The House of Representatives on June 24 voted to pass a controversial Senate-passed gun omnibus package, sending the package to President Joe Biden’s desk, where it is likely to win his approval. The 234-193 vote was mostly along party lines, save for a handful of Republicans breaking with the rest of their party. On the…
US Home Sales Drop as Median Prices Surpass $400,000 for First Time
U.S. home sales fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, as high demand continues to drive up real estate prices to unprecedented highs, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors. The Association released its monthly report on Tuesday, reflecting the unusual dynamics of the real estate market this summer. The report reveals…
The Massive Wealth Transfer That No One’s Talking About
Commentary While inflation and skyrocketing rents have been grabbing the headlines, there’s a bigger story that’s going on. With the poor and the middle class being forced to pay more at the grocery store, the gas pump, and to their landlords, they’re lining the pockets of the wealthy. There is a huge wealth transfer occurring…
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Chip Roy Blasts Senate GOP-Backed Efforts to ‘Forcibly Conscript Our Daughters’
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a June 16 letter blasted legislative efforts to include women in the draft after several Senate Republicans voted in favor of a measure that would do just that. In the letter, exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, Roy called for the removal of a Senate-approved provision of the National Defense…
‘Overwhelming Majority’ of House Democrats Back Senate Gun Control Agreement: Rep. Jeffries
During a weekly press conference, House Democrat Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said that the majority of Democrats support the Senate gun control package. If true, this makes the bill’s passage through Congress almost inevitable. A bipartisan group of senators on June 12 announced a legislative package of gun control measures that include additional resources…
Rep. Jordan Says House Jan. 6 Committee Altered Evidence, Showing Nothing New
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach altered a text message exchange between him and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. “We also know that this committee has altered evidence and lied to the American people about it, so much so that they had to…
House Passes Gun Control Bills Raising Semiautomatic Age Limit, Other Restrictions in Series of Votes
The House on June 8 voted to pass several bills including the “Protecting Our Kids” Act, a Democrat-sponsored omnibus package of gun control legislation. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is all but doomed to fail to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold. The final vote on the bill in the Democrat-majority…
House Approves Gun Control Bills Raising Age Limit for Semiautomatic Rifles, Imposing Other Restrictions
The House on June 8 voted to pass several bills including the “Protecting Our Kids” Act, a Democrat-sponsored omnibus package of gun control legislation. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is all but doomed to fail to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold. The final vote on the bill in the Democrat-majority…
Embattled Moderates Ask Pelosi to Split Up Judiciary-Passed Omnibus Gun Control Bill
A group of 21 vulnerable House Democrats led by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) has penned a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) requesting that a Democrat-favored omnibus gun control package be separated into individual bills. The “Protecting Our Kids” omnibus gun control package was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee during an…
Democrat-Led House Bill Would Give Puerto Rico Path to Statehood, Independence
A bipartisan group of representatives, although mostly Democrats, unveiled legislation on May 19 that would grant Puerto Rico a path to statehood. The group, led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-N.Y.) and joined by Reps. Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Republican, hopes to…
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