Tag: Rep. Lauren Boebert

Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted From House Freedom Caucus: Congressman Confirms

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) has voted in favor of removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from the staunchly conservative group, a board member of the caucus said Thursday. “A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she’s done,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) told…


House Republicans Sidestep Vote on Boebert’s Biden Impeachment Resolution

House Republicans on June 22 managed to stave off a vote on a resolution to impeach President Joe Biden introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), instead sending it to two committees. The 219-208 party-line vote sent the resolution to the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, which oversee impeachments and immigration policy respectively. Typically, an impeachment investigation begins…


GOP Divided Over Boebert Forcing Biden Impeachment Vote

In a move that showed division in the party, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has urged Republican lawmakers to oppose Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) impeachment resolution (pdf) targeting President Joe Biden. During a closed-door meeting of the GOP conference, McCarthy expressed his reservations about the resolution and emphasized the importance of a thorough investigation before…


House Passes REINS Act to Curb Administrative State

The House passed a bill that would require major regulations from agencies to secure approval from Congress. The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act made it through on June 14 with 221 yeas and 210 nays. The bill, also known as H.R. 277, can be read here. In the hours before…


Rep. Boebert Sets Her Sights on Repealing All Gun Control Laws Signed by Biden

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has introduced HR 3212, the “Shall. Not. Be. Infringed. Act.,” to restore what she considers to be rights lost under the Biden administration. “It gets rid of all the unconstitutional laws passed under Nancy Pelosi and signed by (President) Joe Biden,” a spokesman from Boebert’s office told The Epoch Times. The…


House Republican, a Former Sheriff, Physically Removes ‘Threatening’ Left-Wing Protester From News Conference

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), a former Louisiana sheriff, physically removed a protester who crossed into a Republican news conference on May 17 and approached Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in a way Higgins described as “threatening.” The news conference, during which Higgins, Boebert, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and others expressed their opposition…


Rep. Higgins, a Former Sheriff, Physically Removes Heckling Activist From Capitol News Conference

WASHINGTON—Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), a former Louisiana sheriff, physically removed a protester who crossed into a Republican news conference on May 17 and approached Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in a way Higgins described as “threatening.” The news conference, during which Higgins, Boebert, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and others expressed their opposition…


Politicians and Pundits Weigh in on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Departure

Lawmakers, political commentators, and journalists were abuzz on Monday after news broke that Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson had cut ties with the network. Carlson had been a fixture at Fox News since 2009 and hosted his own primetime show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” from November 2016 until his final show on Friday, April 21,…


House GOP Turns Up the Heat on Push for Oil, Gas Permitting, Regulation Reform

Republicans are mining what they hope is a rich vein of public sentiment favoring fossil fuels with a sled of legislation introduced since January that seeks to unbridle domestic oil and gas producers from regulatory restraints allegedly being exploited by the Biden administration in pushing “rush to green energy policies.” Those proposals include a 17-bill…


Rep. Boebert Introduces Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has proposed a new draft bill that aims to defund Planned Parenthood by placing a one-year moratorium on federal funding to the organization, in line with the longstanding goal of many Republicans who oppose the organization’s provision of abortions. The bill is Boebert’s first in the 118th Congress, which Republicans took…