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AOC and The Squad Sell Out, Help Reelect Pelosi Speaker

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 03, 2021 37 Comments

The new Congress convened Sunday at noon, and the House held its Speakership vote. With only a razor-thin majority, Democrats could not afford to indulge 15 members voting against Nancy Pelosi as happened two years ago, nor did AOC or the rest of the 'Squad' defect despite pressure from the left not to "sell out."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JySALvmSI

#NY22: Democrat Regains Lead By 14 Votes After Hundreds Of New Votes Counted

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 23, 2020 17 Comments

New York Congressional District Rep. Anthony Brindisi took a lead by fourteen votes over his Republican challenger Claudia Tenney. Brindisi is ahead by 0.00004%.

https://www.wicz.com/story/43061166/ny22-canvassing-of-votes-continues-this-week-in-undetermined-congressional-race

#NY22: Delayed Time Stamps on Ballots Stored In Jail Cell May Impact Election Outcome

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2020 19 Comments

New York's 22nd Congressional District will begin the next session without a representative because the election is still a mess. First, it was sticky notes. Now, it's about time stamps on ballots stored in a jail cell. You cannot make up this stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RklrwQ448 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkcH3y8UCmM

Congress Will Vote on COVID-19 Relief Bill Almost Half of What Democrats Asked Before Election

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 21, 2020 34 Comments

Congress will vote Monday night on a COVID-19 relief bill worth $900 billion along with a $1.4 trillion spending bill to cover the remainder of the 2021 Fiscal Year. The Democrats wanted a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill before the election, but Republicans offered $900 billion. The left only agreed to that amount after their guy won the presidential election.

Payback Time: Establishment Dems Ambush AOC, Denying Her Prized Energy Committee Position

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 19, 2020 32 Comments

Freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was snubbed Thursday during a private Democrat committee meeting held to decide a key House Energy and Commerce Committee seat, and it wasn't even a close vote.

#NY22: Could These 67 Rejected Votes Finally Put an End to the Brindisi-Tenney Race?

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 16, 2020 9 Comments

Here we go again with the race for New York's 22nd Congressional District! Incumbent Democrat Rep. Anthony Brindisi's campaign wants to count 60 rejected ballots. Republican Claudia Tenney wants to count seven ballots.

Democrat NJ Rep. Demands Pelosi Not Seat 126 GOP Reps Who Backed Texas Suit

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 12, 2020 21 Comments

Following the Supreme Court's denial of the Texas lawsuit—later joined by 17 states, New Jersey Democrat Rep. Bill Pascrell is demanding that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refuse to seat the 126 House Republicans who supported the Texas suit. LI readers may recall Pascrell filing complaints against and trying to get lawyers representing President Trump disbarred.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMEt2ji1gE

Axios Reporter: ‘Completely Absurd’ Swalwell Blames Trump for Chinese Spy Story

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 10, 2020 26 Comments

Rep. Eric Swalwell thinks he's so important that President Donald Trump would plant a Chinese spy story about him. Axios reporter Jonathan Swan tore apart Swalwell's claim, reminding the guy that he knew Axios was working on this story in 2019.

NY Justice Refuses to Declare Winner in #NY22, Puts Them Back at Square One

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2020 22 Comments

New York State Supreme Court Judge Scott DelConte told Board of Elections officials that he would not declare a winner in New York's 22nd Congressional District and fix previous errors. My head is still spinning.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1334924495300272134

Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation Breezes Through the House

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 05, 2020 30 Comments

The U.S. House voted mostly along party lines to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. A few representatives finally admitted the war on drugs is a disaster.

More Bad News for Pelosi: Republican David Valadao Flips #CA21 House Seat

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 28, 2020 25 Comments

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been watching her majority shrink significantly as results from the 2020 election continue to come in. And now there is more bad news for her as Republicans flip yet another House seat, this time yet another one in California.

#NY22: Democratic Incumbent Brindisi Reportedly Leads Challenger Tenney by Only 13 Votes

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2020 14 Comments

Incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi for New York's 22nd Congressional District leads his Republican challenger Claudia Tenney by only 13 votes. Sources told Newsmax the Democrats' "sudden claim of victory is very misleading."

#NY22 Missing Post-Its – Judge Says ‘We Have a Serious Problem on Our Hands’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 24, 2020 31 Comments

Forget the presidential election. These house races have all the drama Americans crave! The race is important because Republican Claudia Tenney leads "incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi by more than 100 votes."

Facing A Razor-Thin House Majority, Democrats Seek To Resurrect Earmarks

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 24, 2020 15 Comments

As the complete disaster Democrats experienced downticket continues to sink in, Democrats are scrambling to figure out how to govern with a razor-thin House majority. To that end, Nancy Pelosi's right-hand man and the number two House Democrat Steny Hoyer is floating the return of earmarks.

Diverse Group of Incoming House Republicans Form ‘Freedom Force’ to Counter AOC’s Socialist ‘Squad’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 21, 2020 15 Comments

Not only did Republicans make big gains in the U.S. House on Election Day, but among those elected are men and women whose families fled communist and socialist countries and came to America to build better lives.

https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight/status/1329042795156402177

Republicans In States Hold Overwhelming Control In Post-2020 Congressional Redistricting

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 19, 2020 12 Comments

As the Democratic Party engages in a highly amusing circular firing squad over their shock loss of so many House seats, the impact of Republican gains at the state level doesn't seem to have fully dawned on them. Or if it has, they are doing what they do best, kicking that particular can down the road, a decade down the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSpjV8AWF0

Burgess Owens Flips Utah’s 4th Congressional District Back to Republicans

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 17, 2020 15 Comments

Incumbent Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT) called former football player Burgess Owens to concede their 4th Congressional District race. The Republicans have flipped 12 seats, narrowing the Democrats majority even more after this Owens' victory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0xPrCbl8ZQ

California Republican Young Kim Finally Claims Victory in Congressional Race

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 16, 2020 15 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in 2018, Republican contender Young Kim for the congressional district 39th seat was ahead in election-night counting. She lost the election, but accused winner Democrat Gil Cisneros of "physically tampering" with those ballots. Now Young Kim is finally on her way to the US Congress.

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