Congressional Republicans faced swift criticism on Wednesday for voting to formalize the GOP’s ongoing impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden despite any evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat. “Today, the first year of MAGA Republicans’ control of the House of Representatives ended just how it started: consumed by chaos and political stunts, with zero […]
U.S. House Republicans are progressing toward a vote this week that would formalize the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. But whether leadership has enough votes to approve the measure remains unclear. Polling released Monday morning indicated that a small plurality of Americans thought the inquiry should move forward, but that even among self-identified […]
“If not for the Bush tax cuts, their extensions, and then the Trump tax cuts, the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio would be declining indefinitely,” wrote Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. The Democratic chair of the Senate Budget Committee rebuked his Republican colleagues on Thursday for demanding action to reduce the U.S. debt after adding roughly $10 trillion to it with […]
“The oil and gas industry could stick taxpayers with a massive bill of between $2.9 billion and $17.7 billion,” warned Public Citizen’s Alan Zibel. Fossil fuel industry-funded Republicans on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted Wednesday to advance Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill that would saddle taxpayers with the massive cost of cleaning up oil and gas wells […]