Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released a report on the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins Monday, alleging that China concealed COVID-19’s leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in 2019. McCaul, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s ranking member, says China is guilty of the “greatest coverup of all time”. Many health experts and scientists in the U.S. continue to stress that the theory that … Continued
You gotta keep ‘em separated, indeed. On Monday, Offspring drummer Pete Parada announced on Twitter that he won’t be joining the band for its upcoming tour. His explanation, which centered on his medical inability to receive a Covid vaccine, quickly went viral. In the thread, the 48-year-old explained that he has Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare immune disorder … Continued
A bipartisan group of senators released full legislative text for their roughly $1 trillion “hard” infrastructure bill late Sunday night, setting it up for debate on the floor this week. Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) kept senators in town for a rare legislative weekend in order to formally begin debate on the 2,702-page bill. … Continued
The coronavirus officially returned to the United States Senate on Monday. News that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tested positive quickly jolted through the Capitol and sparked an hours-long scramble to figure out who else might have been exposed, which only escalated after sources confirmed that the South Carolina Republican attended an outdoor event on Sen. … Continued
Four officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during and after the Jan. 6 attack have died by suicide. D.C. Metropolitan Police on Monday confirmed the death of 26-year-old Officer Kyle DeFreytag on July 10, according to WUSA9. The officer enforced curfews after attackers inspired by then-President Trump’s call to freeze the electoral vote count beat … Continued
The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of fits and starts once the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package that’s key to President Joe Biden’s agenda. Biden welcomed the accord as … Continued
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Aug. 1 that the $1 trillion infrastructure bill backed by the White House has the support of at least 10 Republican senators, suggesting the measure will clear the 60-vote filibuster. Collins, in a comment on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said the legislation has enough backing to pass in the chamber … Continued
A group of 10 Republican senators is backing a bill that would require an audit of the decision-making and public health messaging by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Senate bill (pdf), titled ‘Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act of 2021, would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the CDC’s public health messaging … Continued
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez insisted Sunday that the House should not pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill absent a much-larger partisan spending package, claiming she and progressive allies have “more than enough” votes to kill the former unless the latter passes too. The comments further conflict with any suggestion that the two bills might be considered on separate tracks, as … Continued
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has signed a Congressional Member Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), led by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and co-signed by several House Republican Members, urging SCOTUS to uphold the constitutionality of pre-viability restrictions on abortion in Mississippi State law, or return the case … Continued
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) confirmed Thursday that she was arrested as she engaged in a voting protest in Washington. Lee and other protesters were standing in front of an entrance to the Senate Hart Building when the Capitol Police told them that it was their final warning and would have to disperse, according to footage posted by … Continued
In House floor remarks on Thursday, Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) called out President Joe Biden for insisting in a CNN Town Hall with host Don Lemon a week ago that “crime is down” even as murder rates rise. The current rise in violent crime has been broadly acknowledged by an array of journalistic and academic observers, and even by liberal outlets like The … Continued
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