The Senate just passed a $95 billion foreign aid package. House Speaker Johnson vows to kill it.
us senate passed it The $95 billion foreign aid package passed on a 70-29 vote Tuesday morning after opponents ran out of time with an all-night filibuster. The bill passed the floor with the help of 18 Republican senators. encourage gratitude From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fate in parliament is by no means certain. House […]
Former chief of staff to IL House Speaker sentenced for lying under oath
Timothy Mapes, former chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for lying under oath to a grand jury. Mapes is required to begin serving his sentence in mid-June. Four others previously had ties to Mr. Madigan’s associates and were convicted in a bribery conspiracy involving […]
Speaker Mike Johnson signals House won’t take up Senate’s Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday warned that the Senate may not vote on a massive foreign aid bill being considered because it lacks border security, warning that the House is “on its own terms” on the issue. We will work on it.” The bill, which would provide $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel […]
To Save Ukraine, Speaker Johnson must find his inner Charlie Wilson
Tom Hanks plays Charlie Wilson in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War, based on the nonfiction book by George Kreil. Charlie Wilson is a well-connected, hard-drinking, womanizing Democrat from Texas who discovers the key to defeating the Soviet Union after its invasion. and the occupation of Afghanistan during the Cold War. As depicted in a dramatic […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Torches Foreign Aid Bill: Border Must Come First
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) suggested in a statement Monday night that the Senate was wasting its time by passing tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid without enacting border security measures. In a statement released less than an hour before the Senate began a series of procedural votes calling for the Senate to […]
‘Whites are psychopaths’: UCSF guest speaker claims laws allow men to ‘rape Black women’
The University of California, San Francisco recently hosted a speaker who suggested that white people are “mentally insane” as part of its Black History Month events. On Thursday, author Dante King gave a talk titled “Diagnosing Whiteness and Anti-Blackness: White Psychopathology, Mass Psychosis, and Trauma in America” to promote his upcoming book of the same […]
Texas Republicans censure House Speaker Dade Phelan
The Texas Republican Party on Saturday condemned Rep. Dade Phelan (R), the speaker of the Texas House, after voting in favor of impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to a press release. “The Republican Party of Texas today formally censured Congressman Dade Phelan and imposed a series of penalties authorized by the rules for […]
Speaker Johnson reverses on planned Montana Senate endorsement
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has backed away from his plan to endorse Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) in the widely expected Senate race in Montana, according to a Republican. That’s what it means. punch bowl news On Thursday morning, it was reported that Prime Minister Johnson plans to support Mr. Rosendale in the long-awaited Senate […]
Gaetz says McCarthy would be ‘terrific’ RNC chair after ousting him as Speaker: ‘Matt sure knows how to troll’
The House needs more courage: Matt Gaetz Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared on “Fox News Live” to discuss his support for former President Donald Trump in the primary, averting the government shutdown and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who some colleagues thought was a joke, said Wednesday that he supports former […]
Speaker Johnson’s $17 billion Israel aid bill fails in House
A policy aimed at giving $17.6 billion to Israel failed to pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday. It was under threat of a veto from the White House, which wants Congress to consider aid to Israel as part of a massive $118 billion security package, and Republicans who want to offset the cost with […]