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Speaker Johnson’s Next Big Test: Who to Choose as Rules Committee Chairman

January 6, 2025 Speaker, Committee, rules, chairman, Johnson's, Next, Test, Choose0 comment

After narrowly escaping ouster as speaker of the House on Friday, Rep. Mike Johnson faces a decision that could determine his relationship with the hard-line conservative faction of the GOP that nearly took his job away—namely, who to appoint as chairman of the House Rules Committee. The House Committee on Rules is among the most important committees in any Congress, and it will be no different in the 119th session. As the last stop for a bill before it is considered on the floor, the committee largely determines what bills…

Lawmakers call for Biden to take cognitive test, say Americans deserve ‘absolute confidence’ in him

July 29, 2022 Test, Americans, confidence, absolute, cognitive, deserve, Biden, call, Take, Lawmakers0 comment

Dozens of Republican lawmakers are calling for President Biden to take a cognitive test citing a spate of gaffes they say call into question the 79-year-old’s fitness for the job. The Washington Times stories: White House

Reporters assail White House for shielding Biden’s doctor from questions after COVID test

July 21, 2022 reporters, doctor, Assail, Biden's, 'shielding', after, Covid, House, from, Test, White, questions0 comment

Reporters slammed the White House Thursday for not making President Biden’s doctor available to answer media questions about his positive COVID-19 test, with one journalist saying it was “the least transparency” of any White House in 50 years. The Washington Times stories: White House

The Next Big Test of Trump’s Power

May 6, 2022 Next, Test, power, trumps0 comment

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia—Eight days before a Republican-primary election that could end his political career, Representative David McKinley stood on the sunny banks of the Monongahela River and stared into a tank filled with brown sewage. A fetid stench—something like a mix of sulfur and diapers—befouled the crisp Appalachian air. McKinley, battling Representative Alex Mooney, a fellow GOP lawmaker backed by Donald Trump, in his bid for his seventh term in Congress, was touring a wastewater-treatment plant and promoting his vote for an infrastructure law that could prove to be either…

Biden faces key test, major opportunity ahead of Russia talks on Ukraine

January 6, 2022 Biden, talks, Test, ahead, opportunity, faces, Russia, Major, Ukraine0 comment

The slow-burning military standoff along the Russia-Ukraine border could reach a tipping point next week as the Biden administration enters a series of high-stakes diplomatic meetings with Moscow, and analysts say the U.S. and its NATO allies must seize a golden opportunity to turn the tables and extract concessions from … The Washington Times stories: White House

Dan Crenshaw demands Biden get FEMA to shore up COVID-19 test sites

January 1, 2022 Biden, Demands, Test, sites, Shore, Crenshaw, COVID19, FEMA0 comment

Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Thursday demanded that the White House take a more active approach in directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bolster coronavirus testing sites. Mr. Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and one-time Navy SEAL, said that President Biden had failed to expand COVID-19 testing capacities even as cases … The Washington Times stories: White House