Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been appointed to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Small Business Committee, despite facing multiple investigations and calls to resign from fellow Republicans. The House Republican Steering Committee, led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy, voted to give Santos the slots on the two lower-profile panels. Despite the controversy, House Republicans have decided to keep him on board, assigning him to two committees.
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House Republicans are preparing to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, while GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar have been installed on House panels by party leaders. The House Judiciary Committee is prepared to move ahead with formal proceedings if there appears to be a case against Mayorkas, and it is unclear how GOP moderates will react to the potential proceedings.
House Republicans have unanimously reinstated Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., to their respective committees after Democrats stripped them of their privileges in 2021. Greene has been assigned to the House Committee on Homeland Security, while Gosar has been assigned to the House Committee on Natural Resources. This decision has been met with criticism from Democrats, sparking a debate over the qualifications of representatives to serve on committees.
Solomon Peña, a failed New Mexico GOP candidate, has been arrested and charged with shooting at the homes of Democratic politicians. He allegedly conspired with and paid four men to carry out four shootings at the residences of two Bernalillo County commissioners and two state legislators in Albuquerque. Local Democratic leaders have condemned the shootings and the New Mexico Democratic Party has released a statement expressing their outrage. The investigation into the shootings is ongoing.
Two Democratic lawmakers from New York have filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against freshman Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York,…
Documents marked classified were discovered in President Joe Biden’s former office at a think tank in Washington, according to CNN and CBS News. The revelation…
House Republican leaders and key negotiators are refusing to publicly release details about the side deals made by Kevin McCarthy in order to secure the…
House Republicans on Monday approved a rules package for the 118th Congress, the first test of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ability to navigate his slim…