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Democrats are calling for a state representative to step down as chairman of the House State Government Committee after they said he made “homophobic” remarks by accusing a colleague of being gay when he touched his arm at a meeting. During a state government committee meeting in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Tuesday night, lawmakers […]
A New York man accused of threatening to kill a Republican US congressman and his family for not supporting net neutrality will undergo a court-ordered psychological exam before a judge decides whether to keep him in custody during pretrial proceedings. On Friday, US Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks of the Northern District of New York, […]
@ABC/Twitter The sexual assault scandal surrounding Alabama senate-nominee Roy Moore has become toxic for the Republican Party. One Republican lawmaker from Alabama ran away from a reporter’s questions on the incident. For nearly a week, Alabama senate-nominee Roy Moore’s sexual assault scandal has gripped the Republican Party, dividing top lawmakers amid the fierce public backlash. […]
Republican lawmaker Kevin Brady introduced an amendment that would alter a long-standing tax provision called carried interest — and could raise taxes on Wall Street managers that keep holdings for less than three years. Brady said the change would prevent hedge-fund managers from taking advantage of the tax benefit, but they aren’t the Wall Streeters using it. […]
Georgia Representative Betty Price, wife of former Health Secretary Tom Price, has defended herself for suggesting people with HIV should be quarantined and surveilled, claiming her remarks were “provocative.” Price invited outcry when she mentioned quarantines as a way to stop the spread of HIV in the state of Georgia on Tuesday. The lawmaker and […]
Published time: 19 Oct, 2017 14:30 A working group of lawmakers headed by United Russia MP Irina Yarovaya has proposed the introduction of life sentences for sex crimes involving victims under the age of 12. Read more “For the first time, we are proposing to make life sentences a punishment for sex crimes against children […]
Donald Trump has become embroiled in a war of words with a Florida congresswoman over an “insensitive” call the president made to the widow of David Johnson, a soldier who died at the hands of militants in Niger earlier this month. Frederica Wilson, a Democrat Representative for Florida’s 24th district, was with Johnson’s family en […]
Published time: 20 Sep, 2017 18:11 A South Dakota lawmaker has apologized for sharing a meme apparently showing a vehicle ramming into protesters. READ MORE: Police officer probed for mocking Charlottesville attack victim on Facebook Republican state representative Lynne DiSanto shared a meme on her Facebook Page that read: “All lives splatter. Nobody cares about […]
Molly Riley/AP Congress is partly responsible for a string of military training accidents that killed two and injured more than 20 troops over the past week, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, has blamed spending caps and delayed defense budgets, as well as the newest continuing budget […]
Cliff Owen/AP Republican Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania admitted on Wednesday he had an extramarital affair with a personal friend. “Last year I became involved in an affair with a personal friend,” a statement from Murphy read. “This is nobody’s fault but my own, and I offer no excuses. To the extent that there should […]
