[ad_1] CNN — Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House January 6 select committee, said reforming the Electoral College to ensure the presidential winner reflects the outcome of the popular vote would be the next step to safeguard democracy. “The Electoral College now – which has given us five …
Read More »Congress passes first legislative response to January 6 Capitol attack
[ad_1] CNN — Congress has passed a measure aimed at making it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, a major moment that marks the first legislative response to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and then-President Donald Trump’s relentless pressure campaign to stay in power despite …
Read More »Jan. 6 committee releases final report
[ad_1] CNN — The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection recommends barring former President Donald Trump from holding office again. The recommendation is among the conclusions of the panel’s final report, a comprehensive overview of the bipartisan panel’s findings on how Trump and his allies sought to …
Read More »Incoming congressman’s claims his grandparents fled the Holocaust contradicted by genealogy records
[ad_1] CNN — Claims by incoming Republican Rep. George Santos that his grandparents “survived the Holocaust” as Ukrainian Jewish refugees from Belgium who changed their surname to survive are contradicted by sources reviewed by CNN’s KFile including family trees compiled by genealogy websites, records on Jewish refugees and interviews with …
Read More »January 6: Schiff says panel is considering how to handle uncooperative GOP lawmakers
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, said Sunday the panel is considering how to hold accountable the GOP lawmakers who defied their subpoenas. “We will also be considering what’s the appropriate remedy …
Read More »Trump calls on his supporters to stand down on McCarthy opposition for Speakership
[ad_1] CNN — Donald Trump has weighed in on the contentious battle confronting GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid to be the chamber’s next speaker, with the former president calling on his supporters in Congress to halt their opposition tactics against McCarthy and stop “playing a very dangerous game.” …
Read More »Federal investigators have accessed emails of Rep. Scott Perry and Trump allies in 2020 efforts
[ad_1] CNN — Federal investigators have obtained access to several email accounts, a draft autobiography and other writings in which Republican Rep. Scott Perry, Donald Trump elections attorney John Eastman, and former Justice Department officials Jeffrey Clark and Ken Klukowski discussed the 2020 election, according to a newly released order …
Read More »Impeachment effort will only complicate the immigration puzzle
[ad_1] A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Immigration, always simmering in the American political conversation, could take on new importance with a “surge” at the border, the end of Title 42, a …
Read More »House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage
[ad_1] CNN — The House voted to pass legislation on Thursday to protect same-sex and interracial marriage, the last step before the measure goes to President Joe Biden for his signature and becomes law. While the bill would not set a national requirement that all states must legalize same-sex marriage, …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy speaker bid: Mike Lawler says GOP wont be ‘held hostage’ by leader’s detractors
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Republican Rep.-elect Mike Lawler of New York on Sunday offered his full support for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid, saying the party won’t be “held hostage by a handful of members” seeking to place a different Republican atop the chamber. “Kevin is the only …
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