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June 26, 2020

House approves DC statehood bill, GOP calls move Dem 'power grab'

The House of Representatives on Friday voted to make Washington D.C. the 51st state, a move cheered by Washingtonians as a long-overdue acknowledgment of full citizenship, while Republicans panned the effort as a Democratic Party power grab.

June 26, 2020

Newt Gingrich: Democrats don't want to talk about their disastrous policies in cities like Chicago

"Systemic racism" is a political term designed to stifle dialogue, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich asserted Friday.

June 26, 2020

Pelosi misspeaks, says police reform bill is worthy of ‘George Kirby’s’ name

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday misspoke when she said that a Democratic bill in the House on police reform, named after George Floyd, was worthy of “George Kirby’s name.”

June 26, 2020

Pelosi doubles down: 'George Floyd’s murder would have been prevented' with Dem police legislation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday stood by her controversial comments that Republicans were trying to get away with "murder" by resisting Democrats' police reform legislation and then asserted the House's policing legislation that passed Thursday could have saved George Floyd's life.

June 26, 2020

Kevin McCarthy: Pelosi and Biden 'have not said a word' to denounce lawless mobs

The liberal mob against historical American symbols continues in large part because Democratic leadership like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have remained silent, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., accused Friday.

June 25, 2020

House passes Dems' sweeping police-reform bill 1 day after Senate GOP bill stalls

The House approved a wide-ranging police-reform bill Thursday night, by a vote of 236-181, sending it to the Senate, one day after Democrats stalled a GOP-backed bill there.

June 25, 2020

Pelosi dismisses idea of impeaching AG Barr amid calls from some Democrats

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brushed off the idea that House Democrats would try to impeach Attorney General Bill Barr over accusations that he politicized the Justice Department.

June 25, 2020

McCarthy slams Senate Democrats for 'appalling' treatment of Tim Scott over police reform bill

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., took Democrats to task Thursday for blocking the Senate Republican police reform bill a day earlier, calling their treatment of Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., "appalling."

June 25, 2020

Liz Peek: Democrats' obstruction of GOP police reform utterly cynical and inexcusable

Democrats knew their efforts at obstruction would lead to no bill.

June 25, 2020

Pelosi says DC statehood bill would right a 'grave injustice'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined with other Democrat leaders Thursday in pushing for D.C. statehood ahead of a Friday vote in the House, saying making the city the country's 51st state would right a “grave injustice.”