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McConnell blames ‘bad advice’ for lower vaccination rates in some parts of US
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is blaming “bad advice” for lower vaccination rates, adding that there are not enough people vaccinated in the U.S. Source: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/565253-mcconnell-blames-bad-advice-for-lower-vaccination-rates-in-some-parts-of-us Droolin’…
GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde defends comparison of Jan. 6 rioters to “tourists”
Rep. Andrew Clyde defended comments made during a House committee hearing in which he compared the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot to a “normal visit.”…
Can Rob Portman seal the big bipartisan deal?
If you called central casting for a senator to cut a bipartisan infrastructure deal, you’d get Rob Portman. The Ohio Republican, a former White House…
GOP up in arms over Cheney, Kinzinger
GOP leaders are facing mounting internal pressure to discipline a pair of anti-Trump Republicans taking part in the special investigation into the Capitol attack of…
Schumer urges GOP to ignore Trump: He’s ‘rooting for failure’
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging Republicans to ignore former President Trump’s pressure to walk away from weeks-long bipartisan infrastructure talks.Schumer, speaking… Source:…
Republicans poised to rig the next election by gerrymandering electoral maps
A supreme court justice described the last round of gerrymandering as ‘dishonoring US democracy’. Another round is about to start – will this be another…
How Jim Jordan went from ‘legislative terrorist’ to inside operator
Jim Jordan was working out in the House gym in late November 2018 when Kevin McCarthy called him with a peace offering in the wake…
‘Sellout’: Anti-vax conservatives come for DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Covid crisis has wedged Gov. Ron DeSantis between two competing forces: public health experts who urge him to do more and anti-vaxxers…
Donald Trump Jr., Ron DeSantis dominate poll of GOP frontrunners
Data: Fabrizio, Lee & Associates. Margin of error: ±3.46%; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios Don Jr. and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis top a poll — provided first…
Fauci ‘heartened’ to see top Republicans encouraging vaccinations
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said on Sunday that he was “heartened” to see a number of top Republican officials encouraging vaccinations.Fauci,…
Pelosi signals Kinzinger’s likely appointment to Jan. 6 panel
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday signaled that she plans to appoint GOP Rep Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6…
Conservative radio host hospitalized with COVID-19, urges vaccinations
Conservative radio host Phil Valentine has been hospitalized after contracting the coronavirus, with his family saying he regrets not getting the vaccine.His family said in…
House Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speaker
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is urging Kevin McCarthy to try to boot Nancy Pelosi from her position as speaker, a sign of further escalating…
Mississippi’s attorney general asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Mississippi’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court in a Thursday brief to ove… Source: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/564436-mississippis-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-roe-v Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with…
McConnell warns GOP won’t vote to raise debt ceiling
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning that Republicans won’t help raise the debt ceiling and is urging Democrats to include the spending hike in…
These lobbyists cashed in on Trump. Now, business is down by millions.
When Donald Trump took office in 2017, the handful of Washington lobbyists who could boast ties to him were inundated with calls from potential clients….
Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting machines after audit
Pennsylvania’s acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid announced Wednesday she decertified Fulton County voting equipment for future elections after officials allowed a private company to…
Turns out the Greene-Gaetz “Put America First” tour is costing them a fortune (as in 4 times more than donations)
Perhaps the pairing of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, in the midst of a sex trafficking (with a minor) scandal, with Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,…
As GOP supporters die of Covid, the party remains split in its vaccination message
Analysis: Top Trump supporters keep casting doubt on Covid-19 vaccines. Ahead of next year’s midterms, that means missing a chance to give Trump credit. Source:…
It’s not just voting rights. Republicans are going after ballot campaigns.
The Republicans who lead Idaho’s Legislature spent more than two years smarting over the passage of a 2018 ballot initiative that forced the state to…
Jim Jordan among McCarthy picks for Jan. 6 panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday is expected to pick five Republicans to serve on the special House committee created to investigate the…
GOP leader makes his picks for Jan. 6 select committee
Rep. Jim Jordan is among the five Republicans chosen by McCarthy. Pelosi has a veto over the picks but has not signaled she plans to…
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