House Democrats have introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers, with exceptions for sleeping, medical quarantine, and deescalating emergencies. It would also ensure incarcerated people access to 14 hours of daily time out of their cells, including 7 hours of programming. The bill has been endorsed by the ACLU, NAACP, and NAMI, and seeks to reduce the number of people currently in solitary confinement in the US.
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The House of Representatives is set to vote Friday on the annual defense policy bill, which has been a bipartisan effort for more than six decades. However, the bill is now facing an uncertain future due to Republican amendments that would cut funding for abortion- and gender transition-related services, causing sharp opposition from congressional Democrats. The Pentagon had previously announced that it would provide travel allowances for troops to access “non-covered reproductive health care”, but the NDAA amendments would reverse this decision. It remains to be seen if the bill will pass with the amendments intact, or if the two parties can come to an agreement on a compromise.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been removed from the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers founded in 2015 to advance conservative policies. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) made definitive comments on the matter during an appearance on NBC News' “Meet the Press NOW”. Greene, however, said she had not been informed of her ousting and was not concerned about it. Despite her removal, Greene said she had no time for the “drama club” and was not concerned about her ousting from the Freedom Caucus.
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.
The House of Representatives voted to formally censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday in a 213-209 party-line vote. The resolution was authored by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and was the first time in history that a sitting member of Congress has been censured by the House. Speaker Kevin McCarthy read a verbal rebuke to Schiff on the House floor, to which a large group of House Democrats shouted “shame, shame!” in response.
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.