Murkowski to David Hogg: ‘We owe some steps here’ on gun violence
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told Parkland shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg that Congress needs to take steps on gun violence as senators work to reach a bipartisan deal on gun legislation. In a video Hogg posted on Twitter of a short conversation he had with Murkowski, he said he’s looking for “anything” to be done on the issue of gun violence. Murkowski responded “we owe some steps here” and added that there is work to be done. “Ther
Read MoreCasey urges colleagues to change their thinking on gun control: 'I didn't burst into flames'
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) urged his colleagues in the upper chamber to consider changing their position on gun control measures, arguing “I didn’t burst into flames or get run out of town” after he changed his own stance on the issue years ago. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Wednesday, Casey said that when he first served in the Senate in 2007, he had been against gun control measures, saying he had “the firm belief that to support and honor Pennsylvania’s deep-
Read MoreSenate fails to clear Biden nominee with Harris in LA
The Senate on Wednesday voted against President Biden’s nominee for an assistant secretary post for the Labor Department, with Vice President Harris in Los Angeles and unable to cast a tie-breaking vote. The upper chamber voted 49-51 on Lisa Gomez's nomination to become assistant secretary for the Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), with the vote splitting along party lines in the evenly divided Senate. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) changed his vote to "no" amid Harris' absence and filed a motion to reconsider to allow h
Read MoreThe Jan. 6 committee must play its unused trump cards — prison and fines
The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is endowed with inherent contempt power summarily to imprison or fine any person for defying a subpoena for documents or testimony. That power was unanimously confirmed by the United States Supreme Court nearly a century ago in McGrain v. Daugherty. The congressional need for every person’s evidence is at its zenith in investigating the unprecedented resort to criminal force and violence to prevent the
Read MoreHouse GOP mounts media battle in prebuttal to Jan. 6 hearing
House Republicans are casting Thursday’s primetime hearing by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as a media production aimed at smearing former President Trump. The effort by Republicans to push back at the hearing has started days before the spectacle is set to be carried live by the major networks and news networks — with the notable exception of Fox News Channel, which will air its regular programming. Democrats have set expectations for the hearing high, both by putting it in primetime and with statements signaling they believe it will give
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