Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) were rejected from serving on a select committee formed to probe the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, the top Democrat in the lower chamber said Wednesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she made the decision in light of Banks and Jordan objecting to electoral votes during…
Republicans Signal Boycott of Jan. 6 Panel After Pelosi Rejects Two GOP Choices
Republicans on Wednesday indicated they’d boycott a select House committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she would not accept two recommendations for panel members from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Pelosi pointed to how Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) objected to electoral votes…
Republicans Threaten Boycott of Jan. 6 Panel After Pelosi Rejects 2 GOP Choices
Republicans indicated on July 21 that they may boycott a select House committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she wouldn’t accept two GOP lawmakers tapped for the panel by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Pelosi rejected Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan…
Pelosi Aide, White House Official, Sixth Texas Democrat, Test Positive for COVID-19 in Widening Fallout
July 20, 2021
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The fallout from Texas Democrats flying to Washington last week is widening as an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tested positive for COVID-19. A sixth Texas House Democrat has also tested positive, along with a White House official. Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Pelosi, told news outlets that the aide is a senior…
2 House Republicans Vote With Democrats to Create Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol incident in a vote that fell mainly along partisan lines. Two Republicans joined all Democrats in creating the commission. They were Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), both frequent critics of former President Donald…
‘As Long as It Takes’: Pelosi Says House Will Create Committee on Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that Democrats will move forward with creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol incident, coming after their efforts to form an independent commission were stymied earlier this year. Last month, Senate Republicans blocked legislation to establish the Jan. 6 commission, which was backed by nearly…
Pelosi to Decide This Week on Formation of Panel to Probe Jan. 6 Breach
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday quashed reports that she will be creating a select committee to probe the Jan. 6 breach of U.S. Capitol, saying that she will decide this week whether to do so. “No, I did not make that announcement,” Pelosi told reporters while stepping out of her office at the…
Overt IRS Hostility to Prayer, Bible-Study Draws GOP Anger; Pelosi, Hoyer, Other Dems Silent
Top House Republican leaders are blasting an IRS denial of tax-exemption to a Texas prayer group as an overt attack on religious liberty and a continuation of the targeting scandal that plagued the federal tax agency during the Obama era. Democrat leaders have remained silent. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told The Epoch Times…
Pelosi: Not the Right Time to Remove House Chamber Metal Detectors
The metal detectors that were installed at entrances to the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach will remain in place for now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday. “As long as there is a threat, we’ll have to have protection,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington. She was responding to…
Republicans Gohmert, Clyde Sue Pelosi Over Metal Detector Fines
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) are challenging Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for imposing fines on them for which they claim she has no authority. “Article I, Section VI, of the U.S. Constitution mandates that a Member of Congress cannot be detained on the way to the House Chamber…
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