Washington Post – Politics:
Dozens of GOP lawmakers are left in the dark about what evidence the committee has collected involving their own contacts with Trump and his senior advisers in the run up to, and during, the attack on the Capitol.
Author: Paul Kane
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Fred Upton calls it quits, leaving a much different House
Washington Post – Politics:
He is the fourth of 10 Republicans who supported Trump’s impeachment to announce their retirement from Congress.
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House ethics committee struggles to crack down on bad behavior
Washington Post – Politics:
The House ethics committee has stayed on the sidelines as members of Congress have acted out in ways that aren’t normally in their jurisdiction, threatening violence against other members and making up fake stories about lawmakers. But some members want that to change.
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Graham: Judicial confirmation process could get even more toxic
Washington Post – Politics:
If Republicans win the majority in the Senate, Graham is wondering whether his party will block almost every single judicial nominee President Biden puts forward next year.
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Republicans, after years of pushing for softer criminal sentences, return to the party’s law-and-order posture in Jackson’s confirmation hearing
Washington Post – Politics:
Republicans on the Judiciary Committee hailed their work in late 2018 to win overwhelming support for a law designed to weaken sentences on crimes, particularly on lower level drug offenses, turning away from their traditional approach. Now, with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination hearings before the committee this week, the GOP is returning to its law-and-order roots epitomized by the Willie Horton-type ads of the late 1980s.
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Steny Hoyer, a member’s member, leads the effort to get more benefits to lawmakers
Washington Post – Politics:
Hoyer, the House majority leader, spent more than a decade calling for the restoration of earmarks so that members of Congress could demonstrate in their districts how they deliver for their constituents.
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In blink of an eye, Senate passes time-change bill with no dissent
Washington Post – Politics:
Without much debate, the Senate passed legislation that would leave clocks in place year-round, opting for a proposal to have darker mornings and more daylight in the late afternoon and evening.
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Democratic campaign chair Sean Patrick Maloney faces toughest job in politics
Washington Post – Politics:
The representative from New York has a blunt message for his party this year.
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Congress rushes to send aid to Ukraine, with much more likely to come
Washington Post – Politics:
While the perennial spending fights continue to be laced with partisan venom, lawmakers in both parties have pledged an unusual level of unity in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This sets up what could become a long march of congressionally approved funds to battle against Putin’s latest act of aggression.