Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reportedly said that she supported a proposed raise in the $174,000 salary for members of Congress, despite it being politically unpopular. Chad Pergram of Fox News reported that the freshman member of Congress said that a prospective pay raise “may not be politically popular to say but honestly this is why there’s so much pressure […] More
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday made his first public comments about his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Reading from a lectern at the Justice Department, Mueller pushed back on Democratic lawmakers’ calls for him to testify before Congress about his work. He said that the more than 400-page report he filed in […] More
Angry Democratic Congress members have turned up their rhetoric amplifier to ’11’ this evening, suggesting that special counsel Mueller may be subpoenaed to compel him to testify (publicly, of course, because – apparently – none of this is worth doing unless the American public gets to see the farce). “I think he will have to […] More
Texas is asserting its sovereign immunity against Congress, telling Democrats on two congressional committees this week that the state has no obligation to comply with their investigative demands. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says that as a state with sovereign powers under the Constitution, Texas can’t be treated like a federal agency or Cabinet secretary who […] More
Some random Democrat you’ve never hear of, Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline (not to be confused with former Italian Ciccolina, though you could be forgiven the error), has announced that an agreement has been reached with Department of Justice to permit special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Fat Jerry Nadler’s committee on May 15. This […] More
This morning the despicable Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress: THE HILL – Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Attorney General William Barr committed a crime by lying to lawmakers during his testimony on Capitol Hill. “What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general […] More
Five p.m. today, the deadline set by House Ways and Means Committee, Massachusetts Democrat Richard Neal for the production of six years of the income tax returns filed by President Trump and all the business entities he runs, came and went. Instead of several hundred pages of confidential filings that could be leaked, Neal was […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines
“This is the success of the Democrats in the first 100 days of Congress.” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway mocked her political opponents Thursday by holding up a document she claimed showed Democrats’ successes during the first 100 days of Congress. It was a blank sheet of paper. “This is the success of the Democrats in […] More
She’s only been a congresswoman for less than four months, but AOC’s constituents are already starting to turn against her. I think they are beginning to figure out that she’s more interested in all the media attention she’s getting than she is helping the very people that voted for her. Here’s more from the NY Post: […] More
On Tuesday, the Democrat-controlled House attempted an override of Trump’s national emergency declaration concerning the nation’s southern border. Diving into the details: The vote was an effort to cancel Trump’s veto of a congressional resolution to cancel his emergency pronouncement. Get that? Trump said “Emergency.” Congress said Nope. Trump Noped their Nope. In return, they […] More
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler confirmed Sunday that Congress will continue to investigate President Donald Trump regardless of the conclusions reached by special counsel Robert Mueller. “We know there was collusion,” Nadler insisted several times during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with guest host Dana Bash. “Why there’s been no indictments, we don’t […] More
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) hasn’t exactly been the most stellar example of a congressional member since her intro into D.C. politics. Between the anti-semitism and ridiculous lines of questioning she gives during committee meetings, it would appear that Minnesota Democrats are beginning to look elsewhere. A report from The Hill brought a plan hatching within […] More
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