Democratic lawmaker Jamaal Bowman censured for pulling fire alarm in congressional building – US politics live

It is 4pm in Washington DC. Here is a wrap-up of the day’s key events:

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• The GOP-led House voted to censure New York’s Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman with 214 yeas and 191 nays. There were also five votes of present and three Democrats out of party lines against Bowman, who pleaded guilty to setting off a fire alarm in a House office building in September.

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• Jamaal Bowman issued a statement in response to his censure saying: “This Republican House is unserious and unproductive.” He added: “I know that their efforts to target me are a testament to the importance of my voice in pushing back against their disingenuous rhetoric and harmful policies.”

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• In response to the House’s vote to censure Jamaal Bowman, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said that Maga Republicans “have nothing to show for their narrow, fading and decreasing majority”. “Extreme Maga Republicans continue to utilize tactics such as censuring Democratic members of Congress, burying their heads in the sand with respect to unlawful or unacceptable conduct by their own members,” he added.

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• Michigan’s Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib criticized House Republicans following the vote to censure Jamaal Bowman. In an impassioned address, she said: “You all [are] so determined to distract from the truth that you all don’t have anything, nothing to enhance the lives of the American folks or finish the continued genocide [in Gaza] . So now you’re making an attempt to shift the main target by baselessly attacking Rep Bowman to attain low cost political factors.”

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• Massachusetts’s Democratic consultant Ayanna Pressley additionally condemned the censure of Jamaal Bowman. Pressley known as the censure “simply the newest on this chamber’s shameful historical past of telling Black and brown people they don’t belong in Congress”.

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• The Joe Biden administration has introduced new actions to advertise competitors in healthcare and help reducing prescription drug prices for Individuals. A statement launched by the White Home on Thursday revealed that the actions embody the promotion of equitable entry to lower-price taxpayer-funded medication, in addition to the launch of a cross-government public inquiry into company greed in healthcare.

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• The White Home has pushed again towards Home Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. In an announcement launched on Thursday, Ian Sams, a White Home spokesperson for oversight and investigations mentioned: “This baseless stunt isn’t rooted in details or actuality however in excessive Home Republicans’ shameless need to abuse their energy to smear president Biden.”

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• CNN has announced that it’ll host two Republican presidential main debates subsequent month in Iowa and New Hampshire. The primary debate will happen on 10 January at Drake College in Des Moines, Iowa. The second debate is scheduled for 21 January at St Anselm School in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

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That’s it from me, Maya Yang, as we wrap up the weblog for as we speak. Thanks for following alongside.

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New York’s Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman has issued a statement in response to his censure by House Republicans, saying: “This Republican House is unserious and unproductive.”

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In his statement, Bowman said:

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I want to thank Democratic leadership and my countless other colleagues for standing up for me last night during the debate. Your words were so kind and I am always grateful to have you all by my side.

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I have expressed deep regret, apologized for my mistake, and taken accountability for my actions. I also went through the proper investigative processes with the Republican controlled House Committee on Ethics, which decided not to open a formal investigation.

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I had hoped that we could devote our time and resources to doing our jobs and addressing the issues Americans care about. Americans desperately need us to act with urgency to address the high costs of healthcare, prevent gun violence, invest in education, and so much more, but my colleagues have made it explicitly clear that they would rather relitigate already settled matters than do what we were sent here to do and legislate.

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This Republican House is unserious and unproductive, and I know that their efforts to target me are a testament to the importance of my voice in pushing back against their disingenuous rhetoric and harmful policies. I look forward to continuing to serve the people of New York’s 16th district and the country.

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The Joe Biden administration has announced new actions to promote competition in healthcare and support lowering prescription drug costs for Americans.

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A statement released by the White House on Thursday revealed that the actions include the promotion of equitable access to lower-price taxpayer-funded drugs, as well as the launch of a cross-government public inquiry into corporate greed in healthcare.

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Other actions include increasing ownership transparency, as well as Medicare Advantage transparency.

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In a tweet on Thursday, Biden said:

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“My administration is proposing that if a drug made using taxpayer funds is not reasonably available to Americans, the government reserves the right to “march in” and license that drug to another manufacturer who could sell it for less.”

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Folks, right now, 25 of the largest pharmaceutical companies in America control 70% of the market. This lack of competition drives up prices – making it harder for hardworking American families to access the health care they need.

