Tag: MIMI NGUYEN LY

House Votes to Strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of Committee Posts

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BY MIMI NGUYEN LY The House has adopted a resolution to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from her two committee posts over her past comments and actions. A Thursday vote on the Democratic-backed resolution was 230-199 largely on party lines. Three lawmakers did not vote. Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in voting “yes” to remove Greene from the committees. Greene had been assigned to the House Budget Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee. Republican leadership in the House had opposed the vote, saying it could set a dangerous precedent for punishing lawmakers…

Mimi Nguyen Ly, Congress Reconvenes, Pence Denounces Violence

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BY MIMI NGUYEN LY Congress reconvened Wednesday evening after protesters earlier in the day breached the U.S. Capitol building. About six hours prior, the U.S. House and Senate temporarily halted Congress after protesters breached the Capitol building, interrupting concurrent debates in the two chambers over an objection to the counting of a slate of 11 presidential electors from Arizona for presidential candidate Joe Biden, a Democrat. Upon resuming the session, Vice President Mike Pence condemned the violence. “We condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. We grieve the loss of life…

Mimi Nguyen Ly, ODNI Says Report on Foreign Threats During 2020 Election Delayed

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MIMI NGUYEN LY John Ratcliffe sits during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 5, 2020.                                                                                                               * The Office of the Director of National…

Trump’s Legal Team Considering Alternate Options After Supreme Court Rejects Texas Election Suit

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BY MIMI NGUYEN LY Attorneys on President Donald Trump’s legal team, Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, shared on Friday that the team is considering filing separate lawsuits to district courts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a lawsuit from Texas to challenge the 2020 election results in four battleground states. The two attorneys also called for courage from the courts to allow hearings on the lawsuits. Justices on the nation’s highest court late Friday denied the Lone Star state’s request to sue Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. They opined that Texas lacked…