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Your COVID Relief Money Might Arrive This Weekend

House to finalize measure early this week, send it to president's desk

(Newser) - The Senate had a busy weekend , and the bottom line for most Americans is this: Relief payments of $1,400 for individuals and $2,800 for couples might arrive by this weekend, reports CBS News . Senators passed their version of a COVID relief package, and the House—which already passed...

Leader Calls Proud Boys Scapegoats Over Riot

Enrique Tarrio says he has no sympathy for lawmakers who were attacked in Capitol

(Newser) - Their leader doesn't support the Proud Boys' joining the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol. But "condemn" is too strong a word, Enrique Tarrio said. Either way, he expressed no empathy toward the members of Congress who were under attack. "I'm not gonna cry about...

House Backs Civil Rights Protection for LGBTQ People
House Approves
LGBTQ Protections
Feb 25, 2021 5:32 PM CST

House Approves LGBTQ Protections

Republicans call the bill, which has opposition in the Senate, an attack on religious freedom

(Newser) - The Democratic-led US House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Biden's, though the legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The bill passed 224-206 with three Republicans joining Democrats in voting...

Marjorie Taylor Greene: &#39;I Feel Free&#39;
Marjorie Taylor Greene:
'Of Course I'm Sorry'
the rundown
Feb 5, 2021 2:22 PM CST

Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Of Course I'm Sorry'

But GOP lawmaker says she is unfazed about being kicked off committees by Democrats

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene started the day with a defiant tweet about "moron" Democrats after they stripped her of her committee posts , and she continued the theme later in a press conference on Friday. "If I was on a committee, I'd be wasting my time because my...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Issues Defiant Tweet After Rebuke

Lawmaker calls Democrats 'morons' for booting her from committees and giving her free time

(Newser) - If you were expecting GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to be chastened after House Democrats doled out a rare punishment , think again. "I woke up early this morning literally laughing thinking about what a bunch of morons the Democrats (+11) are for giving some one like me free time,...

GOP Punishes Lawmaker Who Voted to Impeach

South Carolina Republicans censure Rep. Tom Rice

(Newser) - "I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years," Rep. Tom Rice said in a statement after voting to impeach President Trump. "I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable." The leaders of South Carolina's...

Rep. Stephen Lynch Tests Positive After Vaccination
Vaccinated
Lawmaker
Tests Positive
Jan 30, 2021 2:15 PM CST

Vaccinated Lawmaker Tests Positive

Rep. Stephen Lynch had both shots before attending inauguration

(Newser) - US Rep. Stephen Lynch has tested positive for the coronavirus, despite having had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The Massachusetts Democrat received the result Friday, "after a staff member in the Congressman's Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week," a spokeswoman said. Lynch "...

Democrats Dumbfounded by Greene&#39;s Committee Seat
Democrats Dumbfounded
by Greene's Committee Seat
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 29, 2021 8:04 AM CST

Democrats Dumbfounded by Greene's Committee Seat

They want Marjorie Taylor Greene ousted from Education Committee

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was "appalled" to learn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who once endorsed executing the speaker , was appointed to the House Education Committee. "What could they be thinking?" Pelosi said of Republican House leaders on Thursday, per Politico . "Or is thinking too generous of a...

GOP Congressman Wants to Hear Ocasio-Cortez Apologize

Media Research Center wants her suspended from Twitter over Ted Cruz comment

(Newser) - A Republican congressman is demanding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apologize for saying Sen. Ted Cruz almost had her killed. AOC clashed with Cruz on Twitter Thursday after he agreed with her suggestion that the Financial Services Committee investigate trading app Robinhood over GameStop-related restrictions . AOC said she wouldn't work with...

Acting Capitol Police Chief Apologizes to Congress

Pittman admits the department should have been prepared for the Jan. 6 attack

(Newser) - Acknowledging that the Capitol Police department "failed to meet its own high standards" during the Jan. 6 riot, the agency's acting chief apologized to a House committee on Tuesday. The police department knew there was a "strong potential for violence" that day but didn't do enough...

Dem Lawmaker Claims Capitol Raid Was an Inside Job

Mikie Sherrill says she saw lawmakers leading people through Capitol on 'reconnaissance' mission

(Newser) - Rep. Mikie Sherrill is claiming that members of Congress led people through the Capitol on a "reconnaissance" mission a day before last week's riot. Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat, took to Facebook Live on Tuesday to explain why she voted in favor of a resolution asking Vice President...

3rd Lawmaker Tests Positive, Points a Finger

Rep. Brad Schneider blames Republicans, too

(Newser) - Make that three lawmakers who've tested positive for coronavirus after sheltering at the US Capitol. Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider announced Tuesday that he had tested positive, joining fellow Democrats Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey and Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state. Coleman and Jayapal both assigned blame...

2nd Lawmaker Tests Positive, Blames Maskless 'Idiocy'

Rep. Pramila Jayapal had predicted 'a superspreader event'

(Newser) - A second lawmaker has tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering with colleagues during the Capitol riot. Washington state Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat, says she tested positive late Monday after learning of possible exposure , pe r NBC News . Like New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, who tested positive earlier Monday,...

House Democrats Introduce Article of Impeachment

Vote could take place this week

(Newser) - The first moves in what promises to be another tumultuous week in DC have been made: House Democrats on Monday introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump, formally accusing him of inciting last week's riot, reports the Hill . The move by Democrats David Cicilline, Ted Lieu, and Jamie...

Doctor Warns Lawmakers of Possible Virus Exposure

House members were in a hearing room with an infected person during Capitol attack

(Newser) - Lawmakers who took refuge during the attack on the Capitol might have been in a room with a person infected with the coronavirus, Congress' attending physician warned Sunday. Some House members spent several hours in the committee hearing room, Dr. Brian Monahan wrote in an email to lawmakers. "During...

Security Increases for Lawmakers' Travel

Members of Congress have been harassed in airports

(Newser) - After supporters of President Trump harassed two senators at a Washington airport, security has been increased for members of Congress traveling to and from the capital. The stepped-up measures will be in effect through the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, Axios reports. Lawmakers were told of the...

Capitol Police Chief Submits Resignation

House, Senate sergeants-at-arms have also been ousted

(Newser) - Three top security officials at the Capitol have resigned following widespread criticism of the lack of preparedness blamed for Wednesday's breach. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has resigned effective Jan. 16, meaning he will be gone before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Politico reports. Michael Stenger, the Senate sergeant-at-arms,...

House, Senate Reject Challenge to Biden Arizona Win

As Mike Pence condemns the violence

(Newser) - Congress did indeed return to work Wednesday night after the afternoon violence in DC . The Senate was gaveled back into session shortly after 8pm, about six hours after pro-Trump protesters forced them to flee the Capitol. "Let's get back to work," Vice President Mike Pence told senators...

McConnell, Pelosi Want Vote Count to Finish Tonight

'We must not be intimidated or prevented from fulfilling our constitutional duty,' Romney says

(Newser) - Lawmakers including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell don't want an invasion of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters to stop them finishing their day's work. An aide to McConnell says the Republican wants senators to return Wednesday night to resume the electoral vote count, the Washington ...

Trump Slams Pence for Lacking 'Courage'

VP said he didn't have authority to reject electoral college votes

(Newser) - President Trump urged Vice President Pence to "come through for us" and reject Electoral College votes Wednesday—but his hopes were dashed before the joint session of Congress to certify the results began. In a statement issued just as he was to begin presiding over the session, the AP...

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