by Jim Heath | Aug 1, 2020 | Congress, GOP, Headlines
The House yesterday formally reprimanded Arizona Republican Rep. David Schweikert for permitting his office to misuse taxpayer dollars, violating campaign finance reporting requirements, and several other violations of federal law and House rules, a rare sanction of...
by Jim Heath | Jul 1, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines
Lauren Boebert, a political novice and gun-rights activist who has spoken approvingly of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon, claimed an upset primary victory on Tuesday night against Representative Scott Tipton of Colorado, unseating a five-term incumbent endorsed...
by Jim Heath | Jan 15, 2020 | Headlines, Impeachment
The House today delivered articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate and approved seven Democrats to serve as prosecutors in the third trial of a U.S. president. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signed the articles at a ceremony in the Capitol,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military, Trump
The House passed a war powers resolution Thursday seeking to limit President Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran without congressional approval. The 224 to 194 vote fell largely along party lines, with only three Republicans and...
by Jim Heath | Dec 18, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
President Trump today became the third president in America history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over the charges that the 45th president abused the...
