A good-government group is suing the District of Columbia to block its new law allowing immigrants—legal or otherwise—from voting in local elections. The law, which took effect on March 14 after Congress failed to overturn it, authorizes an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents, including illegal aliens, to participate in local district elections. Critics say allowing noncitizens […]
NEW YORK—LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is well on his way to catching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on more than the NBA’s career scoring list. James is on pace to be an All-Star for the 19th time, after the NBA said Thursday he remains the overall leading vote-getter for the Feb. 19 game in Salt […]
Newsmakers spoke with Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) about some of the important concession wins and the implications of the recent speaker of the House vote, and what it means for the Republican Party.
Six Republican House lawmakers voted “present” instead of “yea” in the final vote that secured the House Speakership for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). McCarthy was elected as the 55th House Speaker in the early hours of Jan. 7 following 15 rounds of votes, the first of which was held on Jan. 3. McCarthy, who was the House Republican […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) flipped his vote against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for House speakership during the third round of voting on Jan. 3, despite voting for the Republican leader on the first and second ballots. “These continuous votes aren’t working for anyone,” Donalds said in a Twitter thread following the flip. “When the dust […]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 30 passed legislation that would impose an agreement on rail unions that are poised to strike and also approved adding paid sick leave to the pact. The House agreed, on a 290–137 vote, to impose the tentative agreement that multiple unions have rejected, despite opposition from some of the unions. […]
House Republicans on Nov. 15 nominated House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House. The vote happened during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington as Republicans near gaining control of the House of Representatives, securing 217 of the 218 seats they need with more than a dozen races still uncalled. During the […]
