Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was reportedly working in mid-December 2025 to gauge Republican support for a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson from the speakership, seeking the nine Republican co-signers now required under new House rules to trigger such a vote. The reported effort represents what …
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Four House Republicans—Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA)—signed onto a Democratic-led discharge petition on December 17, 2025, bringing the total to 218 signatures and forcing a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years. The …
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President Trump publicly attacks Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar for remaining in the Democratic Party and running for re-election as a Democrat, just days after Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife from federal bribery and conspiracy charges. Trump’s statements—calling Cuellar’s …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday, November 21, 2025, that she would resign from Congress effective January 5, 2026, following a bitter public falling out with President Donald Trump over her advocacy for releasing full Jeffrey Epstein investigation files. The announcement came one …
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On the morning of November 12, 2025, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was summoned to the White House Situation Room for an extraordinary meeting with top Trump administration officials aimed at pressuring her to remove her name from the bipartisan discharge petition to release Jeffrey Epstein files. The …
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On July 24, 2019, President Trump vetoed three congressional joint resolutions that would have blocked major components of his $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including transfers of Raytheon Paveway precision-guided munitions. The vetoes overrode bipartisan Senate …
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On June 20, 2019, the Senate voted 53-45 to pass resolutions blocking major components of the Trump administration’s $8.1 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, including specifically prohibiting the transfer of 64,000 Raytheon-manufactured Paveway precision-guided munitions. …
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On April 16, 2019, President Trump vetoes S.J. Res. 7, a bipartisan congressional resolution invoking the War Powers Resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The veto protects Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman six months after the CIA concluded with high confidence that …
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On July 26, 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released results of an independently verified test demonstrating that Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress with mugshots from a database of arrest photos. The test, which cost …
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Representative Bob Ney (R-OH) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, becoming the first member of Congress convicted in the case. Ney admitted to receiving gifts including golf trips to Scotland, expensive meals, and …
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Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, exposing one of the largest congressional corruption scandals in modern U.S. history. Abramoff and partner Michael Scanlon defrauded Native American tribes of 5 million through inflated lobbying fees and secret kickbacks. The …
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Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Director Porter Goss personally lobby Senator John McCain in an extraordinary attempt to exempt CIA officers from proposed legislation banning “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” of any detainee held by the U.S. government. Despite the Senate voting …
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