Saturday, January 11

Tag: Mike Johnson

Choosing a speaker is very first test for GOP with razor-thin control of House

Choosing a speaker is very first test for GOP with razor-thin control of House

Science and Nature
On paper, Republicans have everything in Washington: A trifecta of the White House and both homes of Congress, supported by a conservative Supreme Court. President-elect Donald Trump has actually guaranteed a blitzkrieg of executive actions and legislation after he takes workplace Jan. 20.As the brand-new Congress assembles on Friday, concerns hover over the GOP's capability to govern efficiently the House of Representatives, which it manages by the thinnest of margins. Why We Wrote This The Republican Party manages Congress, yet its narrow bulk makes reelecting House Speaker Mike Johnson harder-- and exposes cracks within the GOP. The celebration's very first agenda is to choose a House speaker, with present Speaker Mike Johnson the only stated prospect. He requires a bulk of the capacit...
Trans trendsetter heads to debut in Congress, wishing for touch of grace …

Trans trendsetter heads to debut in Congress, wishing for touch of grace …

General
DOVER, Del. (AP)-- It was her last day in session as a Delaware state senator, and Sarah McBride beinged in her small workplace at the state Capitol, preparing goodbye remarks.She had actually made history here, as the very first freely transgender state senator in the nation. Now she was making history once again, just recently chosen as the very first honestly transgender member of Congress.Her political promo has actually come throughout a numeration for transgender rights, when legislation in Republican-governed states around the nation intends to suppress their advance. Throughout an election where a deluge of project advertisements and political leaders demeaned trans individuals, McBride still quickly won her blue state's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.Even before sh...