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March 8, 2021

Rep. Jim Jordan: Democrats launching 'constant' attacks on Americans' First, Second Amendment rights

Congressional Democrats are undertaking "constant" attacks on Americans' constitutional rights, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Monday.

March 4, 2021

Lawrence Jones blasts Dems' For the People Act on 'Fox News Primetime': 'They're stealing your money'

House Democrats have passed "a sweeping election reform bill that would fundamentally change the way elections are held in this country," "Fox News Primetime" host Lawrence Jones told viewers Thursday.

January 28, 2021

GOP lawmakers to introduce bills seeking approval for Capitol Police officer to lie in honor

South Carolina Republicans Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Ralph Norman introduced companion bills Thursday that seek approval for Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after sustaining injuries during the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

January 28, 2021

Dem rep plans to introduce a resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene

Rep. Jimmy Gomez on Wednesday announced that he plans to introduce a resolution to expel the controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, accusing Greene of previously supporting calls for "political violence" and advocating "extremism and sedition."

December 30, 2020

Biden campaign promises included decriminalizing HIV exposure

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to "advance LGBTQ equality" by reversing decades-old criminalization of HIV exposure and transmission laws that have no "scientific basis" and contribute to stigmas.

December 30, 2020

McConnell introduces his own bill on $2,000 stimulus checks, other Trump priorities

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday introduced his own version of a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package to $2,000, but also included two other major priorities for President Trump.

December 29, 2020

130 House Republicans, 2 Democrats vote against $2,000 stimulus checks

The bill to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 from the $600 that was approved before Christmas in the coronavirus stimulus package passed the House Tuesday by a narrow margin, getting 275 votes in favor of the boost when the bill needed 272 "yeas" to pass. 

December 29, 2020

Bernie Sanders, Senate Dems see defense bill veto override as avenue to $2G checks

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to Twitter late Monday to suggest that he may engage in stall tactics to support legislation that would increase the direct payment amounts to many Americans from $600 to $2,000.

December 28, 2020

House to vote on $2,000 stimulus checks after Trump signs coronavirus, spending package

The House of Representatives on Monday will vote on a bill to send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans in lieu of the $600 checks included in the coronavirus stimulus and government funding package President Trump signed Sunday night. 

December 24, 2020

Pelosi pledges House vote on $2,000 checks as Monday shutdown deadline looms

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Thursday that next week she will force lawmakers to take a recorded vote on $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans after President Trump demanded such checks and House Republicans blocked Democrats from bringing a unanimous consent request to make that happen.