#House, Senate Democrats rally behind expelled Tennessee lawmakers: ‘We all lost today’

#House, Senate Democrats rally behind expelled Tennessee lawmakers: ‘We all lost today’

Democratic lawmakers are decrying the expulsion of two Tennessee legislators Thursday, calling their removal a threat to democracy. “All of this in the wake of children—9-year-olds—being killed at school. Every American should be on the side of democracy. We all lost today,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) tweeted. The Tennessee Republican-controlled House voted Thursday on whether…

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#Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats

#Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar get committee assignments back after they were removed by Democrats Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are set to get committee assignments back after being stripped from their assignments in the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2021. The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday selected Greene to sit on…

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#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

#Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue

Democracy in peril argument fizzles as midterm issue Threats to U.S. democracy highlighted by the House Jan. 6 select committee’s blockbuster hearings are fizzling as a midterm election issue, drowned out by inflation and other economic concerns that appear to be driving voters in the final weeks of the campaign. While the committee examining the…

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