by Jim Heath | May 19, 2021 | Congress, Headlines
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans today that he is opposed to an independent commission investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as envisioned by the House. This effectively kills the proposed bipartisan panel. “It’s not at all clear what new facts...
by Jim Heath | Apr 2, 2021 | Congress, Headlines
One Capitol Police officer was killed and another was injured after a car rammed one of the barriers surrounding the Capitol complex today, forcing the area into a lockdown, with police fatally shooting the suspect. Police said a vehicle ran into two officers. A...
by Jim Heath | Feb 8, 2021 | Congress, Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House of Representatives delivered an article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate last month – the first time in history a president will face a second impeachment trial. Nine Democratic impeachment managers brought the article of impeachment – the...
by Jim Heath | Feb 4, 2021 | Congress, GOP, Headlines, QAnon
Democrats, and 11 Republicans, voted tonight to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from both her committee assignments for espousing QAnon conspiracies before being elected to Congress – including supporting calls online for Nancy Pelosi’s execution. The 230-199 vote...
by Jim Heath | Jan 27, 2021 | Congress, Headlines, QAnon
The City of Detroit held nothing back in a legal brief asking a federal judge to refer every member of the so-called “Kraken” legal team to disbarment proceedings, blaming them for body count left on the day of the U.S. Capitol insurrection. “Let there be no mistake,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 27, 2021 | Congress, GOP, Headlines
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a booster of conspiracy theories with a track record of making racist statements, repeatedly endorsed violence against Democratic leaders and federal agents, according to a review of her Facebook activity. Greene (R-Ga.) filled her feed...