Today, my Administration is doing something… pic.twitter.com/nvUQOIto3u

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 7, 2023

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The White House has pushed back against House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, the “baseless stunt is not rooted in facts or reality”.

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In a statement released on Thursday, Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations said:

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This baseless stunt is not rooted in facts or reality but in extreme House Republicans’ shameless desire to abuse their power to smear President Biden. Fox News already reported that the only reason they’re having this vote is to ‘put a GOP win on the table for the base’, which is sad, pathetic, and a waste of everyone’s time.”

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Instead of doing anything to actually help people before leaving Washington for a month, these extreme House Republicans are hoping to distract from their own failed ability to govern by trying to score cheap political points in an effort to mollify Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is in open war with her own party’s Speaker. The American people are yet again going to see a clear contrast in priorities: President Biden who is focused on solving the challenges facing America and the world, and extreme House Republicans who only focus on stupid stunts to get attention for themselves.

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CNN has announced that it will host two Republican presidential primary debates next month in Iowa and New Hampshire.

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The first debate will take place on 10 January at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The second debate is scheduled for 21 January at St Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

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CNN will host two Republican presidential primary debates next month in Iowa and New Hampshire https://t.co/9ELudckM2S

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 7, 2023

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In response to the House’s vote to censure New York’s Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said that Maga Republicans “have nothing to show for their narrow, fading and decreasing majority”.

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He said:

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Extreme Maga Republicans continue to utilize tactics such as censuring Democratic members of Congress, burying their heads in the sand with respect to unlawful or unacceptable conduct by their own members including but not limited to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and engaging in efforts to irresponsibly and illegitimately target president Joe Biden and his family.

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Why are extreme Maga Republicans wasting so much time on these efforts to target Democratic members of Congress, target president Biden?… It’s because the extreme Maga Republicans have nothing to show for their narrow, fading and decreasing majority.

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“Why are extreme MAGA Republicans wasting so much time on these efforts to target Democratic members of Congress, target President Biden?…Because [they] don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority.”

— Minority Chief Jeffries on GOP censure resolutions pic.twitter.com/rChMot1oBe

— The Recount (@therecount) December 7, 2023

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Rashida Tlaib has criticized House Republicans following the vote to censure New York’s Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman.

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In an impassioned address, she said:

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“So desperate. You all [are] so determined to distract from the truth that you all don’t have anything, nothing to enhance the lives of the American folks or finish the continued genocide [in Gaza] . So now you’re making an attempt to shift the main target by baselessly attacking Rep. Bowman to attain low cost political factors, evaluating him to the white supremacists on January sixth, who have been smashing home windows within the Capitol, you all, and screaming ‘Dangle Mike Pence!’

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Your lack of ability to manipulate is so apparent to the American folks. You all can’t even discover sufficient Republicans to vote to cross a funds or hold a speaker. That is yet one more try and silence an individual of colour on this chamber.”

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Final month, the Republican-majority Home voted to censure Tlaib, the one Palestinian American in Congress, over her condemnation of Israel’s warfare in Gaza which has killed over 21,700 Palestinians within the final two months.

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This censure of @RepBowman is yet one more try and silence an individual of colour on this chamber.

They’re obsessive about attacking Black and brown members of Congress, however do nothing to assist our households thrive. They should get a grip. pic.twitter.com/BduoDJK6Zo

— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) December 7, 2023

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The House has voted to censure Jamaal Bowman with 214 yeas and 191 nays.

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There were also five votes of present.

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The House is set to vote on the censure of New York Democratic representative Jamaal Bowman who pleaded guilty to setting off a fire alarm in a House office building in September.

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The expected vote follows a censure resolution introduced by Michigan’s Republican representative Lisa McClain on Tuesday over the matter.

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Following Bowman’s guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge, he agreed to pay a maximum fine of $1,000 and serve three months of probation, after which the misdemeanor charge is set to be dismissed.

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In a new interview with Fox News following last night’s Republican presidential debate, Chris Christie said that he was “calling people out for not answering the questions”.

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He went on to add:

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“Answer the questions. Be honest. And even if people disagree with you or wind up voting for you, at least they believe you’re playing it straight.”

