Category: House Republicans

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…


Proposed Panel Would Give House GOP Oversight of ‘Ongoing Criminal Investigations’

Members of a proposed House subcommittee to investigate the “weaponization of the federal government” will have the authority to review ongoing criminal investigations if the new House rules package is approved on Jan. 9. Proposed as a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s sweeping powers were agreed to by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)…


Rep. Gaetz: ‘I Will Resign’ if Democrats Help Elect Moderate GOP Speaker

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) isn’t worried about House Democrats teaming up with other members of his party to elect a moderate Republican speaker of the House. “That will not happen,” Gaetz told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Jan. 5 after the House failed for the 11th time to elect a speaker. “I’m on the floor,”…


Rep. Donalds Says He’s ‘Not Worried’ About Potential Retaliation Over Speaker Standoff

As the voting continues on Capitol Hill to determine the next speaker of the House, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) has emerged as a key figure in the camp opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after withdrawing his support of the Republican leader earlier this week. But as for potential retribution for his defection, Donalds said he…


Biden: House Speaker Standoff ‘Not a Good Look’

President Joe Biden criticized House Republicans on Jan. 4, describing their internal conflicts over who should assume the role of speaker of the House as “embarrassing” and “not a good look” for the country. Speaking at the White House before traveling to an event in Kentucky, Biden said of Republicans, “I hope they get their…


Republicans Plan to Start a Committee to Probe ‘Weaponization of the Federal Government’

House Republicans want to investigate allegations of collusion between federal agencies and private companies, and, to that end, they’re looking to establish a subcommittee on the “weaponization” federal government. Republicans have put forward a House rules package (pdf), which among its numerous indications includes a proposal to create a House Judiciary select subcommittee on the “Weaponization…


White House Says House Republicans Will Need to Resubmit Oversight Requests

The White House responded to recent oversight requests from House Republicans on Thursday by stating that those requests would have to be resubmitted. In two letters obtained exclusively by Politico, White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber reportedly vowed to act in good faith when responding to requests from incoming House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer…


GOP Rep.-Elect Who Admitted to Embellishing Resume: ‘I Have the Courage’ to Face My Mistakes

U.S. Congressman-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.), who been taking heat since admitting to embellishing his resume, sought to explain his actions in a heated television appearance on Dec. 27. In an interview on Fox News with former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, who was filling in for host Tucker Carlson, Santos admitted to having made mistakes, but also…


House Republicans Call on Pelosi to Testify About Jan. 6 Security Failures

Two House Republicans are calling on outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi to testify before Congress after a GOP report revealed on Dec. 21 that her staff played a key role in the security planning that failed to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “The reason there wasn’t a proper security presence on that day goes…


Musk Signals Support for Congressional Probe Into FBI’s Alleged Censorship Efforts

Following the latest revelations from the “Twitter Files,” Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk indicated on Dec. 20 that he would support a congressional investigation into the FBI’s alleged efforts to censor social media users. On Monday, author Michael Shellenberger presented the seventh installment of the Twitter Files exposé, sharing internal documents from the social…