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HISTORY: FOUR WOMEN are leading the powerful House & Senate Appropriations committees for the 1st time “Oftentimes people say … ‘We need to have women at the table.’ Well, women are the table” A great team effort w/

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History on the Hill: Powerful spending committees now led by women for the first time

Ascending to lead the House and Senate Appropriations committees is a feat for these four lawmakers who arrived in Washington when few other women served in Congress.

New tweet from

Omar who says: “My critique of our foreign policy, Israeli’s policy towards Palestinians or that of any foreign nation will not change.”

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Ilhan Omar

@IlhanMN

My critique of our foreign policy, Israeli’s policy towards Palestinians or that of any foreign nation will not change. As a person who suffered the horrors of war and persecution, my advocacy will always be for those that suffer because of the actions of governments.

The View from Semafor

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“The Commerce Committee, I’m telling you, is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony,” McCain said. “You pick the issue you want and go after it. That’s commerce. Hell, what’s not commerce?” politico.com/story/2012/07/

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Michael Thorning he/him

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I remember when Appropriations was the only committee anyone had the gall to proceed with "powerful." Last week, Sen. Ossof called Intel "selective and powerful." Now we're supposed to believe COMMERCE is powerful? I won't stand for it. twitter.com/alexanderbolto…

@SpeakerPelosi

backs one of her closest allies in the House,

@RepAdamSchiff

, in California Senate race

Pelosi backs Schiff in California Senate race

Pelosi noted that she would still back Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein if she decides to run for re-election.

Rep Josh Gottheimer and Ilhan Omar

GOTTHEIMER statement on OMAR signing onto his Israel resolution: "It is no secret that, over the years, I have been unabashedly critical about ... Omar’s past comments. "But, it is an enormous step forward that Congresswoman Omar has signed onto this Congressional Resolution"

NEWS: Senate Intel Committee Chair

@MarkWarner

tells me his committee sent ANOTHER letter to the Biden administration about the classified docs TODAY. More TK.

BREAKING: Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee 218 Republicans vote YES 1 Republican votes present All 211 Democrats vote NO

Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee

Republicans voted to oust Omar over past antisemitic remarks shortly after she signed onto a resolution recognizing Israel as a 'legitimate' ally and condemning antisemitism.

Brian Deese, top economic adviser to Biden, to resign

Brian Deese, top economic adviser to Biden, to resign

President Joe Biden announced Deese's departure as director of the National Economic Council, saying, "He has helped steer my economic vision into reality and managed the transition of our historic...

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Tom Namako

@TomNamako

Heating up: Bipartisan duo Manchin and Cruz pitch bill to defend gas stoves

@zarichards

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Heating up: Bipartisan duo Manchin and Cruz pitch bill to defend gas stoves

The powerful senators will roll out the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funding to ban new or existing gas stoves.

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Ginger Gibson

@GingerGibson

Rep. Ilhan Omar backs pro-Israel resolution ahead of GOP vote to oust her from committee Scoop from

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Rep. Ilhan Omar backs pro-Israel resolution ahead of GOP vote to oust her from committee

Omar signed onto a resolution "recognizing Israel as America’s legitimate and democratic ally and condemning antisemitism," as Republicans prepared to remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

SCOOP: ILHAN OMAR backs pro-Israel resolution ahead of GOP vote to oust her from committee over past comments It's a resolution by Gottheimer "recognizing Israel as America’s legitimate and democratic ally and condemning antisemitism" DEVELOPING ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar backs pro-Israel resolution ahead of GOP vote to oust her from committee

Omar signed onto a resolution "recognizing Israel as America’s legitimate and democratic ally and condemning antisemitism," as Republicans prepared to remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

, Energy chairman, said in statement: “I can tell you the last thing that would ever leave our house is the gas stove we cook on, and I will continue to fight any overreach by the Consumer Product Safety Commission”

says: “Make no mistake, radical environmentalists want to stop Americans from using natural gas. “The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s proposed ban on gas stoves is the latest egregious scaremongering by the far left and their Biden administration allies.”

The hottest issue in the halls of Congress!

