REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-NY): Everyday people were finally able to
collectively organize and get back at the folks who have historically had
all the marbles on Wall Street.
SPUNT: Thousands of traders drove up prices of stocks like GameStop
creating havoc for brokers who bet about this. The Securities and Exchange
Commission is investigating, but the president and his team, at least
publicly, are mum.
getting the American people back to work.
SPUNT: Back to work with a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. President
Biden says while he wants Republican support, he ll go it alone if need be.
BIDEN: The risk is not doing too much. The risk is not doing enough.
WASHINGTON — A group of Republican representatives from Michigan have requested an intelligence briefing over 1,000 members of the Michigan National Guard being deployed in Washington through March.POLITICO reported Tuesday that deployment for the entire D.C. National Guard had been extended until March 31 in anticipation of "civil disturbance," according to an obtained memo. Now, 1,000 members of the Michigan National Guard will be deployed in the nation’s capital as well.Huizenga
It s absolutely appalling and I think that the focus has to be on the Republican leadership of this House of Representatives for the disregard they have for the deaths of those children, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a weekly news conference Thursday.
Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes circulated a letter Thursday asking House Republican leadership to remove Greene from her appointment on the House Committee on Education and Labor. Hayes represents Connecticut s 5th District, including Newtown, where the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred in 2012.
Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California announced Thursday he would introduce a resolution to expel Greene from Congress that would require a two-thirds majority to pass.