Jimmy Williams House Republicans took a significant step toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he skipped a closed-door deposition last month. The House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee voted along party lines to recommend contempt charges against the son of President Joe Biden, paving the way for …
Read More »John Durham Grilled By Democrats During Judiciary Committee Hearing
House Democrats on Wednesday questioned former special counsel John Durham about his report criticizing the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia during the 2016 election. Republicans highlighted Durham’s findings that the Russia probe should not have been initiated, claiming it was a politically motivated attack on the …
Read More »House Judiciary’s Debut Hearing On The Border Centers On Fentanyl
Ariana Figueroa, South Dakota Searchlight House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee blamed the Biden administration for fentanyl drug smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border during a Wednesday hearing. Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio also blamed U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the number of migrants at the border, …
Read More »House Panel Advances Assault Weapons Ban On Party-Line Vote
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week passed legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons, in a renewed push to ban the guns most commonly used in recent mass shootings. The party-line 25-18 vote followed recent mass shootings in which AR-15 style rifles were used — …
Read More »What Gun Control Proposals Will The House Consider? Here’s The List
Democrats on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have unveiled a gun control legislative package that they plan to mark up Thursday morning. The package, named the Protecting Our Kids Act, is made up of eight bills related to gun control, all first introduced in 2021 by Democratic lawmakers. Only one had …
Read More »House Judiciary Committee Debates Abortion In Advance Of SCOTUS Ruling
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent May 18, 2022 WASHINGTON — The national debate over abortion rights raged in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, as Democrats warned of the dangers of a potential end to the constitutional right and Republicans argued that legislatures should determine abortion laws. The hearing …
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