Order! Order! Order! pic.twitter.com/WjvKZWGTPu
— tagesschau (@tagesschau) January 16, 2019
Month: January 2019
Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU because of the shutdown
Damn. I mean… damn. pic.twitter.com/MZl3nLcEct
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 16, 2019
I’m sure Trump will just ignore this.
or maybe not:
Pelosi’s letter effectively cancelling the State of the Union is a reminder:
a) she has tons of leverage
b) she knows pressure points
C) she can snap her fingers and seek Trump’s tax returns.— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) January 16, 2019
I’m sure he’ll find some way to do a SOTUesque type of rally.
Brexit: Theresa May’s deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat
I feel like the guy jumping off his balcony with an ebay parachute would do a better job with Brexit:
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.
MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election.
The confidence vote is expected to be held at about 1900 GMT on Wednesday.
Man Tests Parachute From Ebay by Jumping off Balcony
Spoiler alert, he lives.
The Candles Are a Nice Touch
POTUS with “great American food” for Clemson Tigers visiting WH. pic.twitter.com/VgmQeXNhk6
— Roberta Rampton (@robertarampton) January 14, 2019
Steve King removed from committee assignments following racist comments
He never should have been re-elected but, alas:
(CNN)Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa has been stripped of committee assignments following racist comments he made to The New York Times in a report published last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Monday.
McCarthy announced that the House Republican Steering Committee — which oversees committee assignments — met Monday night and made a decision that King “will not be serving on committees in this Congress.”
Earlier Monday, a pair of the Senate’s most high-profile Republicans on Monday sharply condemned King, the highest ranking GOP officials to publicly rebuke King after comments he made to The New York Times that were sympathetic to white supremacists.The criticism from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Utah freshman Sen. Mitt Romney, comes as the House plans to vote as soon as Tuesday on a resolution to disapprove of the actions of King, who has a history of making incendiary comments related to race and immigration.