Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch Democratic members of Congress took the stage throughout the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, urging voters to give the party control of the House during the November elections. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries were among the lawmakers …

  A federal jury has convicted David DePape for the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, during a break-in at their San Francisco home last year. The jury found DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family …

Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Progressives responded with indignation Tuesday after Rep. Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking Democrat in the House, stated his opposition to popular legislation that aims to restrict widespread stock trading by members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children, senior government officials, and federal judges, including those on the …

A Florida man who posed carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium during the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to 75 days in prison on Friday. Adam Johnson was sentenced by US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, who said Johnson made “a mockery” of …

Former President Donald Trump has made tens of millions of dollars from his coffee table picture book that includes captions he personally wrote slamming his political enemies. Sales for Trump’s book ‘Our Journey Together,’ which went on sale in late November, reached $20 million in sales in less than two months, …

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has received twenty fines totaling $48,000 due to violating House mask rules, according to a letter sent to the congresswoman by Sergeant at Arms William Walker and shared with CNN. Walker sent a letter to Greene dated Oct. 28 informing her that she had …

The Senate passed a short-term debt limit increase along party lines Thursday evening, a move that would give the Treasury Department at least a couple of months before it once again bumps up against its legal borrowing cap. The 50-48 vote sent the bill to the House, where that chamber …

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion to replenish the Iron Dome missile-defense system, following two days of contentious debate within the Democratic Party. The vote passed with an overwhelming 420-9 majority, with two Democrats, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hank Johnson, …

The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure bill in a 69-30 vote. The Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act puts $110 billion into roads, bridges, and other major projects, $66 billion into passenger and freight rail, $65 billion into broadband, $55 billion into water systems, and $39 billion into …

Democrats this week are preparing to pass a $715 billion transportation package called the INVEST in America Act. According to CBS News, the transportation bill would allocate $343 billion to roads, bridges, and safety; $109 billion would be given to transit; $95 billion would be used on passenger and freight …

The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on creating a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the resolution to create the select committee earlier this week after efforts for a bipartisan special commission on the ransacking of the Capitol …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that the House would create a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol. “This morning, with great solemnity and sadness, I’m announcing that the house will be establishing a select committee on the January 6 insurrection,” Pelosi said. …

Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Indiana was placed on probation in the first sentence connected with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C. According to NBC News, she pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally demonstrating in the Capitol, and the government dropped three additional charges, which were all misdemeanors. The woman was sentenced to …

Democratic Congress members are pushing for an increase in funding for high-speed rail in President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package. The current proposal includes an $80 billion investment in rail projects, although experts say most of that would go to update existing Amtrak lines versus new investments in rail. …

Congress will honor the entire Capitol Police force and the D.C. police with Congressional Gold Medals for their work during the deadly Jan.6 domestic terrorist attack. The final vote in the House on Tuesday was 406-21, with all 21 votes being from Republican lawmakers. “Let us give them all the …