House members will return to the Capitol on Monday for the first week of the 2024 legislative session to head to the polls.
The Republican majority has several major priorities scheduled for the week of January 8, related to two separate impeachment inquiries and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci's visit to Congress.
Fauci's first sit-in of the 118th Congress will be a closed-door meeting with the House Select Committee on COVID-19.
He is scheduled to answer questions from lawmakers on both sides in a daily seven-hour marathon on Monday and Tuesday.
On January 10, the House Oversight Committee and the Homeland Security Committee both took a major step forward in Republican efforts to demand accountability from the Biden administration.
The House enters this year's holiday as the critical battle continues.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to arrive at the Capitol early this week before House Republicans hold impeachment hearings for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and advance a contempt resolution against Hunter Biden. (Getty Images)
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced that the committee will hold a procedural session to advance a contempt resolution against President Biden's son Hunter Biden for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
Republicans subpoenaed Hunter on Dec. 13 to testify under oath as part of the impeachment inquiry into whether the president and his family profited from foreign transactions.
He skipped the sit-in, choosing instead to hold a press conference in front of the Capitol to criticize the Republican impeachment inquiry into his father.
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“Hunter Biden's willful refusal to comply with our subpoena constitutes a contempt of Congress and should be referred to the appropriate federal prosecutor's office for prosecution,” Comer said Friday. I will not treat him any differently because of his last name.”
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is leading the committee's markup of a contempt resolution against Hunter Biden. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), is among the first to hold Mr. Hunter in contempt, despite Republicans insisting on a private deposition first. It criticized his decision and pointed out that he had offered to testify at the hearing.
Raskin said, “Instead of accepting yes for an answer, Chairman Comer opened up his own ill-fated investigation by denying Hunter Biden the opportunity to answer all of the committee's questions in front of the American people and the world.'' I interfered,” he said.
As deadline approaches, the Senate passes only three of 12 spending bills.
Also on January 10, the Homeland Security Committee will hold its first hearing on House Republicans' impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The House voted in November to refer Mayorkas' impeachment resolution to a committee, giving the committee reins in the Republican effort to oust senior Biden officials.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green is leading the impeachment process against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“Our investigation reveals that at the root of this crisis is Secretary Mayorkas' decision-making and refusal to implement the laws passed by Congress, and that he will be held accountable for his failure to fulfill his oath of office.” said Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) in a statement.
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“The House's bipartisan vote in November to refer articles of impeachment to my committee only underscores the importance of us working on the impeachment process, which we will begin next Wednesday. Thing.”
Lawmakers won't have much breathing room after this week's high-profile actions. The House and Senate must reach an agreement on government funding by Jan. 19 or risk a partial government shutdown.
