The NRCC noted that in districts former President Trump
ADVERTISEMENT Democrats in these districts are going to have an uphill battle defending their decisions to vote in lockstep with Pelosi’s socialist agenda, the NRCC said.
The Republican pollsters said 54 percent of respondents indicated they want to elect “a Republican who will be a check-and-balance to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats’ agenda in Congress” while just 41 percent said they want “a Democrat who will help Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats pass their agenda in Congress, to represent them.
The NRCC polling was first reported by PunchBowl News in its morning newsletter.
Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress comes as the House is in the middle of a committee work period, with many members out of town, and the Senate is set to leave town on Thursday for a one-week break.
Biden’s speech is going to be unlike any other previous president’s speech to Congress given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
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Roughly 200 people will be allowed in the House chamber, with no lawmakers allowed to bring guests. The attendance cap also means some members won’t be able to attend. A memo from acting House Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett warned that any members who do not have an invite from congressional leadership “will not be permitted in the Capitol after 5 p.m.”
McCarthy, a close ally of former President Trump
“What happened on Jan. 6 is unprecedented in our history, and I think that it s very important that the commission be able to focus on that,” Cheney said at a GOP gathering in Florida when asked about the scope of the commission’s probe.
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“I m very concerned, as all my colleagues are, about the violence that we saw, the BLM, the antifa violence last summer. I think that s a different set of issues, a different set of problems and a different set of solutions,” she continued. “And so I think it s very important that the Jan. 6 commission stays focused on what happened on Jan. 6, and what led to that day.
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Hickenlooper previously served as governor of Colorado and mayor of Denver.
“These former state and local elected officials understand firsthand the impact of a federal investment in rebuilding our nation s infrastructure on their communities,” the White House said Sunday evening.
Monday will be the second time a bipartisan group of lawmakers meet with Biden to discuss infrastructure. Last week, he met with eight members of Congress in the Oval Office for nearly two hours.
Biden last month unveiled his $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, branded the American Jobs Plan, which he said will boost America’s competitive edge on the world stage and create well-paying, middle-class jobs.
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