A major backlog of U.S. passport applications has spurred a flood of calls by angry American travelers to House and Senate offices on Capitol Hill, as the delays worsen. Congressional offices are scrambling to address the issue at the height of the summer travel season, as many desperate constituents plea for help in dealing with unprecedented passport…
Massive Backlog of US Passport Applications Sparks Flood of Complaints to Congress
July 24, 2023
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Biden Threatens Veto of Veterans, Agriculture Bills Over GOP Spending Cuts
President Joe Biden will veto the first two appropriations bills to be voted on by the House if they reach his desk, according to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statements released on July 24. The statements are a shot across the bow of the Republican-controlled House as it has begun to legislate…
RFK Jr., House Republicans Face Off With House Democrats Who Attempt to Denounce, Censor His Testimony
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and House Republicans faced off with House Democrats who clamored to denounce and censor the witness’ testimony at a House Oversight Committee hearing last week. 0:00 RFK Jr.’s time cut from ten minutes to five 11:09 Motion made to remove RFK Jr.’s public testimony from the record 15:06…
House Republicans Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg in Contempt This Week
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is considering voting this week to hold Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt, according to a spokesman. Judiciary Republicans, including the panel’s chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), have accused Meta of being uncooperative in regards to the panel’s efforts to investigate potential censorship and collusion between Big Tech and the…
House Republicans Call on Senate to Pass Energy Bill and Revive American Mining
July 23, 2023
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Regulatory and judicial reforms adopted by the House in HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, and being proposed in other bills, are urgently needed to unshackle America’s mining industry before the nation faces significant economic and national security challenges, Republicans warned during a Congressional field hearing on critical mineral development in Goodyear, Arizona, on…
Tulsi Gabbard Dismisses Jack White’s Criticism of Trump
Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard criticized rock singer Jack White on Saturday over his recent comments on former President Donald Trump. Ms. Gabbard, a former congresswoman from Hawaii who left the Democrat Party in October last year, alleged that White is showing a double standard of normalization. “Jack White recently expressed his disdain for anyone who…
Cruz and Manchin Join Forces to Stop Sale of Oil From Strategic Stockpile
The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban oil exports to China from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which sits half empty after President Joe Biden ordered a drawdown to reduce soaring inflation. The amendment, spearheaded by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) passed the…
Border Patrol Chief Relieved of Command Same Day He Testified Before Congress, Raising Retaliation Concerns: House GOP
July 21, 2023
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House Republican leaders have raised the prospect that a Border Patrol chief was the target of retaliation by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief after the Border Patrol official sat for a transcribed interview with Congress. Gregory K. Bovino, the chief patrol agent of the El Centro Border Patrol sector in California’s imperial…
Biden, Sen. Manchin, GOP Lawmakers Defend Gas Pipeline Challenged by Environmental Group
July 21, 2023
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A legal battle over the construction of a new natural gas pipeline in West Virginia has raised common ground between President Joe Biden’s administration, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and a group of Republican lawmakers. The deal to increase the U.S. debt limit last month included a provision to approve the construction of the Mountain Valley…
Biden, Sen. Manchin, GOP Lawmakers Defend Gas Pipeline Chellenged by Environmental Group
July 21, 2023
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A legal battle over the construction of a new natural gas pipeline in West Virginia has raised common ground between President Joe Biden’s administration, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and a group of Republican lawmakers. The deal to increase the U.S. debt limit last month included a provision to approve the construction of the Mountain Valley…
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