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Answer the questions and be honest. People may not always agree with you, but they will trust and respect you if you play it straight. pic.twitter.com/8jaq1Ylf7N

— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) December 7, 2023

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Good morning,

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Four Republican presidential candidates went head to head last night in Alabama during the fourth Republican debate. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy traded blows on Donald Trump, the Israel-Hamas war and conspiracy theories with each other.

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According to a new Wall Street Journal poll, Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, has climbed into second place behind Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. While Trump maintains a stark lead with 59% of the vote, Haley has 15% of the vote while DeSantis is close behind at 14%.

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Responding to last night’s debate, Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison called it a “prefect metaphor for the state of the Republican party: chaotic, petty and pathetic”.

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“The American people deserve better,” he added.

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Meanwhile, Republicans in the Senate blocked a major supplemental funding bill that included $106bn in financial aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Republicans have demanded for stricter border regulations in exchange for their support on the supplemental funding bill and argued that the bill did not meet their demands.

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Joe Biden has accused Senate Republicans of “political blackmail, pure and simple,” adding that the “stakes are too high and the consequences are too significant for political brinksmanship”.

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Here are other developments in US politics:

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• Fulton county prosecutors in Georgia have signaled they want prison sentences in the Trump 2020 election subversion case.

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• The House is set to meet at 9am to consider a bill condemning Biden’s recent action on student loan aid, Politico reports.

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It’s 4pm in Washington DC. Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s key occasions:

• The GOP-led Home voted to censure New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman with 214 yeas and 191 nays. There have been additionally 5 votes of current and three Democrats out of get together strains towards Bowman, who pleaded responsible to setting off a fireplace alarm in a Home workplace constructing in September.

• Jamaal Bowman issued an announcement in response to his censure saying: “This Republican Home is unserious and unproductive.” He added: “I do know that their efforts to focus on me are a testomony to the significance of my voice in pushing again towards their disingenuous rhetoric and dangerous insurance policies.”

• In response to the Home’s vote to censure Jamaal Bowman, Home minority chief Hakeem Jeffries mentioned that Maga Republicans “don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority”. “Excessive Maga Republicans proceed to make the most of techniques akin to censuring Democratic members of Congress, burying their heads within the sand with respect to illegal or unacceptable conduct by their very own members,” he added.

• Michigan’s Democratic consultant Rashida Tlaib criticized Home Republicans following the vote to censure Jamaal Bowman. In an impassioned deal with, she mentioned: “You all [are] so determined to distract from the truth that you all don’t have anything, nothing to enhance the lives of the American folks or finish the continued genocide [in Gaza] . So now you’re making an attempt to shift the main target by baselessly attacking Rep Bowman to attain low cost political factors.”

• Massachusetts’s Democratic consultant Ayanna Pressley additionally condemned the censure of Jamaal Bowman. Pressley known as the censure “simply the newest on this chamber’s shameful historical past of telling Black and brown people they don’t belong in Congress”.

• The Joe Biden administration has introduced new actions to advertise competitors in healthcare and help reducing prescription drug prices for Individuals. A statement launched by the White Home on Thursday revealed that the actions embody the promotion of equitable entry to lower-price taxpayer-funded medication, in addition to the launch of a cross-government public inquiry into company greed in healthcare.

• The White Home has pushed again towards Home Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. In an announcement launched on Thursday, Ian Sams, a White Home spokesperson for oversight and investigations mentioned: “This baseless stunt isn’t rooted in details or actuality however in excessive Home Republicans’ shameless need to abuse their energy to smear president Biden.”

• CNN has announced that it’ll host two Republican presidential main debates subsequent month in Iowa and New Hampshire. The primary debate will happen on 10 January at Drake College in Des Moines, Iowa. The second debate is scheduled for 21 January at St Anselm School in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

That’s it from me, Maya Yang, as we wrap up the weblog for as we speak. Thanks for following alongside.

Jahana Hayes, one of many three Democrats who voted to censure Jamaal Bowman, has launched an announcement explaining her vote:

Right this moment, I voted YEA on a decision to censure consultant Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fireplace alarm within the Cannon Home workplace constructing on September thirtieth, 2023.

Whereas I disagree with the choice of the Republican majority to place the decision on the Home flooring, and the watering down of the censure course of, I imagine what consultant Bowman did was flawed and as members of Congress we ought to be held to a better commonplace.

