Lawmakers close redistricting session; judge to decide if GOP-crafted maps comply with order
Lawmakers watch the votes comes in as a new congressional map cleared the House Thursday with a party-line vote. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8. 2023 after the governor signed the maps. Depending on who is asked, a newly redrawn congressional map is either an open act of…
New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman censured by U.S. House after he pulled fire alarm
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, speaks on the floor of the House about a resolution to censure him, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Screenshot from U.S. House webcast) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted Thursday to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York. The House voted 214-191 along party lines on a resolution to censure…
CNN to host GOP presidential debates ahead of Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire primary
Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, left, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis participate in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama Moody Music Hall on Dec. 6, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. CNN has now scheduled two more debates for GOP presidential candidates. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Republicans hoping…
U.S. House Democrats and advocates push for additional federal child care funding
U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to advocates outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, about $16 billion in child care funding requested by the Biden administration. Samantha Dietel/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democratic leaders on Wednesday called on Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s $16 billion supplemental child care…
Divided over immigration, U.S. Senate blocks advancing aid for Ukraine, Israel
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington, D.C. McConnell said Dec. 6 that Republicans would block a supplemental spending package that would have provided aid to Israel and Ukraine because it “fails…
Full Georgia House vote set for Thursday on congressional map ahead of federal court review
House Redistricting Chairman Rob Leverett, left, speaks with House Minority Leader James Beverly before the start of a committee hearing. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A state House committee approved Georgia’s GOP-drawn congressional maps on a party line vote Wednesday, teeing up the map for a full vote Thursday. That could be the final vote of a…