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French Hill to chair House Financial Services Committee

House Republican leadership on Thursday completed the selection process to chair the House Financial Services Committee for the 119th Congress, selecting Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) to chair the committee. Hill is ahead of Representatives Andy Barr (R-Ky.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), according to people close to the summit. He was elected as […]

John Cornyn Sought to Leapfrog Tom Cotton Atop Senate Intelligence Committee

After losing the leadership race, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) overtook Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to become the Senate intelligence leader, despite Cotton's seniority on the committee. He tried to take the top position on the committee. Cornyn's move was discussed among Senate Republicans, Politico reportsaid a party official. Seniority is sacrosanct in the old-fashioned Senate […]

Prosecuting J6 Committee Members Will ‘Cause a Backlash Against Donald Trump’

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Wednesday on CNN's “The Newsroom” that President Joe Biden's legal proceedings against the lawmakers who headed the Jan. 6 committee “ultimately… He said he was “strongly opposed” to pardoning Trump, as it would spark a backlash against Donald Trump. “I strongly oppose a pre-emptive pardon. First of all, it would […]

New Trump-aligned committee chair pledges ‘colonoscopy’ of State Department spending

Exclusive: The incoming chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has vowed to overhaul how taxpayer dollars are spent by the State Department when he takes the helm of the influential committee next year. Congressman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) will take over from current term-limited Speaker Michael McCaul (R-Texas). “When you're dealing with the State Department, […]

Top Ethics Committee Dem Leaked Gaetz Report Details, Violating Oath

Rep. Susan Wilde (D-Pa.), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, admitted before the committee that she violated her oath and leaked details of the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz to the press. . reported Monday. Leaks about the Gaetz investigation and threats to make it fully public played a key role in […]

Crypto lobby targets SEC’s Crenshaw ahead of Senate committee vote

FOX Business' Charlie Gasparino talks about the crypto industry's efforts to stop SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw from getting a second term on “The Claman Countdown.” Crypto industry seeks to block Carolyn Crenshaw's re-nomination to the Securities and Exchange Commission as the Senate Banking Committee prepares to vote on her second term as Wall Street's top […]

Susan Wild absent from Ethics Committee meeting after Gaetz leaks to press

Rep. Susan Wilde (Pennsylvania), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, was removed from the committee last week after being pursued as the source of leaks to the press about the investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida). I was absent from the meeting. ), a source told The Hill. It remains unclear whether […]

‘Ridiculous’: Cheney responds to Trump floating jail time for J6 committee members

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said President-elect Trump's suspension of prison sentences for himself and other members of the Jan. 6 commission is “a continuation of the attack on the rule of law.” “Here's the truth: Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power,” Cheney said in a statement responding to […]