The Washington Report

Will the House hold Merrick Garland in Contempt of Congress? … the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic put Dr. Fauci on the hot seat, anmd he got burned … Joe Biden tries to move numbers on the border crisis with a new Executive Order, but it’s not going to work, and we’ll tell you why … Hunter Biden (finally!) goes on trial, and things are not looking good for him … The Fulton Coun...

House and Senate are back for a short week … the House will begin the 2025 Fiscal Year appropriations process with a vote on the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs approps bill … will Biden issue a new executive order cracking down on illegal immigration at the border? Will it do anything substantive, or will it be just for show? … the World Health Assembly met and failed to finalize its long-...

The House will vote this week to prevent noncitizens from voting in local elections in the District of Columbia, while the Senate will vote on whether to consider that rotten “border” bill from a couple of months ago, just to provide political cover to Red State Democrats up for reelection in OH, MT, PA, NV, and WI … anti-Trump lawfare will peak this week in NY, with the end of the first criminal...

House and Senate are back, with light weeks … President Biden withholds military aid to an ally in his attempt to coerce the ally into changing a policy to benefit Biden politically, and some Republicans ask, isn’t that what you guys impeached President Trump for? So, one GOP Congressman has introduced an article of impeachment against Biden … AG Merrick Garland may be voted in contempt of Congres...

MTG says it’s time to vote on her MTV — will Speaker Johnson survive, and will she be made to look foolish? Or will she prevail, and will the House be thrown into even more chaos? … the fight against noncitizen voting gets a boost later this week; find out details … the House will vote this week on a bill to add a citizenship question to the Census … the Senate moves on FAA reauthorization … Trump...

House and Senate return for a short week … Will Marjorie Taylor Greene pull the trigger on her Motion to Vacate, or will someone else? If so, when? Or is Speaker Johnson going to bypass this distraction entirely? … the latest on anti-Trump lawfare … CNN’s new poll shows Trump leading Biden by 6 in a two-way race, at 49-43, and leading by 9 in a multicandidate field, at 42-33 … all this and more.

The House finally (!) takes up and passes a national security supplemental spending bill and sends it to the Senate, which will act this week … the Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment articles in brutal fashion, and sets a new Senate precedent: lying to Congress, a felony, is NOT an impeachable offense (!) … the Senate passes a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA 15 minutes before the aut...

The House passes a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA — or does it? … Articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas will finally (!) be delivered to the Senate, but will there be a trial? … Joe Biden really really really wants to “forgive” student loan debt, even if the Supreme Court rules that he has no authority to do it, so he’s trying again … former President Trump and Speaker Joh...

House and Senate are back — first up in the Senate, DHS Secretary Mayorkas goes on (impeachment) trial, or does he? … First up in the House, another try at FISA reform. Will the third time be the charm? … Hunter Biden’s attorneys fare no better than do President Trump’s lawyers at getting cases thrown out of court … all this and more.

A New York appeals court says former President Trump can pony up $175 million within 10 days while he appeals, rather than $457 million … House and Senate finish funding the government; will it cost Speaker Johnson his job? … MTG files MTV against SMJ, but doesn’t make it “privileged,” so there won’t be a forced vote … Senate Republicans force Dems to walk the plank on tough amendment votes … all...

Will the House and Senate figure out a way to come to agreement on a funding bill to keep most of the government open before Friday night’s deadline? … Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies before House Judiciary Committee, pushes back on Dem assertions that he “exonerated” Joe Biden … Trump wraps up delegate hunt, takes over RNC, lets go 60 staffers … Stacey Abrams wants non-citizens to vote in GA...

House and Senate finally pass a full-year funding bill for about a third of the government, but leave the hard work for later … what about President Biden’s State of the Union address? … SCOTUS says it will hear arguments on April 25 in a key Trump case, which may delay trial until AFTER the election … should the government ban TikTok? Looks like it’s going to … all this and more.