My assertion on the vote to censure Consultant Bowman. pic.twitter.com/cnHKnLltJq

— Jahana Hayes (@RepJahanaHayes) December 7, 2023

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The opposite two Democrats who voted to censure Bowman are New Hampshire’s Chris Pappas and Washington’s Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

George Santos, the previous New York Republican consultant who was expelled from the Home final weekend, has additionally weighed in on the censure of Jamaal Bowman.

Tweeting on Thursday, Santos mentioned:

Republicans in the home simply confirmed they don’t have the testicular fortitude to expel a convicted legal from the home of reps.

Bowman bought a slap on the wrist from the RINO [Republicans In Name Only] institution and so they now all really feel like they completed one thing!

Republicans in the home simply confirmed they don’t have the testicular fortitude to expele a convicted legal from the home of reps.

Bowman bought a slap on the wrist from the RINO institution and so they now all really feel like they completed one thing!

— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) December 7, 2023

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Republicans in the home simply confirmed they don’t have the testicular fortitude to expele a convicted legal from the home of reps.

Bowman bought a slap on the wrist from the RINO institution and so they now all really feel like they completed one thing!

— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) December 7, 2023

Jamaal Bowman on GOP-led censure: ‘This Republican Home is unserious and unproductive’

New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman has issued an announcement in response to his censure by Home Republicans, saying: “This Republican Home is unserious and unproductive.”

In his assertion, Bowman mentioned:

I need to thank Democratic management and my numerous different colleagues for standing up for me final night time in the course of the debate. Your phrases have been so type and I’m at all times grateful to have you ever all by my facet.

I’ve expressed deep remorse, apologized for my mistake, and brought accountability for my actions. I additionally went via the right investigative processes with the Republican managed Home Committee on Ethics, which determined to not open a proper investigation.

I had hoped that we might commit our time and sources to doing our jobs and addressing the problems Individuals care about. Individuals desperately want us to behave with urgency to handle the excessive prices of healthcare, forestall gun violence, spend money on training, and a lot extra, however my colleagues have made it explicitly clear that they’d fairly relitigate already settled issues than do what we have been despatched right here to do and legislate.

This Republican Home is unserious and unproductive, and I do know that their efforts to focus on me are a testomony to the significance of my voice in pushing again towards their disingenuous rhetoric and dangerous insurance policies. I stay up for persevering with to serve the folks of New York’s sixteenth district and the nation.

Georgia’s state Republican lawmakers have finalized new district maps to adjust to a federal decide’s order.

The Guardian’s Rachel Leingang stories:

Republican state lawmakers in Georgia have finalized new district maps to adjust to a federal decide’s order, although Democrats and advocacy teams say the brand new maps create one majority-Black district on the expense of one other various district.

US district decide Steve Jones ordered Georgia lawmakers to redo their redistricted maps in October after a lawsuit claimed they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting energy of Black folks.

He gave lawmakers till 8 December to redraw maps to create “a further majority-Black district” in west metro Atlanta. He warned “the state can not treatment the part 2 violations discovered herein by eliminating minority alternative districts elsewhere within the plans”.

Georgia lawmakers didn’t seem to heed that instruction. They created the extra majority-Black district in west Atlanta, however dismantled one other district the place Black voters had been becoming a member of with different racial minorities to elect the candidate of their selecting. The dismantled district is now represented by Lucy McBath, a Democrat. The plan ensures that Republicans are capable of preserve a 9-5 benefit within the state’s congressional delegation.

Learn the complete story right here:

Joe Biden declares new actions to decrease healthcare and prescription drug prices

The Joe Biden administration has introduced new actions to advertise competitors in healthcare and help reducing prescription drug prices for Individuals.

A statement launched by the White Home on Thursday revealed that the actions embody the promotion of equitable entry to lower-price taxpayer-funded medication, in addition to the launch of a cross-government public inquiry into company greed in healthcare.

Different actions embody growing possession transparency, in addition to Medicare Benefit transparency.

In a tweet on Thursday, Biden mentioned:

“My administration is proposing that if a drug made utilizing taxpayer funds isn’t moderately obtainable to Individuals, the federal government reserves the suitable to “march in” and license that drug to a different producer who might promote it for much less.”

People, proper now, 25 of the most important pharmaceutical corporations in America management 70% of the market. This lack of competitors drives up costs – making it more durable for hardworking American households to entry the well being care they want.

