Page 8 - Representative John Katko News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Trump’s Rally Revival Leaves Some Fearing a Revenge Tour Bloomberg 1 hr ago Mark Niquette (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump will be back on stage this month with one mission at the top of his agenda -- seeking revenge against Republican incumbents who turned on him by backing their challengers in 2022 primaries. That worries some GOP leaders. As the former president prepares to resume his trademark rallies, they fear another round of grievances about the 2020 election results and championing untested candidates over incumbents could hurt the party more than it helps in next year...

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Concerned that the establishment of a 1/6 Commission would put Donald Trump’s incitement of an insurrection front and center in the 2022 mid-term elections, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-KY) used all his powers of persuasion and leverage to successfully block its passage.  He convinced all but 7 Republican Senators to oppose an up or down vote on the legislation last week—leaving the measure 3 votes short of the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster. (The actual vote was 54 to 35 because 3 supporters of the 1/6 Commission were n...

"[Republicans] say that they're gonna negotiate in good faith, they get Democrats to give them concessions and then they come out and they vote against it," Zac Petkanas, senior advisor at Invest in

Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose bipartisan legislation to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing a proposed independent inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” by left-wing groups. The announcement by Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, suggested that a House vote expected as early as Wednesday to create the panel will most likely be a partisan affair, with much of the G.O.P. opposing the ...

Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose bipartisan legislation to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing a proposed independent inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” by left-wing groups. The announcement by Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, suggested that a House vote expected as early as Wednesday to create the panel will most likely be a partisan affair, with much of the G.O.P. opposing the ...