Republicans do not want any such votes because in some cases, it would force them to choose between what Trump wants and what their district wants. They don't want a public vote on this. This is especially the case for representatives whose constituents are hurting on account of the tariffs...
Republicans do not want any such votes because in some cases, it would force them to choose between what Trump wants and what their district wants. They don't want a public vote on this. This is especially the case for representatives whose constituents are hurting on account of the tariffs...
but in real life he is a coward. At the very least, Trump could have asked Elon Musk to fire Hegseth. Musk is not afraid to fire people. Even one Republican, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a retired Air Force brigadier general, piped up, saying: "The White House is in denial that this...
Today, the House is scheduled to vote on the CR. As we have noted a thousand times, the GOP has virtually no room for error here. So, Trump is furiously whipping votes on his side of the aisle, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is furiously whipping votes on HIS side...
Senators and members of the House met in a joint session beginning at 1 p.m. to tally the electoral votes from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Vice President Kamala Harris presided in her role as president of the Senate.After the vice president read aloud theelectoral votes, ...
How many electoral votes does each state have? TheElectoral College consists of 538 electors, and a majority of 270 is needed to become president. Each state's electoral votes are equal to the number of representatives they have in the House, plus two senators. ...
Are there two more votes? In 1985, when working in the White House, John Roberts wrote a memo stating that "no area seems more clearly the province of Congress than the power of the purse." In 2013, then-appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote that "even the President does not have ...
J.R.A. in St. Petersburg, FL, writes: Concerning the letter from A.L. in Highland Park, which seems to me to essentially be questioning whether Arab-Americans should be held responsible for their votes which could be construed as having cost Harris the election, this quote that has been...
After all, she was nominated and given the thumbs-up by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Under those conditions, even Jack the Ripper would have all 53 Republican votes in the Senate when it came time for final confirmation. Well, yesterday, it all came crashing down for the Representa...
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