In mid-May, the House voted 252-175 to create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. 35 House Republicans voted with all of the House Democrats. The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell, and the Sedition Caucus in the Senate filibustered the independent January 6 Commission. Six Republicans joined Democrats in … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed a House Select Committee to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection on January 6 (and hopefully the the Republican members of Congress who aided and abetted it). Pelosi introduces legislation that would establish select committee to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday introduced legislation … Read more
NBC News reports, Gosar’s siblings want their brother kicked out of Congress. They think Democrats are moving too slow. Few members of Congress have been as loud in repeating Donald Trump’s false election claims as Rep. Paul Gosar, the Arizona Republican who rallied supporters of the president to overturn the election and has been at … Read more
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 saw more gun deaths in the US than any year in over two decades, showing even a pandemic couldn’t stop the violence. The Washington Post reports 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades. So far, 2021 is worse. Gun violence is the uniquely American epidemic within the global … Read more
The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed to give legal backing for the Iraq War with the support of Democrats, Republicans and the White House — an unprecedented coalition to end post- 9/11 authorities to engage in hostilities that critics argue are outdated. The Washington Post … Read more