District of Columbia | November 11, 2021
Stefanik-led PAC boosts GOP women candidates to help flip control of Congress in 2022
District of Columbia | November 11, 2021
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik on Wednesday endorsed eight women running for Congress next year, the latest recruits in her effort to swell the ranks of conservative women in the House GOP.
Ms. Stefanik‘s Elevate PAC has been on a mission since 2019 to recruit and elect female candidates. She said that Republican women will be crucial to the party’s retaking the majority in the lower chamber next year.
“E-PAC’s endorsed candidates are determined to build on the historic success of last cycle, when we more than doubled the Republican women elected to Congress,” Ms. Stefanik said in a statement. “In 2020, GOP women were history makers, and in 2022, GOP women will be majority makers.”… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
District of Columbia | November 9, 2021
Cotton, Klobuchar propose antitrust bill to block tech mergers, acquisitions
District of Columbia | November 9, 2021
A proposal to prevent large technology companies like Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook from acquiring competitors has gained bipartisan support in the Senate.
Sens. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, and Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat, introduced the Platform Competition and Opportunity Act to create a presumption against mergers and acquisitions by large tech companies.
The bill would require certain tech firms to show that any purchase of greater than $50 million does not help sustain its dominant position in the marketplace, according to Mr. Cotton’s office… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
District of Columbia | November 9, 2021
Jan. 6 committee issues new subpoenas for Michael Flynn, Bernard Kerik, Jason Miller, others
District of Columbia | November 9, 2021
The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol issued subpoenas on Monday for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and five others linked to former President Donald Trump.
The new round of subpoenas targets people the committee deemed “advisors and allies” who the committee says promoted false claims of election fraud and “planned ways to stop the count of Electoral College votes.”
“The Select Committee needs to know every detail about their efforts to overturn the election, including who they were talking to in the White House and Congress, what connections they had with rallies that escalated into a riot, and who paid for it all,” said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chairs the committee… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Texas | November 9, 2021
Ted Cruz: Texas secession in play if Democrats ‘fundamentally destroy’ U.S.
Texas | November 9, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz said he understands people who want Texas to secede from the U.S. and that Democratic rule could make matters “hopeless” enough for it.
The Texas Republican said that he doesn’t favor secession now, but cautioned that he could imagine circumstances changing if Democrats in Washington get their way.
“If the Democrats end the filibuster, if they fundamentally destroy the country, if they pack the Supreme Court, if they make D.C. a state, if they federalize elections, if they massively expand voter fraud, there may come a point where it’s hopeless,” Mr. Cruz said… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Florida | November 8, 2021
Trump will ‘probably’ announce 2024 plans after midterms: ‘A lot of people will be very happy’
Florida | November 8, 2021
District of Columbia | November 8, 2021
Republicans Rescue Biden’s Agenda
District of Columbia | November 8, 2021
The press is full of triumphant accounts of how Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Biden saved their party, the country, and maybe the future of mankind by passing the $1 trillion infrastructure bill through the House late Friday night. It’s more accurate to say their divided party was rescued by 13 Republicans who voted with the Democrats. With their narrow House majority, Democrats couldn’t pass the bill themselves after six left-wing Members voted no. Without those GOP votes, the bill would have failed and Democrats would have suffered another political defeat and more recriminations. Instead, Democratic leaders are moving ahead fast to focus on their $4 trillion entitlement spending and tax bill that is now more likely to pass…. (Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)