All posts tagged "Ted Lieu"

President Donald Trump's plan for a controversial 250-foot-tall gold-covered arch to be built at Memorial Circle in Washington, D.C. has been ridiculed by critics.

The renderings, produced by architecture firm Harrison Design, depict a massive structure flanked by four gold lions and topped by a 60-foot-tall gold statue of an angel, with "one nation under God" inscribed at the top. The project has generated intense opposition from preservationists, lawmakers, and activists.

Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute and Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Michael McFaul, criticized the project as a badly timed piece from Trump. ...

A Democratic lawmaker Monday slammed Secretary of State Marco Rubio over his initial claims about the Trump administration's plans in Venezuela and how President Donald Trump has not sought a vote from Congress to increase military pressure on the country.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) claimed that Rubio misled congressional leaders during a private briefing about the lethal alleged drug boat strikes last month in Washington, D.C.

He also expressed concern that lawmakers do not know the president's long term strategy for U.S. operations in the country. ...

House Democrats met Tuesday to discuss President Joe Biden's candidacy, but one lawmaker wanted to know why the press has spent a second week on that story instead of looking at recently released Florida court documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

"We hear a lot from our constituents on different issues," Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said at the news conference Tuesday. "But something I've heard that doesn't seem to be being covered are the Epstein files."

He explained that Trump is all over the documents with photos of him as well as rape allegations from children. The details have trended on the social media site X under the tag #TrumpPedoFiles. ...

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) on Sunday warned citizens not to believe everything they read after he was forced to deny a report about him purportedly calling on Joe Biden to quit the presidential race in the wake of his poor debate showing.

A report surfaced over the weekend stating that Lieu was among those calling for Biden to quit the race on a private call. Specifically, the Washington Post stated, "Those who forcefully made the case for the president to drop his reelection bid were: Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.), according to the three on the call who were granted anonymity to discuss a private meeting."

The Post issued a correction, but not before the faulty report led another reporter, Yashar Ali, to spread the "news" on his social media along with a photo of Lieu and Biden standing together. ...

Congress quietly drained hundreds of millions of dollars from a largely unused presidential campaign fund to provide a jolt of cash to the United States Secret Service and election security grants, Raw Story has confirmed.

The massive raid of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund was included late last week in Congress’ latest government funding package, which President Joe Biden signed into law.

Raw Story could not confirm which member, or members, of Congress are responsible for inserting language in the middle of the 1,012-page bill that tapped the fund to the tune of $375 million....

At least two lawmakers on Friday hit back at Samuel Alito over the Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that the nation’s highest court is above congressional scrutiny.

“What a surprise, guy who is supposed to enforce checks and balances thinks checks shouldn’t apply to him. Too bad!” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted after Alito was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that Congress has no oversight role over the Supreme Court.

“Corruption and abuse of power must be stopped, no matter the source. In fact, the court should be *most* subject to scrutiny, bc it is unelected & life appointed.”...