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House Sees Red on Rep. Al Green’s Effort to Impeach Trump
Well, that didn’t take long. As many politicos predicted, the House on Wednesday rebuffed an effort put forth by Texas Democrat Al Green to impeach Donald Trump. As NBC News reports, the Democrat-controlled House voted 332-95 to table Green’s resolution. In bringing it to the House floor Tuesday night, Green had cited Trump’s recent “go…
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Come on Nancy Pelosi, Not Like This: Speaker of the House the Latest to Try and Come for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nancy Pelosi is old-school backroom politics. Remember how she finessed the Speaker of the House position by cutting all kinds of deals with Democrats who initially wanted new blood up against Donald Trump and the White Walkers? So the levels of shade she keeps throwing toward Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, makes her look nervous and like…
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Nancy Pelosi Wins 1st Victory In Her Bid to Be Speaker of the House Again
Nancy Pelosi is well on her way to being the Speaker of the House once again after House Democrats nominated her in a 203-32 vote. Pelosi, who served as Speaker of the House under President Obama, will now how have to get past a vote of the full House during the first week of January,…
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Rep. Marcia Fudge Calls Out Nancy Pelosi: There Is an ‘Undertone of Racism…in Our Caucus’
Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge joined the ever-rising chorus of people calling for California Rep. Nancy Pelosi to step down as speaker of the House, saying it’s time for new leadership for the Democratic Party. In an interview with HuffPost, Fudge called out what she considered Pelosi’s dismal support of black candidates, saying the Congressional Black…
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Republicans Unanimously Pick Paul Ryan to Remain Speaker of the House
Republicans in the House of Representatives unanimously agreed Tuesday that Paul D. Ryan should remain speaker and serve as the chief legislative partner to President-elect Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that ahead of Tuesday’s vote, Ryan told reporters, “Welcome to the dawn of a new unified Republican government.” The next step is for Ryan…