Two House Dems join GOP to ban biological males from girls’ school sports

Two House Democrats joined Republicans in passing a bill that would ban athletes born male from participating in sports teams at girls' schools. The Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act, sponsored by Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube, would amend federal law to require student-athletes to participate on the school sports team that matches their […]

House Passes Bill to Shield K-12 Sports from Transgenderism

Sports advocate Riley Gaines cheered after the House passed a bill that would protect women's sports from men who claim to be transgender women. “The Women and Girls Sports Protection Act passed the House of Representatives with support from two Texas Democrats (Gonzalez and Cuéllar), making it bipartisan,” Gaines said. I wrote Following the passage […]

Mace challenges Crockett to ‘take it outside’ during wild House spat

These are the words of their fight. The House Oversight Committee was thrown into chaos Tuesday when Rep. Nancy Mace (R.C.) took on Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “If you want to take it outside, you can,” Mace said. The altercation began when Crockett said, “Kid, listen up” during an exchange about civil rights, women's rights […]

House GOP tax writers call for cuts 'as soon as possible'

Republican tax leaders on Tuesday ramped up pressure on members of other parties to pass tax cuts as a top priority in Congress. “We need to make the Trump tax cuts permanent as soon as possible,” Rep. Jason Smith (R-Missouri), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said during the committee's first hearing in the […]

Nearly every House Democrat votes against bill to protect women’s sports

On Tuesday, nearly all House Democrats voted to block protections for women and girls in the sports law. Despite overwhelming opposition from Democrats, the bill passed The House has Republican support. this groundbreaking law Amends Title IX so that protections are granted based on sex, rather than the gender identity an individual claims to adopt. […]

Thompson, chair of Jan. 6 committee, has talked with White House about pardons 

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), who led Congress' special investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Tuesday that he is in talks with the White House about a presidential pardon. his comment was confirmed reportPunchbowl News reported hours earlier that Thompson had at least one conversation with the White House Counsel's […]