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Biden’s DHS Chief Mayorkas Impeached by House in Historic Vote

House lawmakers have voted to impeach Democrat President Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The impeachment resolution passed with a vote of 214-213. The historic vote makes Mayorkas the first cabinet official to be impeached since the 1870s. Under Mayorkas' tenure, more than 10 million illegal aliens have entered…

House Republicans File Resolution Declaring Trump ‘Did Not Engage in Insurrection’

House Republicans have filed a resolution to overrule the Democrats' false 14th Amendment claims by declaring that President Donald Trump "did not engage in insurrection." Trump has faced concerted efforts from activists nationwide to have him disqualified and removed from state election ballots under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. Democrats…

GOP Rep Victoria Spartz Reverses Retirement Decision, Vows to Run for Re-Election

Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) has announced that she is reversing her decision to retire from Congress and has vowed to run for re-election this year instead. In February last year, Spartz said she would not seek re-election and planned to spend more time with her family. However, the two-term…

Speaker Johnson Warns Senators Their Border Security Bill Is ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the House

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has issued a warning to Senators about a proposed border security bill that is rumored to be under negotiations in the upper chamber. A bipartisan group of senators has been quietly negotiating a supposedly tough border security bill that would seemingly bring an end to…

Democrat Congresswoman Kicked Out of Committee Hearing

A Democrat U.S. congresswoman has been kicked out of a congressional committee hearing, according to reports. The Washington Examiner is reporting that the lawmaker is Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). The incident took place during a hearing of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. The subcommittee operates under the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The…

Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens to Oust Speaker Johnson

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is threatening to have House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) removed from his powerful leadership position. Greene issued the threat during an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room show. This comes after Johnson negotiated a government spending agreement with Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Suffice…

Steve Scalise Will Miss Votes Through February Due to Cancer Treatments

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) will be unable to partake in votes until sometime in February, his office has announced. His office announced on Friday that Scalise will miss House votes while he receives treatment for multiple myeloma, including a stem cell transplant. Scalise already underwent chemotherapy to treat…

GOP Rep. Ferguson Announces Retirement from Congress

A U.S. House Republican has just announced that he will be retiring from Congress at the end of his current term. Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA), who seemed poised to soon become a top member of the GOP leadership team, has abruptly announced the end of his political career in Congress.…

GOP Lawmakers Fined for Violating Pelosi’s Mask Mandate Take Case to Supreme Court

A group of three House Republicans is taking their case to the United States Supreme Court after they were fined for violating then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) mask mandate. The GOP Congress members are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike the fines down as unconstitutional. According to the New…

Six House Democrats Join Republicans to Block Use of Public Lands for Migrant Camps

Six House Democrats have crossed the aisle and joined Republicans to pass a bill blocking federal lands from being used for migrant camps. The legislation, which blocks all public lands, including national parks, from housing illegal immigrants, passed by a vote of 224 to 203. The bill was proposed by…