Kevin McCarthy is Speaker of the House After 15 Rounds
It's been 84 years...
It's been 84 years...
It's time for the House to vote for Speaker...
"Given her extraordinary talents and capacities together with her singular life experiences, Hillary Clinton is unique, and, most importantly, exceptional in what she can bring to the University’s missions of research and teaching"...
"Here, the office for Democrat and House Intel Committee chief Adam Schiff asks Twitter to ban journalist Paul Sperry," independent journalist Matt Taibbi reported along with a screengrab of the request....
I wonder if Kid Rock will seek the Republican nomination....
Will McCarthy secure a win tonight? Grab the popcorn....
How many rounds will they go?...
"Colorado earmarked $5 million to assist people identified as migrants, including helping them purchase bus tickets. About half the money is allocated already."...
In related news, Oregon’s population declines for first time in 30 years and state economist warns of significant revenue loss....
"issued a new directive raising the maximum rate that lawmakers can pay House staff to $212,100 annually — $38,000 more than what members of Congress make"...
"While a majority of voters are OK with House Ways and Means Committee Democrats releasing former President Donald Trump’s federal income taxes, they also feel that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander."...
"She's prone to fits of rage, regularly disparages anyone who even slightly disagrees with her or displeases her, and is incredibly arrogant, mean spirited and petty."...
“I've done some dumb things, and I'll do dumb things again. I've done some dumb things as senator, and I've done some dumb things as a lawyer. Ladies and gentlemen, I've been dumb,” then-Sen. Joe Biden said during his failed 1988 presidential campaign over allegations...
“The truth is that we need to be continually renovating and improving our institutions”...
"too often we see each other as enemies, not as neighbors. As Democrats or Republicans, not as fellow Americans. We've become too divided."...
Not only is there no record of "Uncle Frank" winning the Purple Heart in WWII, but "[t]he president’s father died in 2002; his uncle died in 1999."...
“No amount of bravado from the White House can change the severe vulnerabilities that a Biden 2024 campaign would face.”...
The intelligence community will be subpoenaed by Republicans when Congress reconvenes in January 2023....
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