#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) refused to answer whether the 2020 election was stolen when pressed eight separate times in a Sunday interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. Asked about conservative Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to leave Congress and his departing remark that “too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that…

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#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

Recently, Rep. Mike Garcia (D-Calif.), alongside seven of his congressional colleagues, took an alarming step by sending a letter to President Biden. The letter calls for the separation of supplemental funding for Israel from a broader financial package that also includes aid for Ukraine. What makes this development particularly troubling is the increasing number of…

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#Johnson’s strident LGBTQ views put advocates on alert

#Johnson’s strident LGBTQ views put advocates on alert

In the week since Republicans voted unanimously to elect Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) the next Speaker of the House, LGBTQ lawmakers and civil rights advocates have criticized the once little-known congressman’s conservative record on same-sex marriage and transgender rights and questioned his ability to lead the House on LGBTQ issues with impartiality. His background may…

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#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

House Republicans are punting plans to vote on a housing and transportation government funding bill this week amid concerns from members over costs and Amtrak.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said earlier Thursday that the House would bring up the legislation — which lays out full-year funding for the departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies — this…

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