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February 5, 2021
Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed his Answer to the article of impeachment, a brief riddled with obvious falsehoods and dangerous legal theories unsupported by the Constitution or historical precedent.
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February 5, 2021
Today, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans chose partisanship over American jobs, with House Republicans voting unanimously to block critical COVID-19 relief aid backed by economists from both sides of the aisle.
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February 4, 2021
In the past 24 hours, House “Republicans” made it abundantly clear where their allegiances lie: with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, conspiracy theorists and QAnon believers.
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February 4, 2021
Less than one month after QAnon supporters led an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and hours after House Republicans agreed not to sanction QAnon adherent Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) told reporters he didn’t know what QAnon was.
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February 3, 2021
After several conversations and literally running away from reporters, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) made clear that he is refusing to take action against conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. As a result, the House will continue with a vote to strip Greene of her seat on the esteemed House Committee on Education & Labor and House Committee on Budget.
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February 2, 2021
While House Republicans and Minority Leader McCarthy (Q-CA) run away from addressing conspiracy-theory spreading Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-Semitism, QAnon adherence, and 9/11 Trutherism, the other Republican Leader in Congress has spoken out.
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December 22, 2020
From bringing down the cost of health care to addressing economic and racial inequality and building our infrastructure in a green way, House Democrats fought to ensure this year's omnibus spending package advanced the interests of America's workers, families and small businesses.
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May 6, 2020
Yesterday, President Trump generated headlines when he defied health experts and said it was time to shut down the White House Coronavirus Task Force, even as cases continue to skyrocket, with more than 1,000 people tragically dying every day over the past month — before he quickly backpedaled.
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April 10, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic presents an existential threat to small businesses — and critical problems have emerged in the Small Business Administration’s relief programs that are endangering the survival of Main Streets across America. But while Democrats want to fix these issues in the interim relief package to prevent these small businesses from going under permanently, Senator McConnell’s bill does nothing for them at all.
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February 4, 2020
American farmers face an increasingly stressful and uncertain future as the Trump Trade War escalates every day. While American farmers are on the sidelines thanks to this Administration, Brazil, China, Canada and beyond are reaping the benefits of increased market access and agriculture trade surpluses. In 2019, family farm bankruptcies rose 20 percent reaching an eight-year high. And nearly one-third of projected net farm income comes from farm subsidies to offset the impact of President Trump’s failed trade policies on the agriculture sector.