Right this moment, my Administration is doing one thing… pic.twitter.com/nvUQOIto3u

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 7, 2023

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People, proper now, 25 of the most important pharmaceutical corporations in America management 70% of the market. This lack of competitors drives up costs – making it more durable for hardworking American households to entry the well being care they want.

Right this moment, my Administration is doing one thing… pic.twitter.com/nvUQOIto3u

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 7, 2023

White Home on Home GOP impeachment inquiry decision: ‘Baseless stunt isn’t rooted in details or actuality’

The White Home has pushed again towards Home Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, the “baseless stunt isn’t rooted in details or actuality”.

In an announcement launched on Thursday, Ian Sams, a White Home spokesperson for oversight and investigations mentioned:

This baseless stunt isn’t rooted in details or actuality however in excessive Home Republicans’ shameless need to abuse their energy to smear President Biden. Fox Information already reported that the one cause they’re having this vote is to ‘put a GOP win on the desk for the bottom’, which is gloomy, pathetic, and a waste of everybody’s time.”

As an alternative of doing something to really assist folks earlier than leaving Washington for a month, these excessive Home Republicans are hoping to distract from their very own failed potential to manipulate by making an attempt to attain low cost political factors in an effort to mollify Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s in open war with her own party’s Speaker. The American persons are but once more going to see a transparent distinction in priorities: President Biden who is concentrated on fixing the challenges going through America and the world, and excessive Home Republicans who solely give attention to silly stunts to get consideration for themselves.

CNN to host two Republican presidential main debates in Iowa and New Hampshire

CNN has announced that it’ll host two Republican presidential main debates subsequent month in Iowa and New Hampshire.

The primary debate will happen on 10 January at Drake College in Des Moines, Iowa. The second debate is scheduled for 21 January at St Anselm School in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

CNN will host two Republican presidential main debates subsequent month in Iowa and New Hampshire https://t.co/9ELudckM2S

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 7, 2023

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Senate majority chief Chuck Schumer has criticized Republicans over their determination to dam supplemental funding for Ukraine and Israel, saying that they should “get severe and arise for democracy”.

In a tweet following the Senate’s vote on Wednesday to dam the funding, Schumer wrote:

The GOP blocked funding for Ukraine, Israel, humanitarian help for civilians in Gaza, the Indo-Pacific

We provided a golden alternative for a border modification vote of their selecting if it may get 60 votes – they rejected it

Republicans must get severe and arise for democracy

The GOP blocked funding for Ukraine, Israel, humanitarian help for civilians in Gaza, the Indo-Pacific

We provided a golden alternative for a border modification vote of their selecting if it may get 60 votes—they rejected it

Republicans must get severe and arise for democracy

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 7, 2023

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The GOP blocked funding for Ukraine, Israel, humanitarian help for civilians in Gaza, the Indo-Pacific

We provided a golden alternative for a border modification vote of their selecting if it may get 60 votes—they rejected it

Republicans must get severe and arise for democracy

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 7, 2023

Massachusetts’s Democratic consultant Ayanna Pressley has condemned the censure of New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman.

Following the vote, Pressley addressed the Home and known as the censure “simply the newest on this chamber’s shameful historical past of telling Black and brown people they don’t belong in Congress”.

She added:

Congressman Bowman has taken accountability for his mistake and even Republicans on the [House] ethics committee agree that this can be a waste of time. We’ve bought 99 issues however a useful authorities of a Republican majority isn’t one in every of them.

Republicans are disconnected, dysfunctional, discriminating and a disappointment to the American folks.

.@RepBowman is a champion for college kids, a lifelong educator, a duly elected member of Congress, & a robust Black man.

This censure is simply the newest on this chamber's shameful historical past of telling Black and brown people they don't belong in Congress. pic.twitter.com/0VrpGiE78D

— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) December 7, 2023

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.@RepBowman is a champion for college kids, a lifelong educator, a duly elected member of Congress, & a robust Black man.

This censure is simply the newest on this chamber’s shameful historical past of telling Black and brown people they do not belong in Congress. pic.twitter.com/0VrpGiE78D

— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) December 7, 2023

New Hampshire’s Democratic consultant Chris Pappas, who voted to censure New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman, instructed Axios:

I voted to desk this decision as a result of now we have much more urgent points to deal with for the nation.

