Category: Republicans

Biden Administration Is Slow-Walking Taiwan Arms Sales, Holding Back on China Sanctions, House GOP Says

The Biden administration is slow-walking approvals for $19 billion in Taiwan weapons purchases and not aggressively imposing congressionally-mandated sanctions on Chinese companies because it fears angering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), several Republicans claimed during a July 18 House hearing on the State Department’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Eastern Asia and Pacific budget. That fear…


House Republicans Reject Democratic Pressure to Disinvite RFK Jr. From Testifying on Censorship

Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government are moving ahead with plans to hear testimony from Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, after House Democrats and their supporters raised accusations Mr. Kennedy had made anti-Semitic remarks. At a July 11 campaign event, Mr. Kennedy described research indicating that the…


Rep. Jordan Considers Holding Mark Zuckerberg in Contempt of Congress

A top House Republican indicated that Meta Platforms and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could face a contempt of Congress citation if he doesn’t cooperate with an investigation into allegations that Meta colluded with the federal government to censor speech. During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was asked…


LIVE NOW: House Republican Leadership Holds Weekly Press Conference (July 18)

The House Republican leadership, including Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) hold a weekly press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 18. …


House Republican Leadership Holds Weekly Press Conference (July 18)

The House Republican leadership, including Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) hold a weekly press conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 18. …


Democrats Introduce Measure to Censure George Santos

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) has introduced a measure to censure Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) for misleading statements the freshman congressman made during his 2022 campaign. The measure, via an expedited process, would force a floor vote on the matter, bypassing committee votes, but seems unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled lower chamber. The same process…


On Eve of Pentagon Plan Rollout, DeSantis Says Administration’s Top Military Mission Would Be to Secure the Border

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will reveal what policies and priorities he will push if elected commander-in-chief of the nation’s armed forces during a midmorning July 18 campaign speech in Colombia, South Carolina. Right about the same time, the Democrat-led Senate will begin deliberations on the nation’s proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget. The…


FBI Needs More Focus, Accountability, Commitment to Civil Liberties: Asa Hutchinson

The embattled Federal Bureau of Investigation has both an advocate and a critic in presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson. The former Arkansas governor unveiled a plan to refocus the mission of the FBI and reform its culture to increase the protection of civil liberties. “I’m calling for reform of the FBI that provides more focus, more…


Senate Set to Debate Defense Bill After House Loads Its Version with ‘Culture War’ Measures

As of mid-afternoon July 17, at least 666 prospective amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) have been filed by senators as the chamber prepares over the next two weeks to deliberate and adopt its version of the proposed $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 United States’ defense budget. How many will be debated on…


Blinken Accuses Sen. Paul of Obstruction, Harming National Security With Confirmation Delays for Diplomats

WASHINGTON—The United States’ top diplomat is accusing a Republican senator of obstruction following refusals to confirm dozens of diplomatic appointments. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been requesting documents related to COVID-19 for years over concerns that U.S.-funded “gain of function” experiments in Wuhan, China, might have contributed to the creation of the virus. Mr. Paul…