“The American people expect their elected representatives to hold their colleagues to a higher ethical standard and punish those who violate the public’s trust,” said Stand Up America’s Brett Edkins. The progressive advocacy group Stand Up American on Wednesday blasted Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for declining to expel GOP Congressman George Santos […]
“MAGA Republicans don’t give a damn about the deficit, and today’s estimate of the cost of kickbacks for their friends and donors is further proof,” said Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse. While congressional Republicans hold the global economy hostage by refusing to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without major spending cuts that would hurt the working […]
Members of Congress, legal scholars, and even the union representing federal workers are calling on the White House to answer the GOP’s economic hostage-taking with unilateral action to prevent a default. As congressional leaders prepare for a Tuesday meeting at the White House, Congressman Jamie Raskin, a constitutional scholar, affirmed Sunday that if GOP lawmakers won’t […]
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers will make their case Monday that New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor who brought felony charges against former President Donald Trump, has neglected to address a wave of violent crime in the city. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan tweeted last week, “Alvin Bragg’s radical pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led […]