Round 15 was sure to be it, with congress chanting one more round. It was the Democrats that were pushing the 15th round. Perhaps sensing an end in sight when Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) voted present in the 14 round.
On January 5, former President Donald Trump declared that if he is elected in 2024, he will direct the United States military to defeat Mexican drug gangs and show them “no compassion.”
Three days and 11 votes, the battle for House speaker has gone on longer than any other speaker race since 1923. Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is facing stiff opposition, and his prospects of winning the seat appear to be diminishing.
“Decline is a Choice,” Ron DeSantis said in his fiery inaugural address as he attacked the Biden administration. The Republican governor of Florida has once again set the bar high. In his 26-minute inaugural address on Tuesday, he displayed what a state can achieve in the face of a lawless, out-of-control federal government.
On Monday, former President Trump blamed abortion for the Republican Party’s midterm election defeats, an argument supported by Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter. Trump put the responsibility on a small group of Republican candidates who voted against abortion exceptions protecting mothers’ lives, rape, and incest.
After two years of Biden’s presidency, the White House and Democratic senators have installed more federal judges than Biden’s two immediate predecessors. A desire to counter Donald Trump’s legacy of stacking his judiciary with young conservatives who lack racial diversity is evident in the rapid clip. Biden has confirmed 97 lifetime federal judges to date, outpacing both Trump (85) and Barack Obama (62) at this point in their administrations.
On Friday, Mr. McCarthy discussed his plans for the House as Speaker. Mr. McCarthy said that the first thing they were going to do would be to cancel the 87,000 IRS agents. Mr. McCarthy stated that it was another reason the Democrats were mad at him.
Do you feel like you’re paying too much for your energy expenses at home now? You won’t know how bad it is until the Inflation Reduction Act’s three primary energy taxes begin taking a bite out of your bank account. Several tax increases were included in the Democratic Party’s Inflation Reduction Act enacted in 2022 and are due to go into effect on January 1, 2023.
The Democrat-controlled House Ways & Means Committee has released the details of six years of former President Trump’s tax returns. The 46 records (comprising hundreds of pages) showed negative income claims by Mr. Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, in four of the six years from 2015 to 2020.
On Tuesday, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson formed an unlikely alliance when they dissented from the majority opinion to uphold Title 42 permanently. At the same time, the Supreme Court considered the arguments brought forward from 19 mostly Republican-led states.