Tag: Republicans

South Dakota’s Noem Comments on Possible 2024 Run

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem commented on the possibility of running for president in 2024, saying she’s in no rush to make a decision. “Do you not feel a rush, governor, to make a decision on 2024?” a reporter asked Noem, a Republican, as she appeared on CBS. “I don’t at all. No. I think…


House Republicans Introduce Bill to ‘Terminate’ COVID-19 Health Emergency

House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation to end the COVID-19 public health emergency, coming about three years after it was implemented nationwide. On Jan. 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that it would again extend the health emergency for another 90 days, according to a declaration issued by HHS Secretary…


GOP Rep. George Santos Assigned 2 House Committee Seats Amid Calls to Resign

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was assigned to two separate committees on Jan. 17 despite coming under scrutiny from fellow lawmakers after revealing he fabricated parts of his past, including his education and employment history. The House GOP Steering Committee, a panel of around 30 House leadership members, is responsible for recommending members to serve on…


White House Won’t Say If Search for More Biden Classified Documents Is Completed

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday refused to confirm her previous statement that the search for more classified documents tied to President Joe Biden has been completed. During a press briefing on the afternoon of Jan. 12, Jean-Pierre told reporters that the president’s lawyers had looked through locations where additional documents could be…


Rep. Jordan Threatens to Issue Subpoenas If Biden Officials Fail to Comply With Document Requests

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, resent several requests for outstanding documents and information to Biden administration officials Tuesday with a warning. “This stonewalling must stop,” Jordan wrote in a letter (pdf) addressed to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Noting that the Jan. 17 letter would be “the final time” the committee…


The Election of Republican National Committee Chair Is ‘About the Money’

Commentary The Republican National Committee (RNC) will shortly (Jan. 27) be holding its chairperson election. I’m sorry to say, even if you have been a registered Republican and have been donating to their candidates for decades, you will not be voting. That privilege goes to but three representatives of each state or territory. That’s 168…


Kari Lake Responds to Reports She’ll Run for US Senate

Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday brushed aside speculation she might be running for Arizona’s Senate seat in 2024, following anonymously sourced reports that she might. A CNN reporter, Kate Sullivan, wrote on Twitter Monday, “I’m told Kari Lake is considering running for the US Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.” Sullivan did…


Mccarthy-Schumer Working Relationship Already Strained

Working relations between Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are already strained as the two leaders are set to take on key issues that will require bipartisan efforts, including upcoming negotiations on how to handle the U.S. national debt and the impending debt ceiling. Both leaders have raised challenges…


House Oversight Committee Probes GAS Administrator Over Telework Allegations

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is seeking answers from a Biden administration official for allegedly spending most of her work hours somewhere else, not in her Washington office. It was one of several investigative moves the panel is pushing forward after GOP took control of the House, pledging tougher oversight of the…


New York GOP Rep. Calls for DOJ, FEC to Freeze George Santos Campaign Funds Amid Probe Into Finances

Rep. Nicholas LaLota (R-N.Y.) has urged the Department of Justice and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to freeze fellow New York Republican Rep. George Santos’s campaign accounts amid an investigation into claims he made about his past, including his work and education history and finances. In a statement on Twitter, LaLota said on Sunday that the DOJ…