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New: Sens. Joe Manchin and Ted Cruz are teaming up on legislation that would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funding to ban new or existing gas stoves, according to a copy of the bill first shared with @scottwongDC nbcnews.com/politics/congr

Here’s the text of the two-page

@Sen_JoeManchin

@SenTedCruz

legislation dubbed: “THE GAS STOVE PROTECTION AND FREEDOM ACT” nbcnews.com/politics/congr

Heating up: Bipartisan duo Manchin and Cruz pitch bill to defend gas stoves

SCOOP: New bipartisan duo MANCHIN & CRUZ are rolling out legislation today barring the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to ban new or existing gas stoves

The powerful senators will roll out the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which would bar the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funding to ban new or existing gas stoves.

“Welcome to the Seinfeld Congress. It’s a show about nothing.” nbcnews.com/politics/congr by

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Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

“There’s not a lot going on,” said No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune.

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being Kennedy nbcnews.com/politics/congr

“I have very low expectations,”

@GerryConnolly

, D-Va., said in an interview. “I would predict — and I hope I’m wrong — this will prove to be one of the least productive congresses in modern history because of the dysfunctionality of an unstable majority.”

“Welcome to the Seinfeld Congress” Read

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The House struggled for days to elect a speaker. The Senate is holding symbolic votes to pass time. Lawmakers can’t hold hearings bc committees aren’t set up. Welcome to the Seinfeld Congress. It’s a show about nothing. W/@sahilkapur @frankthorp nbcnews.com/politics/congr

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The House could barely elect a speaker. The Senate is holding symbolic votes just to pass the time. One month in, committees still aren’t functional. Welcome to the Seinfeld Congress. It’s a show about nothing. w/ ⁦

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Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

“There’s not a lot going on,” said No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune.

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Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

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Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

“There’s not a lot going on,” said No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune.

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Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

“There’s not a lot going on,” said No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune.

Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won’t get better

“There’s not a lot going on,” said No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune.

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GOP Rep. Andy Biggs rolls out articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas

GOP Rep. Andy Biggs announces articles of impeachment against Housing Secretary Mayorkas

The Arizonan unsuccessfully introduced articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas in 2021, when Democrats controlled the House.

Dem members of China committee include three #AAPI members: Krishnamoorthi, Khanna and Andy Kim

Dem members of Weaponization committee include three involved with Trump impeachments: Plaskett, Garcia and Goldman

NEWS: BUCK says he has flipped his vote to YES for removing Omar from Committee after good convo w McCarthy about possible rules change to make it harder to remove people from committees

Lots wanted Intel slot, but it will be

@jahimes

who succeeds Schiff as top Dem on Intelligence Committee

NEW:

names top Democrats of the select committees.

@CongressmanRaja

gets China committee,

gets Weaponization

FIRST TO

: Rep

is sending a letter TODAY to LEADERSHIP about security in the Capitol with the upcoming SOTU and GOP rolling back security measures like the mags outside the House Floor

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The Committee on Natural Resources is meeting NOW to organize and vote on their rules… Some fireworks expected: GOP side is pushing to ALLOW FIREARMS in hearing rooms and we are told DEMS will loudly object

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One of the more animated moments from my conversation with

@BorisJohnson

last night. Caption the moment. Wrong answers only!

👀 The Committee on Natural Resources is meeting NOW to organize and vote on their rules… Some fireworks expected: GOP side is pushing to ALLOW FIREARMS in hearing rooms and we are told DEMS will loudly object

House Republicans are planning to vote as soon as Wednesday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee — marking an escalation in a long-running battle between the parties over committee assignments.

House GOP readies vote to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

The vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the committee could come Wednesday, marking an escalation in a long-running partisan fight over assignments.

BREAKING: FBI searches Biden's beach house amid ongoing classified documents investigation

FBI searches Biden's beach house amid ongoing classified documents investigation

Documents with classified markings from the Obama administration have been found earlier in Biden’s Wilmington residence and a Washington, D.C. think tank office.

In new oversight role, House Republicans target billions lost to Covid relief fraud

$5.4 billion in Covid loans went to applicants using fishy Social Security numbers

The numbers were either not issued by the U.S. government or "did not match the name and/or date of birth information provided … suggesting potential identity fraud.”