Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) have had a tense encounter on the House floor, with Greene accusing Boebert of leaking details of the conversation to the press. Greene has accused Boebert of introducing her own articles of impeachment without consulting other Republicans, while Boebert is seen as more of a moderate. The disagreement between the two representatives is indicative of the growing divide between the Republican Party.
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The House of Representatives voted to refer a resolution to impeach President Joe Biden to two committees, Homeland Security and Judiciary, after Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., agreed to forgo her push to force an impeachment vote this week. The referral is seen as a way for Republicans to avoid a hasty impeachment vote that likely would have failed on the floor, and the committees will now review the resolution and decide whether to take any action. The fate of President Biden's impeachment remains uncertain.
Tensions between far-right representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) boiled onto the House floor, resulting in Greene calling Boebert a "little b----". The House also voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and failed to pass a resolution to criticize Special Counsel John Durham. It's been a wild week in the House of Representatives, with more to come in the weeks ahead.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is urging House Republicans to vote against Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) resolution to impeach President Joe Biden this week, as McCarthy believes that jumping ahead could threaten their ability to hold onto their slim majority in the next election. He expressed frustration with Boebert, calling her effort to impeach Mr. Biden premature, and is hoping that House Republicans will take his advice and vote against her resolution.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Don Bacon have both urged House Republicans to oppose a resolution introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert that would force a quick vote to impeach President Joe Biden, arguing that it should go through the committee process first. The resolution has sparked debate among Republicans, with the outcome of the resolution and potential vote still uncertain.
Adam Frisch, a Colorado Democrat, has announced his intention to run against far-right Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in 2024. Frisch lost to Boebert in the 2022 election by a slim margin of 546 votes and is now hoping to unseat her in the next election. Boebert has not yet announced her reelection bid, and her office has not commented on the announcement.
Last week was a tumultuous one for the House of Representatives, with a lawless speakership election that almost ended in a physical altercation. Rep. Lauren…
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) was thrust into the spotlight Wednesday as three of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) detractors nominated him to be speaker in three…