Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are bringing forward a new bill to block their fellow U.S. lawmakers, senior officials in the executive branch, and their spouses and dependents from owning stocks while in office. On Wednesday, the two Senators announced they intend to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill, to be named the…
Sens. Gillibrand, Hawley Bring Bipartisan Bill to Block Lawmakers, Executive Branch Leaders From Stock Trading
Biden Admin Misses Deadline to Reveal Intelligence Findings on COVID-19 Origins
A June 18 deadline for President Joe Biden’s administration to declassify and release documents pertaining to the origins of COVID-19 has come and gone without a clear response. In March, lawmakers passed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 with overwhelming bipartisan support. The legislation passed unanimously in the Senate before a 419-0 voice vote in…
Republicans Demand Biden Declassify COVID-19 Origins Documents as Deadline Looms
Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) are tapping their watches at President Joe Biden as a deadline looms for his administration to declassify all of its documents on the origins of COVID-19. In March, Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which requires the Director of National Intelligence to “declassify any and…
Controversy Unleashed: Sen. Hawley Challenges Biden’s Judicial Nominee Regarding D.C. Church Closures Amid COVID
Sen. Josh Hawley (R- Miss.) questioned Loren L. AliKhan, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 7. Hawley criticized AliKhan’s work as the solicitor general for Washington during the pandemic. …
Controversy Unleashed: Sen. Hawley Challenges Biden’s Judicial Nominee Regarding DC Church Closures Amid COVID
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Miss.) questioned Loren L. AliKhan, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 7. Hawley criticized AliKhan’s work as the solicitor general for Washington during the pandemic. …
Democrats Could Withhold Funds to Compel Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Rules
Senate Democrats want the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt stricter guidelines for disclosing their income sources and potential conflicts of interest, and at least 14 Democratic senators see withholding funds from the court as a way to get their demands. In a March 31 letter (pdf) to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),…
Democrats, Republicans Battle Over Supreme Court Ethics Questions in Senate Hearing
Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee traded accusations on Tuesday as they debated whether to impose new ethical requirements on the U.S. Supreme Court. The debate centered around whether the court should be required to provide more detailed financial disclosures or implement stricter guidelines for when a justice must recuse themselves from hearing a case….
Hawley Accuses Mayorkas of Failing to Stop the Trafficking of Minors Across the Border
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says tens of thousands of children illegally trafficked across the U.S.–Mexico border are being forced into labor on American soil. The senator accused Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of allowing migrant minors to enter the country illegally and claimed that he has been pressuring agencies to bypass the vetting process for…
Senate Panel Advances Archivist Nominee Accused of Abusive Behavior
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on March 15 advanced the nomination of Dr. Colleen Shogan to be the Archivist of the United States amid allegations that the official had abused political power in partisan ways. Shogan, who previously served at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), has faced criticism over the content of her Twitter posts and…
Jan. 6 Committee Edited Out Context of Sen. Hawley Fleeing Capitol, New Footage Reveals
Newly released footage from the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, indicates that lawmakers on the now-defunct Democrat-led Jan. 6 investigative committee selectively edited footage to show Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) fleeing the building while concealing the broader context that Hawley was among a larger group of lawmakers and congressional staff being…
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