
Bipartisan coalition reintroducing House legislation to prevent insider trading
Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger is reintroducing legislation to prevent insider trading by members of Congress.

Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger is reintroducing legislation to prevent insider trading by members of Congress.

Here’s a dumb local media story for you: regarding obviously, ahem, disinterested parties who want a congressional candidate removed from a city commission over a social media post.

The House voted 232-197 Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time in a year, making Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.

Democrats David Cicilline (RI-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Ted Lieu (CA-33 have introduced new articles of impeachment against outgoing president Donald Trump.

The dairy industry in the United States contributes approximately 1.58 percent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

At 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline condemned the actions of those who breached the U.S. Capitol and suggested that they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

There’s a lot to unpack from the statement from 20th District Del. John Avoli condemning the attacks on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

A wave of violent supporters of President Trump breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress was meeting to certify the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, an apocalyptic scene that sent shockwaves around the country and around the globe.

Democrats seem poised to sweep the two Georgia Senate runoffs, giving the party control of both houses of Congress ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and also elevating West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative member of the Senate Democratic caucus.

Sixth District Republican Congressman Ben Cline indicated Tuesday that he will support objections to the Electoral College certification process on Wednesday.
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