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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) called for new House Democratic leadership after a vote to ban congressional lawmakers from trading stocks was stalled indefinitely in the lower chamber. On Tuesday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act prohibiting senior government officials and their family members from trading stocks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) directed her to craft the legislation in February. However, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) indicated that the bill would not be voted on before the midterms. “Probably no vote this week,” Hoyer told CNN on Friday, as congressional members leave to focus on their campaigns ahead of the midterm elections on November 8. “I haven’t read it, it’s a complicated issue, as you can imagine, as a new rule for members they have to follow, and their families as I understand, so I think it deserves careful study to make sure if we do something, we do it right,” … [Read more...] about Democrat Calls for ‘New Leaders’ in Party After Stock Trade Ban Vote Delayed

Chaffey High School senior Belen Esparaz looks over a voter-registration form after California Secretary of State Shirley Weber Ph.D. spoke to students at the Ontario school on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 about making the effort to register prior to age 18 to vote. Photo: Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images There weren’t high expectations for the Democratic Party going into the midterms. Aside from the historic trend that the controlling party in Washington normally loses seats in non-presidential years, polling suggested low energy from the party’s base and terrible approval ratings for President Biden. But then came June 24 and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Supreme Court’s bombshell decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . That, says veteran Democratic strategist Tom Bonier, changed everything. After the stunning victory of pro-choice voters in Kansas on August 2, his firm, TargetSmart, analyzed new voter … [Read more...] about The Surge That Could Save Democrats

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) slammed Democrat Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes for an inappropriate 2017 comment regarding Scalise’s experience of being shot during practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game and nearly dying as a result. Following the 2017 act of political violence against Scalise, Barnes retweeted an article with a photo of Scalise in a wheelchair. Barnes seemed to be angry that Scalise remained a strong supporter of the Second Amendment even after he was shot. “Taking one for the team,” Barnes tweeted as Scalise was forced to use a scooter to move about the Capitol. “I question how people vote against self interest but this is next level. He literally almost died on this hill.” Taking one for the team. I question how people vote against self interest but this is next level. He literally almost died on this hill. https://t.co/Xx8ZQXuvzM — Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) October 4, 2017 After Barnes’ tweet resurfaced Thursday in a … [Read more...] about Steve Scalise Slams Democrat Barnes for Politicizing 2017 Shooting

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 STOCKHOLM (AP) — A right-wing populist party that received the second-most votes in Sweden’s general election last month landed the chairmanships of four parliamentary committees Saturday and with it, the ability to wield more influence in mainstream Swedish politics. The positions to be held by lawmakers from the Sweden Democrats include chairing the Riksdag's justice, foreign affair, business affairs and labor market committees. “It is important for us, a milestone in the party’s history,” legislator Richard Jomshof, a Sweden Democrat who was tapped to be the next chairman of the justice committee, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT. “It is an expression of the fact that we are Sweden’s second largest party.” In addition to the four chairperson posts, the party was allowed to name the vice-chairs of parliament's civil affairs, traffic, defense and tax committees. Sweden … [Read more...] about Sweden: Right-wing party get 4 chairmanships in parliament

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers leader is relying on an unusual strategy with Donald Trump at the center. Lawyers for Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extremist group, are poised to argue that jurors cannot find him guilty of seditious conspiracy because all the actions he took before the siege on Jan. 6, 2021, were in preparation for orders he anticipated from the then-president — orders that never came. Rhodes and four associates are accused of plotting for weeks to stop the transfer of presidential power from the Republican incumbent to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating with Oath Keepers in battle gear storming the Capitol alongside hundreds of other Trump supporters. Opening statements in the trial are set to begin Monday. Rhodes intends to take the stand to argue he believed Trump was going to invoke the … [Read more...] about Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case

6 Politics & Government Dick Barr has since apologized for the comment he made in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Amie Schaenzer , Patch Staff Posted Replies LAKE COUNTY, IL — A Lake County Board member has apologized to a local League of Women Voters groups for calling them "partisan hags." Dick Barr made the comment in a Facebook post Tuesday night. Referring to the group as the League of Women Democrats, he said his anger with the group stems from his frustrations with the League's forums and debate format, which he says favors Democratic candidates. "Talk about a waste of time and a waste of space. Stop giving these hags more power than their paper thin virtue signaling commands," Barr wrote about the local League if Women Voters. On Thursday, he apologized. "My comments did nothing to help with building unity in our communities," he wrote in a Facebook post. . "While I vehemently maintain that the League is … [Read more...] about Lake Co. Board Member Calls League Of Women Voters Members ‘Hags’