Bad news for Ben Cline: per Louise Lucas, the 10-1 congressional map is the only one that the State Senate has the votes to pass.
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Kaine, Beyer file bill to increase transparency for police misconduct
Tim Kaine and Don Beyer have filed legislation in Congress that, if passed and signed into law, would require law-enforcement agencies to report judgments and settlements related to police misconduct to the Justice Department.
Abigail Spanberger, no surprise at all, endorses Beth Macy for Congress
It would have surprised me if Abigail Spanberger hadn’t signed on to back Beth Macy’s run for a seat in Congress in our part of the state.
Cline, McGuire mum on shooting of Alex Pretti: Silence is complicity
Our local Republican congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, have yet to utter a word publicly, either way, addressing the shooting of an ICU nurse by ICE thugs in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Tim Kaine signals that he is not on board with $10B in new funding for ICE
I wondered aloud if U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., would help Senate Republicans get cloture on an appropriations measure that would give ICE an extra $10 billion.
Jack Smith pantsed Ben Cline in front of Congress and the TV-viewing world
Ben Cline, who fancies himself a bulldog lawyer, had his bits snipped by actual bulldog lawyer Jack Smith, but we knew that was going to happen, the second the TV cameras panned to Cline.
Seven House Democrats help MAGA pass $10B in new funding for ICE
Seven House Democrats voted with the 220-207 majority that passed a new funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes $10 billion for ICE.
Ben Cline thinks he’s going to be a top congressional MAGA next year: Who gets to tell him?
Ben Cline, landslided in his 2024 bid for the chair post in the Republican Study Committee, thinks he has the inside track to being named the chair next year.
MAGAs in Congress hear from Nick Shirley, the reason ICE is in Minnesota
Nick Shirley, the vlogger who tried to peddle video he shot at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to news orgs, went viral last month with his video in which he revealed a nine-figure fraud scheme in Minnesota.
Pete Barlow: Fighting isn’t about speaking louder and playing legal games
For the past five months, I’ve had the honor of speaking with thousands of neighbors around the Shenandoah Valley and the Alleghany Highlands.