The Supreme Court overrules the Colorado Supreme Court and puts Trump back on the CO primary ballot … House and Senate come to agreement on spending levels, then pass a FOURTH Continuing Resolution to buy yet more time to — negotiate spending bills! … Mayorkas is still waiting to be tried in the Senate … Mitch McConnell announces he will step down as Senate GOP Leader after November election … all...

House and Senate are back in town, with just days to pass another governent funding bill, or risk a temporary partial shutdown … Hunter Biden’s lawyers file bold motions to demand dismissal of the case against him, and former President Trump’s lawyers will be watching closely … Biden folloiws up Navalny’s death with more than 500 new sanctions against Russia, but will they have an impact? … Acting...

House and Senate are in recess at last … the Senate passes a foreign aid/national security bill with no changes to border policy, but Speaker Johnson says it’s a no-go in the House — what happens next? … is Russia developing a space-based nuke to blind our satellites? … Putin’s strongest political opponent dies under mysterious circumstances in a Russian prison … the government is about to run out...

The House tries but fails to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas; will the second time be the charm? … Senate Republicans stand up to Senate Democrats and kill the border bill — then turn right around and resurrect a smaller version of it … Special Counsel Robert Hur, appointed to investigate Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, says he won’t prosecute because he doesn’t think he could conv...

A welfare bill disguised as a tax bill slips through the House — how? … Is DHS Secretary Mayorkas about to be impeached? … the text of the long-awaited Senate border deal lands with a loud thud, it’s DOA in the House … James Biden agrees to sit for a private deposition one week ahead of Hunter’s private deposition … the Supreme Court will hear that Colorado Trump ballot access case… all this and m...

Special Tele Town Hall Meeting with special guests Senator Rick Scott of Florida and Senator Mike Lee of Utah. They discussed how the US Senate dropped their so-called “border security” bill, which was nothing more than a giant amnesty bill. The bill would codify into law Biden’s border invasion. It would simply legalize what is currently “illegal” immigration.

House and Senate are both in session, but to what end? … House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday will take up two articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … what’s the latest on the Lankford/Biden open borders deal? McConnell says “the politics have changed” … all this and more.

House and Senate return from holiday break, but did they get much accomplished? … Speaker Johnson releases a document showing the border crisis is all President Biden’s fault … House Homeland Security Committee holds its second Mayorkas impeachment hearing … they’re still talking, talking, talking in the Senate about a border security-for-Ukraine aid deal, but it seems that’s all they’re doing … H...

Christmas break is over, and House and Senate are back in town with deadlines looming — but, look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a TOPLINE NUMBERS AGREEMENT! … Hunter Biden’s defiance of a congressional subpoena will be fodder for Oversight and Judiciary Committees, which will both vote to hold him in contempt of Congress … Defense Secretary was hospitalized for four days before a...

The House votes to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, just hours after Hunter Biden defies a subpoena and mocks House Republicans … Senate negotiators still have yet to finalize an agreement on border security to go with that emergency foreign aid bill … Speaker Johnson thinks better of it, and pulls competing Sec. 702 reauthorization bills from floor considerat...

With the Christmas break fast approaching, House and Senate buckle down for a final week of legislating before heading out of town for three weeks ... the emergency supplemental for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border security is still up in the air … Hunter Biden was indicted, but Joe Biden was protected … will the House vote to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden? … all t...

Senate Democrats walk away from negotiations with Senate Republicans over supplemental spending; will Schumer call McConnell’s bluff? … House Republicans move toward a formal authorization vote to approve a Biden impeachment inquiry … will Hunter Biden testify behind closed doors or open? … Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s long hold on military promotions may be coming to an end … all this and more.

House and Senate pass a CR to keep the government funded through the holiday, and it won’t cost Speaker Johnson his job … Senate Dems say they support Israel, but vote against funding .. House Ethics Committee issues damning report on its investigation of Rep. George Santos — is he about to become the sixth Member ever to be expelled? … Iran is still enriching uranium … all this and more.