President Joe Biden met with a group of 10 Republicans at the White House on Monday to discuss COVID relief legislation, but he quickly made it clear following the meeting that he won’t settle for a watered-down GOP proposal. The full statement: The President and the Vice President had a substantive and productive discussion with … Read more
Warning that the deadly rampage of the Capitol this month may not have been an isolated episode, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said publicly for the first time that the United States faced a growing threat from “violent domestic extremists” emboldened by the attack. The New York Times reports, Extremists Emboldened by Capitol … Read more
Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced a bill Tuesday to raise the U.S. minimum wage to $15 per hour. CNBC reports, Democrats reintroduce $15 minimum wage bill with unified control of Congress, White House: The legislation would gradually hike the pay floor to $15 an hour nationwide by 2025, then tie future increases to … Read more
When Republicans say they want “unity” what they really mean is that Democrats must appease them and let them run the government, even after they’ve lost the election. This is what Mitch McConnell’s taking the Senate hostage over the organizing resolution to maintain his weapon of mass destruction, the Senate filibuster, was really all about. … Read more
The National Memo reports, ’Seditious Conspiracy’ Complaint Filed Against Three House Members In Capitol Riot: An ethics complaint has been filed against three Republican members of Congress over their participation in events that led to the violent and deadly January 6 attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol. Reps. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, and Paul … Read more