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House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ― not for any legitimate reason, but because they really want to help Donald Trump look tough on immigration issues ahead of the November presidential election. The final vote was 214 to 213. A handful of Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the effort: Reps. Ken Buck (Colo.), Tom McClintock (Calif.) and Mike Gallagher (Wis.). The only other time Congress has impeached a cabinet secretary was in… Source link

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) was made to eat his own (old) words on Monday. During a House hearing on Republicans’ baseless bid to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) brought up an op-ed titled, “Americans are The Victims of The Impeachment Inquiry.” The subtitle was, “A lot of bipartisan legislation that enjoys widespread support sits gathering dust while Congress focuses on the impeachment inquiry.’” Neguse asked Homeland Security… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls sports  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]First GOP primary debate fails to land on alternative to Trump  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Facing revolt, GOP spares ethanol in drive to cut spending  Yahoo News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Senate GOP squeezes a top Biden economic aide over early inflation missteps  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Twitter hearing a test of new House GOP majority’s seriousness  Yahoo News Source link

U.S. President Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst There can be no Trump policies without Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Saturday. Graham said there may be other “talented” people in the Republican Party. “But there is only one Donald Trump,” Graham concluded. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said the GOP cannot reap the benefits of former President Donald Trump’s policies while electing someone else in 2024. “How many times have you heard: ‘We like Trump policies,… Source link

The Federal Elections Commission dismissed a Republican-led complaint that Google’s filters in Gmail unfairly send GOP fundraising emails to spam folders at a higher rate than those from Democrats. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the FEC’s dismissal on Tuesday, citing a commission letter to Google earlier this month saying that it “found no reason to believe” that Google’s spam filtering algorithms were unfairly weighted against Republicans and could be considered… Source link

The House GOP’s first policy bill out of the gate didn’t address inflation or gas prices or immigration, but instead went after the Internal Revenue Service. The bill was passed Monday evening on a straight party line vote of 221 to 210 to reverse much of the $80 billion in extra funding set aside for the agency by 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. While it has little chance of it being enacted anytime soon with Democrats in control of the Senate and President Biden promising a veto, the… Source link