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A growing number of politicians have decided that the rat race to the highest echelons of government is just simply not worth the effort anymore. Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer announced his retirement last month, joining 28 other members of the Continue reading No One Wants to Be in Congress Anymore
Here’s a fun fact: A New York Times investigation from September 2022 found that between 2019 and 2021, 183 members of Congress reported stock trades. Of those 183, “more than half … sat on congressional committees that potentially gave them Continue reading George Santos Is a Buffoon. The Bigger Story of Corruption in Congress Is Less Funny.
Public support for Israel’s military barrage of the Gaza Strip is crumbling. The vast majority of Americans believe that their country should support a cease-fire in the escalating conflict, which so far has killed more than 12,000 Palestinians—more than half Continue reading Here Are the Only Members of Congress Who Have Called for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
The farm bill is a traditionally bipartisan measure, bolstered by a marriage of rural agricultural interests and nutrition assistance advocates. The largest part of the farm bill is also the most controversial: the nutrition title, which includes funding for the Continue reading The Future of Food Insecurity Is in the Hands of an Angry Congress
Representative Becca Balint on Thursday became the first Jewish member of Congress to call for a cease-fire in Gaza, joining a steadily growing number of Democrats demanding peace. A total of 32 lawmakers have now called for a cease-fire. Balint Continue reading First Jewish Member of Congress Calls for Cease-Fire—And No It’s Not Bernie
The spear-wielding conspiracy theorist convicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results on January 6, 2021 has decided it’s his time to run for the very government he attempted to overthrow. Jacob Chansley, a 35-year-old convicted felon better Continue reading Because Of Course He Is: QAnon Shaman Now Running for Congress
But efforts to pass aid to Israel have been complicated by political considerations. President Joe Biden’s supplemental funding request to Congress also included funds for Ukraine and the southern border, as well as humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Republican-controlled House, Continue reading Emotions Are Running Feverishly High in Congress
But Johnson does owe a lot of money. Every year, he has listed a mortgage on which he owes hundreds of thousands of dollars and a personal loan on which he owes tens of thousands. In 2019, he opened up Continue reading House Fails to Expel Man Who Scammed His Way to Congress
“To me it feels inappropriate to pretend that supporting billions of dollars for open-ended weapons sales is Jewish.” “Pretending the Jewish community is a monolith or members trying to act in the name of all Jews is … I don’t Continue reading Jewish Members of Congress Don’t Want a Cease-Fire. Their Jewish Staffers Are a Different Story.
Donald Trump’s former adviser and top loyalist Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of criminal contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the congressional January 6 investigative committee. Navarro was indicted in June 2022 for failing to Continue reading Guilty! Trumpist Peter Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress