Hoyer says no deal on Greene with GOP: House will vote to strip her from committees Thursday Print this article
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Wednesday he won’t cut a deal on preserving Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s committee assignments and will move ahead with a vote to kick her off the panels.
Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, announced the plan after meeting with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who hoped to avoid a floor vote and instead preserve as least one of Greene’s committee assignments. I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments,” Hoyer said. “The Rules Committee will meet this afternoon, and the House will vote on the resolution tomorrow.
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DECISION DAY:
It’s a big moment for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and the future of the Republican conference. The GOP leader must decide the fates of two of his members: Does he remove Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene from her committees over her past incendiary remarks? And does Rep. Liz Cheney get to stay in leadership despite voting to impeach Donald Trump?
Hoyer: Stimulus checks may be narrowed to target lower incomes Print this article
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Democrats may rewrite President Biden’s stimulus check proposal to a lower-income threshold.
“The president himself has indicated that he is open to that,” the Maryland Democrat told reporters Wednesday. “I don t want to speculate on the figure, but I think that may well be under consideration for adjustment from the one that was passed in December.”
Senate Republicans raised the issue last month that the Biden proposal to send a new round of stimulus checks adheres to the same formula applied in the $900 billion COVID-19 aid package passed in December. It provided stimulus checks in a manner that some people earning six figures were eligible to receive them. Checks were issued to individuals earning $75,000 and couples earning up to $150,000.