Cheney says Jan. 6 committee prepared to consider subpoena of Ginni Thomas
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Sunday that the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is “fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena” for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, if she won’t testify before the committee voluntarily. “The committee is engaged with her counsel. We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not,” Cheney told CNN “State of the Union” co-host Jake Tapper. "I hope it doesn't get to that. I hope she will come in voluntarily."
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Read MoreCommerce secretary says Biden weighing 'potential labor implications' before deciding whether to lift China tariffs
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that one of the things holding up President Biden from making a decision whether or not to lift Trump-era tariffs on China that some economists say could help ease inflation are the impacts such a move would have on labor unions. Despite an analysis by the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Read MoreCardin says he hopes Electoral Count Act is passed before November midterms
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said on Saturday that he hopes the newly proposed Electoral Count Act is passed through Congress and enacted before November’s midterm elections. During an appearance on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Cardin told host Pamela Brown that he hopes the proposed legislation will be brought up the Senate floor by September, lauding the bipartisan effort. “We do hope that it'll be brought up before November's election. We're hoping that Leader [Chuck] Schumer will bring it to the floor in September. We have bipartisan support. We think we have enough support to pass
Read MoreRepublican candidates should be met with skepticism in the ‘Show-Me State’
The origin of Missouri’s self-image as the “Show-Me State” has been traced to a comment made by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899: At a banquet in Philadelphia, Vandiver declared, “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.” Widely used throughout Missouri, the motto appears on the state’s license plates.
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