Author: Juliegrace Brufke, Washington Examiner

The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday an investigation into embattled freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who has come under fire for fabricating large portions of his personal backstory. The panel unanimously voted to establish an investigative subcommittee led by Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Susan Wild (D-PA). They will look into an array of…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called on his Democratic colleagues on Thursday to negotiate with Republicans on spending cuts ahead of the country’s summer deadline to raise the debt ceiling. The West Virginia senator, a centrist Democrat, argued that the United States needs to put itself on a fiscally sustainable path, a call that comes as…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel will brief members of the lower chamber on its budget outlook next Wednesday ahead of President Joe Biden unveiling his proposed budget on March 9. The briefing comes as McCarthy and Biden negotiate a debt ceiling deal, with conservatives pushing for spending…

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is set to introduce legislation aimed at curbing biologically male transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The bill, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, is slated to be introduced on Wednesday and has more than a dozen GOP co-sponsors. It would ban federal funds from being allocated…

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) called on President Joe Biden to visit East Palestine, Ohio, in the wake of a toxic chemical train derailment that has sparked health and safety concerns, stating that residents affected by the incident deserve to hear from the commander in chief during a press conference on Tuesday. Johnson, who represents the…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended his decision to release tapes of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, making the case during a closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) daughter had access to the footage and the Jan. 6 committee provided clips…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took aim at former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) possible 2024 bid in a new fundraising email obtained by the Washington Examiner. The email included a straw poll asking recipients if Cheney, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, should run in 2024. HOUSE REPUBLICAN DOUBLES DOWN AFTER QUESTIONING DEMOCRAT’S…

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) is standing by his controversial remarks questioning Rep. Judy Chu’s (D-CA) loyalty to the United States despite bipartisan criticism. Gooden first took aim at Chu, a Chinese American, last week during an appearance on Fox News in which he told host Jesse Waters that the California Democrat should not have access…

Democrats have slammed Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) for remarks he made suggesting Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), a Chinese American, should not have access to classified materials and briefings while citing a report that the California Democrat had ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Gooden told Fox News host Jesse Watters on Wednesday that he thinks…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) have agreed to create a bipartisan task force aimed at revising the process for removing lawmakers from their committee assignments, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The move comes in the wake of House Republicans overwhelmingly voting to remove…