Today, “floor fight” usually refers to a fight on the Senate or House floor. In theory, of course, there should never be any fights at all in Congress, especially in the Senate. Thomas Jefferson wrote a“Manual of Parliamentary Practice”in which he explained the importance of decorum in...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a private House GOP conference meeting indicated she’d fight a transgender woman if she tried to use a woman’s bathroom on the House side of the Capitol, according to two people in the room, as Congress' first openly transgender lawmaker is set to assume ...
On the legislative front, Republicans control both chambers of Congress, leaving Democrats virtually powerless to bring bills to the floor. And as a legal matter, the courts have already ruled that congressional lawmakers lack the standing to challenge presidents when they refuse to spend federal dol...
“The Court has come to rest on the bottom-line conclusion that racial diversity in higher education is only worth potentially preserving insofar as it might be needed to prepare Black Americans and other underrepresented minorities for success in the bunker, not the boardroom (a particularly awkwa...
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 lays out the process for approving spending bills for departments and agencies before the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. The president is supposed to submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday of February, outlining how...
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to lead Trump's defense, with the president's personal attorney Jay Sekulow at his side on the Senate floor, said a CNN report. Trump was impeached by the House on charges of abusing power and obstruction of Congress in mid-December. He was...
Trump’s backchanneling has extended to Johnson, as well. The speaker said that he also spoke with Trump on Monday — and that the former president had his back on Greene’s threats. “He’s not in favor of it,” Johnson told reporters, adding that Trump did not call into his Monday...
But some early estimates have valued losses from the fires at more than $50 billion and it’s likely Congress will have to take action this year on helping the state recover. No more ceiling? Trump previously called for the abolishment of the debt ceiling – an idea that some Democrats ...
“Members of the California delegation have been very vocal on this matter and have made clear it is a complete and total nonstarter,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday, rejecting any conditions on wildfire aid. “This Congress, in our nation’s 248-year history...