deadline.
House Preps ‘Crap Sandwich’ Funding Bill as Government Shutdown Looms
Government funding expires Friday at midnight, but congressional leaders are still finalizing an expanding compromise to punt the deadline and staple on hundreds of billions of dollars in unrelated additional spending.
Speaker Johnson: We’ll Probably Have 2 Reconciliation Bills, Haven’t Decided if Tax Plan Is Done Right Away or We Wait
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that “There probably will be at least two reconciliation packages. So, the determination right now is, where does the
Speaker Mike Johnson Would Like to Slash Funding for Planned Parenthood, PBS
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he would “like to” axe funding to abortion giant Planned Parenthood and PBS when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Backs Mike Johnson for Speaker
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reached a truce with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ahead of President Donald Trump’s critical 100 day legislative sprint.
Mike Johnson Nixes Biden’s $24 Billion Aid Request for Ukraine
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that there should not be more aid for Ukraine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Congressional Leaders Prep Stopgap to Punt Spending Bill into Trump’s Second Term
Congressional leaders are prepping a stopgap funding bill that would punt the next funding bill into President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.
Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘Trust in Our Justice System Has Been Almost Irreparably Damaged by the Bidens’
Trust in the justice system has been “almost irreparably damaged by the Bidens,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in reaction to President Joe Biden pardoning Hunter, his criminal son, for crimes spanning back to 2014.
GOP Rep. Luna Introduces Resolution ‘Condemning Death Threats’ Against Rep. Mace Over Transgender Restroom Issue on Capitol Hill
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced a resolution that condemns the “death threats” that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has received over a bill that seeks to protect women’s rights by barring biological men from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol.
House Republican Leadership Blocking Fix to Limit Controversial Spy Powers
House Republican leadership is blocking a proposal to narrow a controversial provision that grants intelligence agencies the power to spy on a vast number of American businesses to help the government.
Trans Montana Lawmaker: ‘We’re Every Bit as Biologically Female as Cis Women’
A Montana lawmaker who identifies as a “progressive, bisexual trans woman” is claiming that men who say they are transgender women are “every bit as ‘biologically female'” as real women.
WATCH: Nancy Mace Rips Down Trans Flag Reading ‘You Can’t Erase Us Nancy’
Thursday morning, Mace destroyed a transgender flag cobbled together with sheets of copy paper, included a message reading “You can’t erase us, Nancy,” according to Mace.
Boyle: The Inside Game Decides Capitol Hill Power Centers – Politicians Run Against Other Politicians in Elections Decided by Politicians
Nothing screams “party of the people” more than elected politicians running against other elected politicians in elections that will be voted on only by yet more elected politicians. That might sound like a mouthful, but it’s what’s happening this month on Capitol Hill as House and Senate Republicans are divvying up the spoils of their majorities that the American people sent to Washington on Nov. 5.
John Fetterman Offers Office Restroom to Trans Rep-Elect Sarah McBride: ‘Welcome to Use’
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) jumped into the discussion on biological men who identify as transgender using women’s restrooms in the United States Capitol building, stating that Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D) was “welcome to use” his office restroom.
Mike Johnson Will Enforce Transgender Bathroom Ban in Capitol as Nancy Mace Forces the Issue
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will block biological men from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol complex, he announced Wednesday.
Nancy Mace: ‘Forcing Women to Share Private Spaces with Men Is Not Dignity and Not Respect’
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) ardently defended her plans to introduce a bill preventing biological men to use women’s facilities at the U.S. Capitol, making it clear that “forcing women to share private spaces with men is not dignity and not respect.”
Mike Johnson Clarifies that a ‘Man Is a Man, and a Woman Is a Woman’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) clarified that a “man is a man, and a “woman is a woman” hours after he had been asked if Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D) was a “man or a woman.”
Mike Johnson to Block Transgender Staff from Women’s Bathrooms in Capitol, Backing Nancy Mace
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has privately committed to back an effort led by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to block biological men from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol.
Speaker Johnson: We ‘Need Work Visas,’ We ‘Need to Encourage Legal Immigration’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that America needed “work visas” and to “encourage legal immigration.”
Mike Johnson: Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are ‘Disruptors’ by Design
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President-elect Donald Trump was fulling his mandate by picking cabinet members who are “disruptors” by design.
Lawmakers Threaten to Revoke Security Clearances of 51 Hunter Biden Laptop Deniers
The 51 former intelligence officials who suggested Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation could lose their security clearances, Republican lawmakers indicated this week.
House GOP Moves to Make It Nine Times Harder to Vote to Vacate the Speaker
Two factions of the House Republican conference have brokered a deal to raise the threshold to trigger a motion to vacate the chair, the procedure to force a vote to remove the Speaker of the House, from one member to nine.
House Republicans Nominate Mike Johnson for Speaker
The House Republican Conference on Wednesday nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to continue serving as the leader of the House.
Donald Trump Meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill as President-Elect: ‘Isn’t It Nice to Win?’
President-elect Donald Trump met with House Republicans on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to start a busy day in D.C.
Exclusive — Speaker Johnson Orders Entire Biden Administration to Preserve and Retain All Records and Documents
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered the entire administration of President Joe Biden to preserve all records and communications in the waning days of the outgoing Democrat administration as former President Donald Trump’s team prepares to take over.
Mike Johnson Helped Save an Establishment Republican Who Voted to Impeach Donald Trump
House Speaker Mike Johnson spent time and money for the reelection of Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) despite the fact that Newhouse voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, now again the president-elect of the United States.
Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, One of ’25 Intransigents’ Who Opposed Jim Jordan for Speaker, Defeated
Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) was defeated by Democrat state lawmaker Janelle Bynum in the race for Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District.
Speaker Johnson: ‘I Think We’ve Got a Mandate from the American People’
Wednesday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dismissed Democrat reactions to former President Donald Trump’s election victory a night earlier.
Speaker Johnson: ‘Flailing’ Kamala Harris Campaign Lying About Trump, GOP Health Care Stance
During an appearance on FNC’s “The Story,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dismissed claims by Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign that Republicans wanted to repeal the Affordable Care Act based on his remarks caught on video.
Speaker Johnson: ‘We’re Going to Have a Demographic Shift in This Electorate’
Wednesday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) offered his predictions on what lies ahead for the November 5 election.
Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell to Kamala: ‘End the Dangerous Rhetoric’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Vice President Kamala Harris to end her dangerous rhetorical attacks on Donald Trump following multiple attempts on his life.
Speaker Johnson Suggests CNN’s Tapper Likes Saying ‘Arnold Palmer’s Penis’
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) asked host Jake Tapper to stop talking about “Arnold Palmer’s penis” after numerous mentions.
Speaker Johnson: GOP Will Win White House, Senate, House
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Republicans will win the White House, Senate and House in the upcoming election.
Liz Cheney: ‘I Do Not Have Faith that Mike Johnson Will Fulfill His Constitutional Obligations’
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she did not have “faith” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will certify the 2024 presidential election.
