Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. Meadows told the…
Dozens of members of the House GOP’s most conservative faction plan to meet Tuesday to discuss ways to counteract the decision of House Speaker John Boehner and other leaders to seek retribution against members who vote against must-pass measures. The House Freedom Caucus, a GOP group made up of about 40 of the most conservative members, plans to hold the discussion some time after Tuesday’s evening votes, according to lawmakers familiar with the initiative.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Monday in a radio interview that many conservatives were “fed up” with the string of punishment meted out to members who don’t vote in line with the Republican leadership on key legislation.
With big budget but little accountability, siege raises questions for long-troubled Capitol Police
Beth Reinhard, Rosalind S. Helderman and Neena Satija, The Washington Post
Jan. 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON - It was the spring of 2015 and the U.S. Capitol Police had suffered a string of embarrassing incidents.
(Welcome to
The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)
The Movie:
Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel
The Pitch: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and a teenaged Shirley Temple find themselves in an unlikely (and totally insane) love triangle.
Why It’s Essential Viewing: Because this movie features one of the most bonkers premises ever committed to film.
Margaret (Myrna Loy) is a judge who, early in the movie, presides over a case against a dashing artist, Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), who is accused of inciting a fight at a nightclub. He charms his way out of the situation and heads to the local high school to give a lecture about art. That’s where Margaret’s 17-year-old sister Susan (Temple) sees him and falls head over heels in love – despite Richard being decades older than her. She throws herself at him, but he’s clearly not interested. But when Richard even
wasn t. i m sure there are people over there on be the west wing saying if we had to do it again, we might have done it a little differently. i want to pose this next question to both of you. it s relative to what i m reading by one of your colleagues, he writes, the bergdahl boomerang. gop leaders who long urged a rescue now sour on the idea specifically citing richard nugent. he told them in february they should do, quote, everything possible not to leave any members of the armed forces behind. the article specifically references an interview senator john mccain did in february. here s part of that. obviously i d have to know the details, but i would support ways of bringing him home and if exchange was one of them, i think that would be something i think we should seriously consider. and then after the release last weekend senator mccain criticized the exchange as, quote, mistake. to both of you, ed, go first, when you look at the past statements the politicians made in februa
good morning, everyone. we do have some breaking news to share with you as we welcome you to weekends with alex bit. tracy morgan is in the hospital after he was involved in a serious car accident. the actor was on a limo bus on the new jersey turnpike. it happened around 1:00 a.m. just north of exit 7a north of the state capitol in trenton. it was involved in a six vehicle accident that included two tractor-trailers. now according to the preliminary investigation, one of the tractor-trailers came up on slow moving traffic and that s what caused the accident. new jersey state police say that seven people were involved in the accident, one person is dead. morgan is listed in critical condition. he s at robert wood johnson hospital in new brunswick, new jersey. we are expecting to get information in just a few minutes. we ll take you there. meantime, in a new interview president obama is revealing the information. he spoke exclusively to nbc s brian williams. as i said before