House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after January 6
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House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after January 6
AP / Updated: May 15, 2021, 10:27 IST
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The insurrection is an increasingly fraught subject in the House GOP conference. AP Photo
WASHINGTON: The House is expected to vote next week on two bills aimed at preventing more attacks on the US Capitol, with one seeking to establish a 9/11-style commission to study what went wrong on January 6 and the other allocating $1.9 billion to address the security problems revealed by the insurrection. The top Democrat and the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday unveiled their plan to form the commission after weeks of delicate negotiations. Modeled after the revered investigation into the 9/11 terrorist attacks, their bill would establish an independent 10-member commission, evenly divided between the two parties, that would have subpoena power and
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WASHINGTON – Shortly after meeting at the White House on Wednesday, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy signaled a renewed effort with an aggressive fundraising text targeting his host, the president. I just met with Corrupt Joe Biden and he’s STILL planning to push his radical Socialist agenda onto the American people, the text said.
McCarthy and other Republicans have said intraparty squabbles, including the drama surrounding Rep. Liz Cheney, distracted them from presenting a unified front against Biden and his big spending plans.
Now, with Cheney expelled from Republican congressional leadership, the GOP and its allies are renewing attacks on Biden on issues such as immigration, taxing the wealthy, foreign policy, and the ability of a 78-year-old man to handle the political world s toughest jobs.
JOE Biden has been slammed for being “out of it” and lacking the energy Donald Trump had.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy laid into the 46th president, 78, saying Trump “didn’t need to sleep five hours a night”.
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McCarthy compared Biden to Donald TrumpCredit: Getty
McCarthy, 56, hit out at Biden while appearing on Hannity Friday along with the new House GOP conference chair Elise Stefanik.
Hannity asked McCarthy for his observations on President Joe Biden after their recent meeting, with McCarthy replying: “I kinda see Joe as a little bit out of it, well, a little bit more than out of it, a little checked out.
I Googled the question, what are the factors that diminish a democracy and received this answer: “rejection (or weak commitment to) democratic rules of the.
Print this article House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) speaks to the media during a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2021.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) called out President Biden for his lack of vitality after the pair had their first meeting since the latter took office, saying the president doesn’t have the “energy of Donald Trump.”
“But at no time, having known Joe Biden for quite some time, does he have the energy of Donald Trump. We both know it,” McCarthy said during a joint interview with GOP Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.) and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) on Fox News’