Rep. Steve King‘s (R-IA) racism and misogyny may have finally caught up with him. According to The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay, King reported a mere $18,365 in cash at the end of June. That’s a pittance for an incumbent congressman facing a primary challenge and, according to Markay, it’s the …
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Update 1/15/19:Late Monday, House Republican leaders removed Rep. Steve King (R-IA) from the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture. “That is not the party of Lincoln,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said of King’s comments. “It is definitely not American. All people are created equal in America, and …
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In a surprise announcement Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan told colleagues he will not seek re-election in November. The decision saves Ryan from a potentially humiliating re-election battle in Wisconsin, where recent special election results had Gov. Scott Walker sounding the alarm about a “Blue Wave.” The …
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A bipartisan effort to stabilize the nation’s health care system has been effectively killed by the White House and House Speaker Paul Ryan as they try once again to pressure Senate Republicans into passing a partisan bill that was swiftly cobbled together in the last few weeks. But the last-minute …
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