All posts tagged "Capitol Hill"

House Republican leaders are pushing a vote on whether to compel the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files until after the August recess — at the earliest, Politico reported Monday.

Convicted sex offender and former Trump associate Epstein died by suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019.

Reporter Meredith Lee Hill wrote that "GOP leaders have an understanding with White House officials" to hold off on a vote "in order to give the administration time to release documents on its own following President Donald Trump’s move to release grand jury information on the case."...

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) quickly corrected herself after making a bizarre gaffe when describing herself on a recent podcast.

Host Alex Stein, whose desk featured a watermelon with cotton balls protruding out of it, introduced Boebert as "one of our greatest guests" and "arguably the most attractive woman on Capitol Hill."

Stein told Boebert, "You've always been so nice and, I mean this: you're one of the few people who's not afraid to be outspoken. And, like, you know, I feel like sometimes, because you're an attractive woman, people...they try to put you in a box. But...you have more balls than most of the men on Capitol Hill. And, I mean that with all due respect."...

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), who has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 and is now a nonvoting congressional delegate, said Tuesday there's no question she planned to run again to keep her seat in the House.

The civil rights icon turns 88 on Friday.

Politico reported that when asked if she would endure another election season, she responded, “Yeah, sure. I’m going to run. I don’t know why anybody would even ask me.”...

Speaker Mike Johnson mostly stood by and nodded as President Donald Trump pitched his spending bill to reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but when he did speak, his praise of Trump was effusive.

"I think this was a tremendous session — you might want to say something," Trump prompted Johnson after the president met with Republican lawmakers.

"It was a great meeting, the party was unified, the House Republican Conference is excited — multiple standing ovations, they love this president, and everybody back home loves what he's doing. It's historic," Johnson said....

President Donald Trump went on an unhinged anti-Joe Biden rant while talking about his "big, beautiful bill" on Capitol Hill — as House Speaker Mike Johnson stood by his side nodding on Tuesday.

The president stopped to talk with reporters on his way to speak with Republican lawmakers about getting the bill passed, as several hard-line Republicans continued to hold out against it.

Trump was in the midst of praising Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) about how he has rallied the Republican Party to support the bill. ...

President Donald Trump's threat to take over the Gaza Strip is just another distraction to keep the American people off balance, argued Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) on CNN Thursday.

Moskowitz, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the pronouncement while assuring anchor Sara Sidner, "There's not going to be boots on the ground in Gaza — that's not going to happen."

"I do think Donald Trump is trying to shake the system," Moskowitz continued. "We know how he likes to negotiate. It is unorthodox. And I think, what he's trying to do is, he's trying to get he Arab neighbors to step up and take more responsibility in rebuilding Gaza, in the security of of Gaza. And he's saying, 'Look, if you don't want to do it, then we're going to do it.'"...