The Washington Report

House and Senate are back this week, what’s on the agenda? … Comer says Chinese Communist Party cronies sent millions to the Biden family, and that’s just the beginning of it … Biden bails out bank depositors; is that the same thing as bailing out the banks? Is it as dangerous? You bet! … Will Trump be arrested Tuesday? For what? … all this and more.

Joe Biden issues the first veto of his presidency. The House tries to override it, but fails … the House (barely) passes its Parents Bill of Rights, while the Senate considers repealing the Authorizations for the use of Military Force in Iraq … another Bad Biden nominee arrives, while a different one withdraws … former President Trump still not arrested … all this and more.

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They’re coming for your gas stove. The CPSC got the formal process started last week … Senate Dems join with GOP colleagues to overturn DC’s new law weakening penalties for some violent crimes … a federal judge rules the Biden Administration’s “catch and release” policy toward illegal immigrants is illegal … Biden’s Interior Dept will announce the go-ahead on a major new oil project in Alaska, and...

President Biden throws House Dems under the bus, and they’re not happy … House Ethics Committee opens investigation into the Talented Rep. Santos, and extends its investigation into the less talented Rep. Ocasio-Cortez … Senate unanimously passes a bill calling for declassification of all information concerning origins of Covid-19; will House follow suit? … Biden plans to roll out multiple-trillio...

House and Senate return for action — what’s on the agenda? … another US intelligence agency concludes Covid was the result of a lab leak … FBI searches University of Delaware archive of 1,850 boxes of Biden Senate documents … inflation is up, and CBO issues a new report forecasting massive deficits for years to come … the IRS misses its own deadline … SCOTUS is set to hear a HUGELY important case...

The House is on a two-week recess — but what did it do last week? Hearings, hearings, hearings, including an eye-opening hearing on the crisis at the southern border … Hunter Biden’s aggressive new lawyer rebuffs a document request from a GOP-led House committee … why is the Biden Administration revealing classified material just to make Biden look better? … All this and more.

House Republicans wield their new majority to launch long-overdue oversight of the Biden Administration … yes, Biden spokespeople lied to us when they said they never had plans to ban gas stoves … Biden says he’ll end the COVID emergency; the House says thanks much, we’ll vote to end it anyway … House Republicans begin to consider debt ceiling options … Hunter’s laptop takes center stage again … w...

Speaker McCarthy boots Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the Intelligence Committee, and Dems scream bloody murder; is Ilhan Omar next to go? … a Biden judicial nominee can’t respond when asked at her confirmation hearing what Article V of the Constitution does … DHS tries to prevent four Border Patrol section chiefs from testifying before Congress, and Chairman Comer is not...

House and Senate are (finally!) back in action — what’s on the agenda? … December illegal immigration numbers break the all-time record, and House Republicans want DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the hot seat … debt ceiling talks begin … and it turns out Joe Biden has a major, and growing, classified documents problem on his hands. All this and more!

The 118th Congress has gaveled in, and the new House has (finally!) elected a new Speaker — on the 15th ballot. What did the opposition win, and how will that change the operation of the House of Representatives? … President Biden finally visits the border, but only after the tens of thousands of illegal aliens clogging the streets of El Paso were first removed … and a most important trial (Florid...

Amnesty for illegal immigrants is DEAD in this Congress! … but the Biden Administration prepares for a new surge at the southern border … Congress attempts to make history this week: NO LAME DUCK CONGRESS HAS EVER PASSED A FULL-YEAR OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL … the J6 Committee will meet to vote on criminal referrals and make public its final report … all this and more.

We’re less than five days away from a (temporary, partial) government shutdown, but no one is worried … Kyrsten Sinema leaves Senate Democrats in the lurch — or does she? … Just how worried should we be about that potential amnesty deal, anyway? … Is or isn’t Kevin McCarthy going to be Speaker of the new House? … all this and more, plus your questions.

Congress is back, and we’re still waiting to hear about government funding … President Biden rejiggers the Dems’ 2024 nominating calendar … the Senate passes a bill putting religious liberty at risk … Chief Twit Elon Musk dumps Twitter internal documents on the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story … will the House finally end the vaccine mandate for the Armed Forces in the NDAA? … all this...

House and Senate return for the opening of the lame duck session … House and Senate GOP conferences hold leadership elections, and the only surprise is how many votes short of the Speakership Kevin McCarthy really is … a federal circuit court blocks President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … Trump declares for president, learns AG Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the inv...

House and Senate are (finally!) back in DC … changes at Customs and Border Protection … another judge rules against Biden’s student loan debt scam … who won last week’s elections? All this and more.

First Joe Biden attacks oil producers and threatens a new tax, then he attacks coal-fired power plants and says he’s going to shut them all down … what’s on the agenda for the lame duck Congress that will begin meeting next week? … our final campaign update before tomorrow’s election … all this and more.

House and Senate are still out … senior House Republicans on Judiciary Committee warn Garland and Mayorkas to be ready for questions on how they’ve handled the crisis on the southern border … 30-year fixed rate mortgages hit heights not seen in 20 years … evidence of a Red Wave continues to mount … all this and more.

A lower court judge dismisses a lawsuit against President Biden’s student loan payoff scam, but an appeals court blocks it temporarily … CBP releases numbers for September, and it turns out it’s the worst month for migrant encounters in history — and FY22 was the worst YEAR in history … you know it’s bad when the IRS and Social Security Administration are making news on inflation … our latest camp...

House and Senate are still on recess, but are our wallets really safe? … Biden gets sued AGAIN for his unconstitutional/illegal/justplaincrazy student loan debt payoff scam … will DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas be impeached if Republicans take back the House in November? Maybe … and a campaign update focusing on governors. All this and more.

House and Senate pass a bill to keep the government funded through mid-December, just in time for a Christmas shutdown showdown … House and Senate have finally done all the damage they’re going to do before November, and Members have gone home to face the wrath of their constituents, also sometimes known as their bosses, in case the Members have forgotten … Biden gets sued over his student loan pa...

House and Senate gear up for a tough week — both houses have to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded beyond the midnight Friday deadline, and we still don’t know what’s in the bill … Kevin McCarthy releases the House GOP “Commitment to America” … the January 6 Committee schedules one more public hearing before the midterm elections, and it will take place Wednesday at 1 PM ES...

50 Venezuelan migrants arrive on Martha's Vineyard, and the local Chamber of Commerce declares it a "humanitarian crisis" … House and Senate still haven't figured out what to do about the CR … that same-sex marriage bill in the Senate gets punted to the lame duck session … Judge Cannon appoints a special master in the case of the purloined documents at Mar-a-Lago … all this and more.

House and Senate have finally ended their ridiculously long summer breaks and are back in DC, so hold on to your wallets … Biden requests $47 billion in emergency supplemental spending, but Senate Republicans object … will the Senate pass a same-sex marriage bill? … Biden’s speech attempting to “unify” the country succeeds, but not the way he planned … in just a few days, the cost of that student...