The House met for the first time Wednesday under new rules permitting proxy voting. Nearly one-third of the Democratic caucus stayed home. According to the House clerk, more than 70 Democrats assigned another 40 lawmakers to vote for them by proxy, which is now permitted under a rule change passed by the Democratic majority earlier […]
Let’s Start Having a Serious Conversation About Congressional Term Limits…
In light of the House and its continuing moves to impeach Donald Trump, there is a factor of American political theatre that receives very little coverage. Let’s open this posting by looking at a rarely discussed American election metric. Here is a graphic from Open Secrets showing the re-election rates for the House going back […]
Democrats Ratchet Up Impeachment Secrecy by Byron York…
A week ago, House Republicans complained that Democrats imposed excessive secrecy on interviews conducted as part of the drive to impeach President Trump. Now, the situation appears to have gotten worse. Friday’s interview of Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, marked a new point — a low point, as Republicans see it — […]
Not Going to Happen: GOP Senators Vow to ‘CRUSH’ Any Impeachment Effort Against Trump…
Republicans in the United States Senate pledged Tuesday to “crush” any Democratic-led effort to impeach President Trump in the coming months; throwing more cold-water on progressives’ call to remove the Commander-in-Chief from office. “Senate Republicans are vowing to crush the impeachment effort if the Democrat-controlled House passes articles of impeachment of President Trump,” reports Fox […]
Imagine That: House Rejects Democratic Push for New Voters – 16-Year-Olds…
The Democratic-led House on Thursday turned down a proposal to let 16-year-olds vote in federal elections, which Republicans said is a plot to put more Democrats in office. Almost every Republican and nearly half of the Democrats voted against the amendment from Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and it failed 126-305. During debate on the idea, […]
Dems Won’t Strike ‘so help you God’ from House Committee Oath Following Outcry…
The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday voted to keep “so help you God” in the oath administered to witnesses testifying before the panel, a day after Republicans denounced an apparent effort to strike the language. A draft of a new committee rules package obtained exclusively by Fox News this week indicated the committee planned to […]
Republican Kevin McCarthy Voted to Lead Minority…
The GOPe big club know how to control political outcomes. During internal party elections today current republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who failed to keep a republican majority, was approved by a vote of 159-43 to become the new 2019 minority leader. It is likely McCarthy will be successful in retaining the GOPe minority. California […]
What We Can Expect with a Democrat-Marxist Controlled House of Representatives….
CTH has received multiple requests for a review of predictable consequences as a result of the midterm election. Thankfully, and perhaps unfortunately, we have solid references to base these predictions on – because there’s a solid frame of reference from the 2006 midterm and the subsequent consequences we saw in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. If […]
YOWZA!: House GOP Congressional Leadership Fund Receives $30M Thanks to Sheldon Adelson…
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has cut a $30 million check to the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, a massive cash infusion that top Republicans hope will alter the party’s electoral outlook six months before Election Day. The long-sought donation was sealed last week when, according to two senior Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan […]
Winners and Losers from the WHOPPING $1.3 Trillion Omnibus…
Congress is on the verge of passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus that would fund the government through September and provide the biggest federal spending increase in years. The bill is loaded with provisions given its likely standing as the last legislative train leaving the station before the midterms, and members have been scrambling to compete […]