Category: House Republicans

Biden Administration Wants Credit Card Late Fees Slashed to $8

The Biden administration wants credit card late fees to be slashed to $8 and for Apple and Google to reduce the amount they charge on their mobile app stores. White House officials stated that this is part of a larger policy effort to promote competition in consumer markets. President Joe Biden’s Competition Council announced on…


Biden Touts State of Economy, Bashes ‘MAGA Republicans’ in Virginia Union Hall Speech

President Joe Biden touted accomplishments in the first two years of his term, boasted about the current state of the economy, and warned that plans from House Republicans are dangerous, during a speech at a steamfitters union hall in Springfield, Virginia, on Thursday. Biden also exclaimed that “extreme MAGA Republicans are determined to be the party…


Rep. Swalwell Accuses Speaker McCarthy of ‘Political Vengeance’ Over Planned Committee Removal

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) holds that he did nothing wrong in his associations with a suspected Chinese spy and that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) vow to remove him from his committee assignments was an act of “political vengeance.” In December 2020, Axios broke the story that Swalwell had been targeted by a Chinese national…


Rep. Jordan Threatens to Issue Subpoenas If Biden Officials Fail to Comply With Document Requests

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, resent several requests for outstanding documents and information to Biden administration officials Tuesday with a warning. “This stonewalling must stop,” Jordan wrote in a letter (pdf) addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Noting that the Jan. 17 letter would be “the final time” the committee…


Schiff’s Office Frequently Sought Removal, ‘Deamplification’ of Content on Twitter: Twitter Files

Staff members of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) “wrote to Twitter quite often” to seek the suppression and removal of content they disagreed with, according to journalist and “Twitter Files” author Matt Taibbi. In a Twitter thread posted Jan. 13, Taibbi supplemented previous revelations regarding the former House Intelligence Committee chair’s privileged relationship with Twitter with…


McCarthy Says He Would Consider Expunging Trump’s Impeachments

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) revealed Thursday that he would be open to the idea of “expunging” one or both of former President Donald Trump’s impeachments. When asked about the possibility of erasing the impeachments during a Jan. 12 press conference at the Capitol, McCarthy replied that he would “have to look” at the situation,…


House GOP’s Priorities Should be Biden Family, Weaponization of Government, Border Crisis: Heritage Oversight Project Head

For the first time in four years, the Republican Party holds control of the House of Representatives, and with it, the crucial ability to conduct oversight of other branches of the federal government. But while Republicans undoubtedly have a laundry list of topics they would like to delve into, Mike Howell, director of the Oversight…


DHS Secretary Mayorkas Responds to Republican Plans to Impeach Him

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to a Republican congressman’s efforts to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, stating that Congress “can do better.” “Secretary Mayorkas is proud to advance the noble mission of this department, support its extraordinary workforce, and serve the American people,” a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Jan….


House Republicans Pass Pro-Life Bills

House Republicans on Jan. 11 approved two pro-life measures. The first measure passed by the House would ban abortion on babies born alive and require that these babies be given medical care and treatment. This bill was the first of the two to be considered by lawmakers. When brought to the floor, Democrats attempted and failed…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (Jan. 10): House GOP to Probe Federal Government, China; Biden Under Fire Over Classified Documents

House Republicans on Jan. 10 voted to create committees focused on China and investigations into federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Reactions are pouring in after the White House admitted that classified documents were found at President Joe Biden’s private office. The Biden administration officially moved forward with a multi-billion-dollar plan to lower student…