CABO ROJO, PR — It was interesting to read this morning an article in the New York Times titled, “How a Congressman Wants to Honor Roberto Clemente.” The congressman is Democratic Representative Adriano Espaillat representing upper Manhattan and West Bronx). Espaillat is also a friend that I...
Between 1932 and 1933, a congressman introduced two impeachment resolutions againstHerbert Hoover. Both were eventually tabled by large margins. More recently, both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were the subject of impeachment resolutions submitted by Henry B. Gonzales, a Democratic representativ...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcementresponse to a request from a Texas congressmaninformed — or misinformed — many of the latest claims of a connection between immigration and violent crime. One statistic from the letter in particular has been in theheadlines: ICE counted 1...
Republican candidates enjoy a laugh at the start of the 1980 Presidential Forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, including (L-R) Congressman Philip Crane, George Bush, moderator Howard K. Smith, Ronald Reagan and Congressman John Anderson. Bettman/Getty Images The League of Women Vot...
Claire McCaskill: Yeah, because Menendez is in court right now. The sitting Democratic congressman -- Jennifer Palmieri: What about that. Claire McCaskill: -- has just been charged by the same Justice Department. And by the way, I do want to say this about the Hunter Biden case. You’...
There have been attacks in the Trump era on Paul Pelosi, husband of former House speaker Nancy, and the violence on Capitol Hill in the aftermath of Joe Biden’s 2020 win. Yet Republicans have also been the victims of heightened unrest, with congressman Steve Scalise shot during a baseball...
Stuart Stevens: Yeah. I mean, if, you know, I was a Democratic congressman or a senator or governor or something, you know, I would just tell my staff, you know, do not talk about this. Go out and talk about why Joe Biden has been a great president and will continue to be...
The congressman begins: “Today, I am announcing a proposal for sweeping legislation to halt a threat to our very civilization. I recognize that my law is wholly inadequate to meet that goal, but I am proceeding anyway, with the hope that we can somehow do better in the future.” Asks ...
About a third of the planet’s food goes to waste, often because of its looks. That’s enough to feed two billion people.
At some point, probably in the middle of work-related clicking around, that shopping research led me to my congressman’s Web site. Rep. Don Beyer (D.-Va.), like other members of Congress, has a flag-request form that I’d thought of only as a way to buy a flag flown over the ...