GOP-Led Congress Deals Fatal Blow To Biden’s War On Refrigerators
House Republicans paved the roads that overturned Biden-era Energy Department (DOE) regulations that regulate walk-in coolers and freezers, and on Thursday the Senate voted to end the regulations. Republican Oklahoma Rep. Stephanie Biss introduced HJ Res. 24 January advocated abolishing Biden-era regulations entitled “Energy Conservation Programs: Energy Saving Standards for Walk Incoolers and Walk In […]
LLOYD MULDROW: GOP-Led Congress Can Put Giant Win On Board For Gun Owners
Congress promotes the president’s commitment to strengthening gun rights to laws that protect citizens. The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a key bill known in the Constitution as the Concealed Carrie Retrocity Act. The committee voted to send North Carolina Republican Rep. Richard Hudson to the entire House of Representatives with a vote of […]
GOP-led lawsuit that could dismantle disability protections draws public backlash • Tennessee Lookout
The push by Republican Attorney Generals in 17 states to break down some federal laws protecting people with disabilities from discrimination has prompted protests from advocates, parents and local officials. The GOP-led lawsuit covers specific protections for transgender people. However, some experts have warned that it could undermine federal protections for all people with disabilities. […]
Major GOP-led immigration measure passed by U.S. Senate, heads to House • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – On President Donald Trump’s first day, the US Senate passed a bill Monday calling for the expansion of mass detention of immigrants charged or arrested for property crimes. 64-35 votes, 12 Democrats join Republicans and send bills; S. 5known as the Laken Riley Act, two amendments agreed by the Senate, returned to the […]
First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democrats block the law Wednesday, establishing penalties for health professionals who do not provide medical care to babies born after an attempted abortion, and the bill would allow parents to make decisions about care for newborns that were delivered early. A fatal fetal diagnosis claimed to have been prevented. Republicans say […]
170 Dems Vote Against GOP-Led Bill That Would Require Illegal Immigrant Criminals To Be Detained
On Thursday, more than half of the House Democratic caucus voted against the Laken Riley Act, a bill named after the murdered nursing student that would force detention for illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the United States. Riley was killed on February 22 by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who entered the United […]
GOP-Led Committee Announces Subpoenas Against Harvard In Antisemitism Probe
The Republican-led House Education and Workforce Committees on Friday announced subpoenas against Harvard University in an investigation into recently escalating anti-Semitism on college campuses. The committee, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx, Republican of North Carolina, announced an investigation into Harvard and other universities on Dec. 7, following hearings on anti-Semitism at Harvard and other universities. […]
GOP-led Homeland Security panel holds 1st border hearing, highlighting ‘human costs’
House Republicans on Tuesday again took up the US immigration issue after going to see the Biden administration’s border patrol agency in person. The House Homeland Security Committee, now under Republican control, held its first full hearing on immigration since President Joe Biden took office. The commission spoke from various witnesses, including a mother who […]
In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures | WFAE 90.7
Updated February 1, 2023 at 6:23 PM ET Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee used the first hearings of the new Congress to set their sights on what they called the crisis at the southern border of the United States. The chairman of the committee, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, presided over a hearing Wednesday called […]
