The Washington Report

Joe Biden issues the first veto of his presidency. The House tries to override it, but fails … the House (barely) passes its Parents Bill of Rights, while the Senate considers repealing the Authorizations for the use of Military Force in Iraq … another Bad Biden nominee arrives, while a different one withdraws … former President Trump still not arrested … all this and more.

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They’re coming for your gas stove. The CPSC got the formal process started last week … Senate Dems join with GOP colleagues to overturn DC’s new law weakening penalties for some violent crimes … a federal judge rules the Biden Administration’s “catch and release” policy toward illegal immigrants is illegal … Biden’s Interior Dept will announce the go-ahead on a major new oil project in Alaska, and climate activists are screaming … Biden proposes the biggest tax hike in American history … elements of the US Government announce a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank and promise taxpayer funds will not be used to cover losses; PT Barnum rolls over in his grave … all this and more.

President Biden throws House Dems under the bus, and they’re not happy … House Ethics Committee opens investigation into the Talented Rep. Santos, and extends its investigation into the less talented Rep. Ocasio-Cortez … Senate unanimously passes a bill calling for declassification of all information concerning origins of Covid-19; will House follow suit? … Biden plans to roll out multiple-trillion-dollar tax hike plan in 2024 budget; will he push Senate Dems to vote for it, even though it stands no chance of passage in GOP-controlled House? … all this and more.

House and Senate return for action — what’s on the agenda? … another US intelligence agency concludes Covid was the result of a lab leak … FBI searches University of Delaware archive of 1,850 boxes of Biden Senate documents … inflation is up, and CBO issues a new report forecasting massive deficits for years to come … the IRS misses its own deadline … SCOTUS is set to hear a HUGELY important case this week … all this and more

The House is on a two-week recess — but what did it do last week? Hearings, hearings, hearings, including an eye-opening hearing on the crisis at the southern border … Hunter Biden’s aggressive new lawyer rebuffs a document request from a GOP-led House committee … why is the Biden Administration revealing classified material just to make Biden look better? … All this and more.

House Republicans wield their new majority to launch long-overdue oversight of the Biden Administration … yes, Biden spokespeople lied to us when they said they never had plans to ban gas stoves … Biden says he’ll end the COVID emergency; the House says thanks much, we’ll vote to end it anyway … House Republicans begin to consider debt ceiling options … Hunter’s laptop takes center stage again … wait, the FBI searched the Penn Biden Center office and no one told us? How’d THAT happen? … Why is George Santos still in Congress, anyway? … All this and more.

Speaker McCarthy boots Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the Intelligence Committee, and Dems scream bloody murder; is Ilhan Omar next to go? … a Biden judicial nominee can’t respond when asked at her confirmation hearing what Article V of the Constitution does … DHS tries to prevent four Border Patrol section chiefs from testifying before Congress, and Chairman Comer is not taking it well … Why are House Republicans considering the FAIR Tax, anyway? … Biden and McCarthy will meet Wednesday; will they discuss the debt ceiling? … more on Biden docs, and more on the Talented Mr. Santos … all this and more.

House and Senate are (finally!) back in action — what’s on the agenda? … December illegal immigration numbers break the all-time record, and House Republicans want DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the hot seat … debt ceiling talks begin … and it turns out Joe Biden has a major, and growing, classified documents problem on his hands. All this and more!