Author’s Note: House totals are 434, due to one vacancy. Also, the new Representatives who had been elected in the 2014 midterm elections and will be taking office on January 6 have been included. Tomorrow, the full U.S. House will vote on a new Speaker. Speaker Boehner is running for a […]
Yesterday, Rep. Ted Yoho (R) announced that he would not support Speaker John Boehner when Boehner runs for Speaker again at the beginning of the 114th Congress. He said that he himself would step up and run against Boehner if no else did. However, Rep. Louie Gohmert announced today that […]
Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s office today said that the then-state legislator may have spoken to a white supremacy group in 2002, but he did so as an attempt to spread his message to constituents. Scalise spokeswoman Moria Bagley said, “Throughout his career in public service, Mr. Scalise has spoken to hundreds of […]
Sen. Rand Paul performed the Festivus tradition of the Airing of Grievances, but he said his on Twitter instead of around the dinner table. Sen. Paul took aim at Democrats, Republicans, the media, and government spending in his tweeting that lasted about nine hours. I’ve got a lot of problems […]
The Senate passed two pieces of legislation tonight that will allow the government to remain open. First, the Senate approved a continuing resolution that would continue funding the government until Wednesday. That resolution was designed so that the Senate could work on the CRomnibus without worry that procedural rules could […]
