Tag: Republicans

Lawmakers Urge ESPN CEO to End TikTok Sponsorships

Two U.S. House representatives are calling on ESPN Chairman James Pitaro to drop Chinese-owned TikTok as a sponsor of NCAA college football events. In a Jan. 9 letter (pdf) to the chairman, Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) express their concern over ESPN’s decision to have TikTok sponsor the halftime shows for recent…


Conservatives Celebrate ‘Significant’ Concession Wins During House Speaker Election

After several days, 15 rounds of voting, and tough negotiations with 20 holdout Republicans, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives shortly after midnight on Jan. 7. Conservative groups declared a victory after the speaker offered several concessions to holdouts, the majority of whom are members of the…


GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley to Undergo Surgery After Injuring Hip

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was elected in November to serve an eighth term in the Senate, is set to undergo surgery this week after sustaining an injury on Jan. 10, his office has announced. A statement from his office said he “hurt his hip” but “is otherwise in good spirits and is expected to make…


Pence Says DOJ’s ‘Double Standard’ Over Biden Classified Documents ‘Deeply Troubling’

Former Vice President Mike Pence has taken aim at what he says is a “double standard” in how both the media and Department of Justice responded to the discovery of classified documents at a Washington think tank that President Joe Biden worked at before taking office. Speaking with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Jan. 10, Pence…


House Will Vote on Bill to Abolish IRS, Replace Income Tax

The Republican-led House of Representatives will soon vote on legislation to abolish the IRS and replace the income tax code with a national consumption tax. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) will introduce the Fair Tax Act (pdf) on Wednesday, a bill that would eliminate income, death, gift, and payroll taxes and replace the system with a…


Does GOP Politicking Weaken the Party or Empower Americans?

Republicans voted 15 times before they elected Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker and second in line to the White House. Mainstream media complained that the delay was evidence the GOP can’t govern. In fact, it showed how democracy is supposed to work, and how a small faction led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) used…


White House Threatens to Veto Republican Bill That Cuts Billions From IRS

The White House said Monday it would veto a GOP-backed bill that passed in the House that would cut $72 billion from the Internal Revenue Services to hire thousands of staff and agents. “Far from protecting middle-class families or small businesses, H.R. 23 protects wealthy tax cheats at the expense of honest, middle-class taxpayers,” the…


Experts Question Why Biden and Trump Treated Differently in Classified Document Cases

As Republican lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) worry that President Joe Biden’s retention of classified materials from his vice presidency may be “[swept] under the rug,” legal experts told The Epoch Times why Biden and former President Trump appear to have been treated very differently in two strikingly parallel cases. FBI agents executed…


House Democrats, Republicans Laud New Committee to Counter CCP Influence

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are celebrating the decision of the House of Representatives to establish a new select committee to investigate China’s communist regime and its efforts to undermine and displace the United States. The House voted to create the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese…


Democrats and Republicans Laud New Committee to Counter CCP Influence

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are celebrating the decision of the House of Representatives to establish a new select committee to investigate China’s communist regime and its efforts to undermine and displace the United States. The House voted to create the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese…