Capitol Ink · 116th Congress
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June 25’s Fast Food Senate skewers Mitch McConnell’s apparent top priority during the pandemic — appointing federal judges.
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June 25’s Fast Food Senate skewers Mitch McConnell’s apparent top priority during the pandemic — appointing federal judges.
AUGUST 28: Poetry Pole, of Baltimore, holds an African American flag in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as thousands rallied on the National Mall for the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I: National Journal delves into Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s upcoming race in 2022, and why it may be more akin to Maine Sen.
misusing the Justice Department to support Trump’s reelection campaign and protect his personal interests, particularly early on in his tenure with the way he handled the release of Special Counsel Robert S.
Nathan’s notes With 2020’s Senate races in overtime in Georgia, and many months to go before House districts are redrawn with new census data, Nathan L.
In his 36 years in Congress, the famously “low-key” Maryland Democrat Paul S.
And Donald Trump Jr.’s advisers have launched a new super PAC focused on turning out the president’s supporters.
Of the 15 Democrats who defected two years ago, three lost reelection in 2020 (South Carolina}s Joe Cunningham, New York’s Max Rose and Utah’s Ben McAdams), while New Jersey’s Jeff Van Drew switched
Martin Luther King Jr.’s church. A man of peace. And they’re going to say this is a man that is for defunding the police and for riots and chaos,” Harrison said.
The House Judiciary Committee wants to postpone next month’s Supreme Court showdown over its quest to see more documents from former special counsel Robert S.
Christopher S. Murphy tweeted. “Michael Flynn loyalists and Fox news personalities now populate some of the most important Pentagon posts.”
Briefings for House members and staff, which cover “responsibilities related to closing D.C. and district office(s), finances and payroll, technology, and personal and professional transition,” are virtual
Swine flu In defending his record on the coronavirus pandemic, Pence misleadingly pointed to Biden’s handling of 2009’s H1N1 pandemic.
Democrats are still defending 30 House seats that Trump carried in 2016, many represented by freshmen elected in 2018’s blue wave. Most of these incumbents hold a strong financial advantage.
“You go from starting to feel OK, to ‘Holy s—, are we about to lose every single client we have?’”
up-and-down path through the courts for House Democrats and their effort to use the federal courts to enforce congressional subpoenas as part of probes into episodes from former special counsel Robert S.
Robert S. Walker, now a lobbyist, suggested it will.
Then the president, who often dismissed special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation as a hoax, made his “new hoax” remark: “One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr.
Harris asked Kavanaugh if he ever had a conversation about former special counsel Robert S.
Circuit ruling, however, allows the House to pursue its lawsuit to force McGahn to testify about episodes from former special counsel Robert S.