House of Representatives Tag

Trump On Possiblity of Running for House and Becoming Speaker: ‘That’s So Interesting’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 05, 2021 43 Comments

During a recent interview with Trump, conservative talk host Wayne Allyn Root suggested that he should run for a House seat in Florida, become Speaker of the House, and then lead an impeachment effort against Biden. This is a hilarious idea not only because it could actually work, but because it would drive the left positively bonkers.

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Democrats Hold Seat in New Mexico 1st Congressional District Special Election

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2021 14 Comments

Democrat Melanie Stansbury won the special election for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District. However, Republican Mark Moores made a play for the seat in this deep-blue district by attacking Democrats on rising crime. Democrats may have won, but this race made them nervous. The GOP should go after seats like this across the country. You can't win if you don't play.

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Democrats Playing Defense on ‘Defund the Police’ in New Mexico Special Election

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2021 12 Comments

New Mexico's 1st Congressional District has a special election on June 1st. Deb Haaland vacated the seat when she joined the Biden administration. Republican Mark Moores is hitting his Democrat opponent Melanie Stansbury over the idea of defunding the police.

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NY Dem Flips Out When Joe Scarborough Questions How Dem Focus On Racial Politics Plays Out In 2022

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2021 22 Comments

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who is also the chair of the of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, appeared on Morning Joe today and showed exactly why Democrats are in danger of losing the House in 2022. Joe Scarborough was trying to help him but Maloney reacted by becoming angry and defensive.

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Stop #IA02 Steal: Senate Republicans Demand Corporations Stop Donations to Democrats Behind Effort To Oust Republican Certified Winner

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2021 14 Comments

When some Republicans objected to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Democrats called it a threat to democracy. Woke corporations fell in line and shut off donations to the GOP. Now that Democrats are trying to overturn a certified House race in Iowa, Mitch McConnell and Republicans in the Senate are demanding an equal reaction.

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Parler: We warned FBI in advance about threats of violence on January 6

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2021 32 Comments

Parler was made a scapegoat for the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill Riot. As we have explored many times, the attempt to blame Parler was in bad faith and contradicted by the Department of Justice's own criminal charging documents which focused much more heavily on organizing activity on Facebook and Twitter.

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House Democrats Inch Closer to Overturning Iowa House Race and Unseating Republican Who Won

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2021 26 Comments

A handful of votes decided the race for Iowa's second district, and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks won. Her Democrat opponent Rita Hart appealed directly to the Democrat-controlled House to ignore the results. Pelosi seated Miller-Meeks provisionally, and Democrats are now actually considering unseating her.

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House Committee Considering Measures That Would Reverse Iowa Race and Unseat Republican

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 25, 2021 75 Comments

Questioning the outcome of the 2020 election is forbidden unless you're a Democrat. Just six votes decided the race for Iowa's 2nd District, and Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks won. Democrat candidate Rita Hart appealed directly to the Democrat-controlled House, and now, weeks later, they are actually considering measures that would reverse the outcome.

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New House Rules Propose Elimination Of ‘Gendered’ Terms Like ‘Father’ and ‘Daughter’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2021 46 Comments

Small businesses across the country are still shut down. People are struggling to pay rent and bills. But fear not, America. The House of Representatives is on the job, tackling the important issues. They are proposing to end the use of gendered language. That should help, right?

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Pelosi to “Provisionally Seat” Iowa Republican Despite Challenge From Democrat Who Lost By Six Votes

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2020 35 Comments

In Iowa's 2nd district, the race between Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks and Democrat Rita Hart came down to just six votes in favor of Miller-Meeks, who declared victory. Days later, Hart appealed directly to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. She basically wanted Nancy Pelosi to overrule the election and seat her instead of Miller-Meeks.

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Democrat in Iowa 2nd District Race Goes to U.S. House of Representatives to Challenge Six Vote Loss

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 03, 2020 27 Comments

Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks has already declared victory in the race for Iowa's 2nd district, a contest that came down to just six votes. Now, days later, the Democrat candidate Rita Hart has decided to challenge the results, in an unexpected way.

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Republican Wins Iowa’s 2nd District Race by Just Six Votes, Flips Seat

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2020 28 Comments

The race for Iowa's second district came down to a razor thin margin. Republican candidate Marianette Miller-Meeks won by a lead of just six votes. This is a flip, as the seat was previously held by a retiring Democrat. This is an excellent reminder of the importance of vote integrity. A handful of votes decided this contest.

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LIVE: House Election Updates

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 03, 2020 11 Comments

The Republicans need to flip 21 seats in order to regain control of the House of Representatives.

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House Democrats Warn Israel Against Sovereignty Plan for Judea and Samaria

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 27, 2020 12 Comments

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have released an open letter warning the Israeli government against applying sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria region. The letter addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior members of his government was endorsed by 191 out of 233 House Democrats. None of the 197 Republicans in the House supported the move.

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Missing in Action: Dems Have No Plans To Reconvene House of Representatives Until May

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 14, 2020 53 Comments

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) informed House Democrats Monday that they would not reconvene until May, barring some sort of emergency. Do Democrats think we're not in an emergency?

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Trump Vindicated Again: Appeals Court Rules House Can’t Enforce Subpoena To Don McGahn

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2020 24 Comments

Article of Impeachment II against Donald Trump was "obstruction of Congress." One of the bases for the Article was the Trump administration's position that it did not have to comply with House Committee subpoenas to senior administration officials.

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Panicked Democrats Fear Bernie Could Cost Them the House

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 13, 2020 50 Comments

Many Democrats are rightly concerned that if Bernie Sanders gets their party's nomination, they could lose to President Trump. The worry doesn't end there, however. There is a growing fear that a Bernie candidacy could also cost them the House of Representatives.

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2020 Census May Give NY Democrats Ammo to Eliminate Ocasio-Cortez’s District

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 02, 2020 33 Comments

Republicans have been looking for a way to beat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the ballot box next fall, but they might not have to do anything. AOC's own party may solve the problem.

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