Category: Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Rep. Gaetz: ‘We Don’t Have the Votes’ to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas

March 1, 2023
Andy BiggsDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS)Executive BranchPat FallonPoliticsRep. Jeff Van DrewRep. Jerry NadlerRep. Matt GaetzRep. Zoe LofgrenRepublicansSecretary of Homeland Security Alejandro MayorkasUSUS border crisis
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A Republican-led effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may falter—despite the party’s narrow control of the House of Representatives. Republicans, who have been critical of Mayorkas’ handling of border security, have called for his impeachment as a way to remove him from office. But impeachment proponents have not yet been able to drum…

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House Pulls Bill That Would Have Changed US Green Card Policy

December 27, 2022
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Responding to strong opposition, U.S. House leadership has pulled from consideration a bill intended to speed up the process through which non-citizens who hold employment-based visas can acquire a Permanent Resident Card, commonly called a green card. There are roughly 140,000 individual green cards available each year. There are also family green cards granted to…

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Jan. 6 Panel to Release ‘All the Evidence’ It Has Before New Congress Sits: Lofgren

November 21, 2022
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said that the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach will release “all the evidence” it has gathered before the new Congress sits in January. Lofgren serves on the Democrat-dominated select committee. Over the course of several hearings, the committee has tried to push the narrative that the Jan….

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Specially Trained Capitol Hill Staffers to Observe Closely Contested Elections

October 22, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionscongressElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsHouse Administration CommitteeLifestylePoliticsRep. Rodney DavisRep. Zoe LofgrenUS
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An unspecified number of Capitol Hill aides are being deployed as “official House election observers in close, or particularly cumbersome congressional elections, in the coming weeks,” according to House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.). The administration panel is responsible for exercising “the House’s constitutional responsibility to serve as the final ‘Judge of…

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‘Unworkable, Impractical’: Congressional Staffer Unions Would Bring More Dysfunction to Capitol, House Panel Told

March 2, 2022
congresscongressional staffHouse Committee on AdministrationPoliticsRep. Rodney DavisRep. Zoe LofgrenSpeaker of the House Nancy PelosiUnited StatesUSUS News
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Letting Capitol Hill staffers organize in collective bargaining unions will be “unworkable” and “impractical,” and prompt “more dysfunction in Washington,” while undermining the independence of Congress, according to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.). “Unions can, and do, play a significant role in assuring a fair working environment,” Davis said in his opening statement before a March 2 hearing of…

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