“Misleading and Unsupported By the Facts”: House Intelligence Democrats Slam GOP Russia Report
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, speaks with reporters the Russia investigation in July of last year. Alex Edelman via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, Democrats on the House intelligence committee released a fiery, 98-page rejoinder to the report on…
What Is a “Jobs Guarantee”?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If I think that a federal jobs guarantee is a bad idea, then how should we reduce the ranks of the unemployed and make sure that everyone who wants a decent job can get one? Without diving too deeply into things, the answer is twofold:…
House Intelligence Committee Republicans Just Released Their Russia Report
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chair of the House’s intelligence committee. Bill Clark/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released a 253-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, concluding that there was no evidence of collusion by the Trump campaign. The president was quick…
Paul Ryan Gave the House Chaplain a Simple Choice: Resign or Get Fired
House Chaplain Patrick J. Conroy, right, sits next to Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), center, and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) at a swearing-in ceremony for the new Librarian of Congress in September 2016.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Reverend Patrick Conroy, the chaplain for the US House…
The Mystery of the Great Congressional Youth Revolution
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Evan Soltas is concerned about the graying of Congress: The average age of the U.S. Congress has risen by almost 10 years since 1980, an increase of historic magnitude. More data analysis of Voteview bios (https://t.co/kZzRgEjkra). pic.twitter.com/I353uIK7nK — Evan Soltas (@esoltas) April 26, 2018 Looking…
House Republicans on Scott Pruitt: We’re With Him
Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of the reasons Scott Pruitt has probably survived this long at the Environmental Protection Agency is that he still has key Republican support in Congress. It was clear Thursday that House Republicans were still willing to defend him, when Pruitt appeared before…