However on the finish of the day, consultant Bowman broke the regulation when he pulled the hearth alarm throughout Home proceedings and has since pled responsible. The decision was a simple condemnation of his actions, and I voted sure.

Pappas tells @Axios of his vote to censure Bowman: "On the finish of the day, Consultant Bowman broke the regulation … the decision was a simple condemnation of his actions, and I voted sure.”

Full assertion: https://t.co/poISx5hEq3pic.twitter.com/XcukJoBNMH

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) December 7, 2023

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Florida’s Democratic consultant Maxwell Alejandro Frost has additionally hit again at Republicans following their vote to censure New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman, calling it “pathetic”.

In an tweet on Thursday, Frost wrote:

Home Republicans simply frolicked and taxpayer cash to censure one of many folks’s champions, Jamaal Bowman.

They did this whereas they’ve members who aided and abetted the January sixth rebellion.

Pathetic.

Home Republicans simply frolicked and taxpayer cash to censure one of many folks’s champions, @JamaalBowmanNY. They did this whereas they’ve members who aided and abetted the January sixth rebellion. Pathetic.

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) December 7, 2023

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Home Republicans simply frolicked and taxpayer cash to censure one of many folks’s champions, @JamaalBowmanNY. They did this whereas they’ve members who aided and abetted the January sixth rebellion. Pathetic.

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) December 7, 2023

Jeffries: Maga Republicans ‘losing a lot time’ concentrating on Democrats as a result of they ‘don’t have anything to point out for his or her fading majority’

In response to the Home’s vote to censure New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman, Home minority chief Hakeem Jeffries mentioned that Maga Republicans “don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority”.

He mentioned:

Excessive Maga Republicans proceed to make the most of techniques akin to censuring Democratic members of Congress, burying their heads within the sand with respect to illegal or unacceptable conduct by their very own members together with however not restricted to Marjorie Taylor Greene, and interesting in efforts to irresponsibly and illegitimately goal president Joe Biden and his household.

Why are excessive Maga Republicans losing a lot time on these efforts to focus on Democratic members of Congress, goal president Biden?… It’s as a result of the intense Maga Republicans don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority.

“Why are excessive MAGA Republicans losing a lot time on these efforts to focus on Democratic members of Congress, goal President Biden?…As a result of [they] don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority.”

— Minority Chief Jeffries on GOP censure resolutions pic.twitter.com/rChMot1oBe

— The Recount (@therecount) December 7, 2023

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“Why are excessive MAGA Republicans losing a lot time on these efforts to focus on Democratic members of Congress, goal President Biden?…As a result of [they] don’t have anything to point out for his or her slim, fading and reducing majority.”

— Minority Chief Jeffries on GOP censure resolutions pic.twitter.com/rChMot1oBe

— The Recount (@therecount) December 7, 2023

Tlaib on Bowman censure: ‘yet one more try and silence an individual of colour’

Rashida Tlaib has criticized Home Republicans following the vote to censure New York’s Democratic consultant Jamaal Bowman.

In an impassioned deal with, she mentioned:

“So determined. You all [are] so determined to distract from the truth that you all don’t have anything, nothing to enhance the lives of the American folks or finish the continued genocide [in Gaza] . So now you’re making an attempt to shift the main target by baselessly attacking Rep. Bowman to attain low cost political factors, evaluating him to the white supremacists on January sixth, who have been smashing home windows within the Capitol, you all, and screaming ‘Dangle Mike Pence!’

Your lack of ability to manipulate is so apparent to the American folks. You all can’t even discover sufficient Republicans to vote to cross a funds or hold a speaker. That is yet one more try and silence an individual of colour on this chamber.”

Final month, the Republican-majority Home voted to censure Tlaib, the one Palestinian American in Congress, over her condemnation of Israel’s warfare in Gaza which has killed over 21,700 Palestinians within the final two months.

This censure of @RepBowman is yet one more try and silence an individual of colour on this chamber.

They’re obsessive about attacking Black and brown members of Congress, however do nothing to assist our households thrive. They should get a grip. pic.twitter.com/BduoDJK6Zo

— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) December 7, 2023

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This censure of @RepBowman is yet one more try and silence an individual of colour on this chamber.

They’re obsessive about attacking Black and brown members of Congress, however do nothing to assist our households thrive. They should get a grip. pic.twitter.com/BduoDJK6Zo

— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) December 7, 2023