Less than two weeks after being sworn in, Rep. Mary Sattler Petola (D-AK), who won the special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Don Young (R-AK) who died in March 2022, has hit the ground running as the newest member of Congress. Peltola was sworn in on Tuesday, […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she “was in the room when this happened and it was just as gross and wild in person.” During a bank oversight hearing this week, Republican Rep. Trey Hollingsworth boasted that one of his staffers would soon be leaving Congress to work on Wall Street, offering a glimpse of the legalized corruption […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) attended the official swearing-in ceremony for Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Alaska’s newly-elected Congresswoman, who will serve the remainder of the late Congressman Don Young’s term. Following the event, the Senators released the following statements: “I congratulate Congresswoman Peltola on her swearing-in and welcome […]
“We need more action on legislation that would ban Congressional stock trading. And fewer members of Congress in violation of the rules already on the books.” A leading government ethics watchdog on Tuesday renewed calls to ban members of Congress from trading stocks during their terms in office after The New York Times published a major investigation revealing that […]