McConnell refuses to denounce Confederate statues at the Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants all Confederate memorials removed from the U.S. Capitol.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants all Confederate memorials removed from the U.S. Capitol.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2020It’s up to the states to determine which of their historical figures to display.
By Associated Press - June 11, 2020The effort is spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus.
By Associated Press - June 04, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to help cities and states facing major budget shortfalls due to the coronavirus.
By Associated Press - June 01, 2020As the coronavirus death toll neared 100,000, Trump spent the holiday weekend focused on his grievances.
By Emily Singer - May 26, 2020Donald Trump’s allegations against his perceived political enemies are lobbed without any evidence.
By Emily Singer - May 12, 2020‘To those who would suggest a pause, I would say the hunger doesn’t take a pause, the rent doesn’t take a pause,’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2020Rep. Virginia Foxx attacked demands from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats for more relief for a struggling nation.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 11, 2020‘If we are not working from the truth, more lives will be lost, economic hardship and suffering will be extended unnecessarily,’ Pelosi wrote in a letter to House Democrats.
By Associated Press - April 15, 2020Republicans ‘want to stand in the way of a more open democratic system at a time of a pandemic.’
By Associated Press - April 10, 2020Republicans are blocking more aid to Americans fighting the coronavirus on the front lines.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2020The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 4,800 as McConnell embraced his role as Grim Reaper of the Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 02, 2020Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie previously threatened to delay the bill by demanding a roll-call vote.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2020Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) claimed Tuesday that he meant to type ‘she’s ridiculous,’ not ‘she’s retarded.’
By Josh Israel - March 25, 2020Two House lawmakers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, leading the House to weigh options to vote without being present in the Capitol.
By Associated Press - March 24, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Donald Trump and Republicans to expand Medicaid during COVID-19 pandemic, not take health care away from millions of Americans.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 23, 2020Two members of Congress have been diagnosed with COVID-19 so far.
By Associated Press - March 19, 2020Republicans are dismissing a Democratic bill to provide economic relief to vulnerable workers hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2020The White House said Democrats’ bill to protect poor and low-income workers impacted by coronavirus closures ‘falls short.’
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2020While Trump pushes for tax cuts for businesses amid coronavirus fears, Democrats are focused on protecting the economic security of workers.
By Emily Singer - March 09, 2020Pompeo is disregarding World Health Organization guidance advising against using geographic locations to name diseases.
By Emily Singer - March 06, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the misleading ads ‘should not come at the cost of counting who is in our country.’
By Associated Press - March 06, 2020‘I do think there’s a certain element of misogyny that is there,’ Pelosi said after Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the Democratic primary.
By Emily Singer - March 05, 2020The bill provides money to develop vaccines and treatments, among other things.
By Associated Press - March 05, 2020‘It’s very sad that the Grim Reaper has decided more people will die,’ Nancy Pelosi said of McConnell’s inaction on the House’s background check bill.
By Emily Singer - February 27, 2020A New York man was arrested for allegedly making death threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Rep. Adam Schiff.
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020Trump and his White House glossed over a lot of inconvenient facts in the week that his Senate impeachment trial came to a close.
By Associated Press - February 10, 2020Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) tore up a House resolution on the chamber’s floor hours after he and other House Republicans condemned Speaker Nancy Pelosi for tearing up Trump’s speech.
By Josh Israel - February 07, 2020Trump and his Republican allies notably spent much of this week railing against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who they called uncivil for ripping up a copy of Trump’s State of the Union.
By Oliver Willis - February 07, 2020Republicans are conveniently ignoring their own misdeeds over the years as they attempt to make an issue out of Pelosi’s response to Trump’s State of the Union address.
By Josh Israel - February 06, 2020