Senate Hearing on Russian Hacking 2017-01-05
US HOUSE — DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP
JANUARY 3, 2017 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Quorum Call – PRESENT – 434, Roll Call No. 1 Election of Speaker – Ryan (WI) – 239, Roll Call No. 2 Pelosi – 189 Ryan (OH) – 2 Webster (FL) – 1 Cooper –
After Public Outrage, House Republicans Suspend Efforts to Gut Ethics Office
Press Release from Public Citizen Note: Due to enormous public backlash, U.S. House Republican leaders today walked back an overreaching amendment passed behind closed doors that would have stripped the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) of its independence and much of its power. The
Commentary: Ready for the Jawboning Presidency of Donald Trump?
by Ralph Nader ‘Want a New Year’s resolution?’ writes Nader. ‘Stay alert.’ There’s an erratic bully on his way to the White House. All signs point to Donald Trump becoming a jawboning president without equal in American history. That is, jawboning by exerting
Next Week: Speaker Ryan to Join CNN for Town Hall
On Thursday, January 12, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will join CNN’s Jake Tapper for a town hall live from George Washington University at 6:00 p.m. PT. Speaker Ryan will take questions from the audience on the 2017 agenda and working with
Energy Choice and the PUCN
On November 8th, the Energy Choice Initiative passed with more than 72 percent of the vote. In Clark County, that number was higher, with over 76 percent of voters voting yes to establishing an open, competitive energy market that prohibits the granting
Statement: Introduction of Obamacare Repeal Resolution
Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the Obamacare repeal resolution was introduced in the Senate: “This is the first step toward relief for Americans struggling under Obamacare. This resolution sets the stage for repeal followed by a stable transition
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda
Former congressional staffers have written a guide revealing best practices you can use in making Congress listen. This Guide is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. [pdfviewer width=”600px” height=”710px” beta=”true/false”]http://www.humboldtdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IndivisibleGuide_2016-12-29_v1.pdf[/pdfviewer] Go HERE to sign up to receive notices about updates
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. [pdfviewer width=”600px” height=”710px” beta=”true/false”]http://www.humboldtdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IndivisibleGuide_2016-12-29_v1.pdf[/pdfviewer]
After picking her pocket—Paul Ryan/Tom Price/GOP *do* plan to throw grandma off a cliff
Five years ago, a PAC called “The Agenda Project” released a TV ad, warning that GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan had a plan to wipe out the current Medicare system, voucherize it with a plan where seniors would be given a flat dollar voucher amount and thrown to