In a potential preview of a House of Representatives under the control of a Republican Party eager to stymies President Biden's agenda, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, on Thursday introduced a measure that called on Congress to conduct an audit of U.S.
Potentially sensitive military information may be subject to intense partisan scrutiny. Everything to do with military, civilian and financial aid is what we want. The news conference was held at the U.S Capitol.
The White House asked for $38 billion in aid for Ukraine, which has spent the last year repelling an invasion by Russia. Concerns about how long Washington can support the Ukrainian effort have become increasingly mainstream, but Greene's proposal was well outside of the usual discussion about America's role as a global peacekeeper.
Is Ukraine the 51st state of the US? She compared Washington's support of Ukraine's sovereignty to what she described as an open border policy at the U.S. border with Mexico.
She said that over eight thousand Russians had invaded Ukraine, but it is almost certainly higher than that.
There was a combative, hard-edged new mood in Washington, where comity was already in short supply, as a result of the FTX conspiracy theories.
"Our priorities are all out of whack," complained Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in what could be seen as a warning to any Republicans seeking to avoid charged battles overUkraine, immigration, Jan. 6, the coronaviruses and Hunter Biden. Those battles are priorities for some on the right.
Several hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was putting aside her leadership duties, right-wing Freedom Caucus member Thomas Massie joined her at a news conference.
The jailed Jan. 6 rioters have been promised hearings on how they were treated during their time in jail. The Georgia lawmaker said that is very important. She met with Kyle Rittenhouse, who became a hero of the right after he killed two people during the civil unrest of 2020. Rittenhouse, who was acquitted on murder charges, visited with Republicans on Thursday, while Democrats showered Pelosi with praise.
With control of the House, Republicans plan to do a lot. James Comer of Kentucky and Jim Jordan of Ohio, both of whom are expected to play significant roles in the new Congress, announced an investigation into the financial dealings of Hunter Biden, who has struggled with substance use and questionable professional ethics.
The American people want to know what the Biden administration is hiding.
It was the same scene hours later in the same basement auditorium in the Capitol complex as she announced her own investigations.
Republicans want to return the favor after watching Democrats impeach Donald Trump twice. They want to subpoena Anthony Fauci, who they suspect of knowing more about the origins of the coronaviruses than he has said, as well as to investigate last year's chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan, and to question federal law enforcement about the August raid at Mar-a-
Kevin McCarthy, a Republican who has been nominated to be the next House speaker, wrote on his verified account that "real accountability is coming." McCarthy made too many concessions in order to get the necessary votes.
McCarthy could inadvertently lend credence to the Democrats' argument that the GOP is beholden to extremists by empowering the likes of Greene and Jordan.
Biden's argument that the GOP was powerless against the ideological pull of Trump's supporters helped the Democrats stave off disaster.
The DNC memo said that House Republicans can remind Americans every day how extreme their party is.
Her involvement in brokering McCarthy's nomination seems to suggest that the prediction is likely to come true.
She told the New York Times that she doesn't have to be a leader. I don't think I have one yet.
A relentless culture warrior who was stripped of her committee assignments last year, she had previously proposed to fire Fauci. There are articles of impeachment against Biden. Her measure didn't stand a chance of being considered or voted on. She raised millions of dollars and earned favorable press.
The resolution of inquiry was used to fast-track a request for information from Congress. Republicans hope to use the procedure to force the Biden administration to reveal information about its response to the coronaviruses, even though the procedure was stopped because of the coronaviruses.
Oversight and accountability is a tool that this administration can use. In September, McMorris Rodgers said they had a list of questions. Republicans can argue that Democrats are trying to hide secrets if they vote against the inquiries.
The impeachment of President Bill Clinton in the late 1990's marked a new era of oversight with a sharply political edge.
Republicans used hearings about the murder of four Americans in Libya to hurt Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time and was preparing for a presidential run. McCarthy said that the hearings were damaging Clinton's popularity with voters. Her numbers aren't going up.
The committee on the Jan. 6 attack was formed by Democrats. The majority of the GOP dismissed the work of the committee despite the presence of two anti- Trump Republicans.
Hunter Biden is the first target of the Republicans' investigatory zeal. The revival of efforts to stop funding for Ukraine could be seen as a sign that American support for the country is waning. Last month, House progressives were forced to withdraw a letter asking the White House to seek a negotiated peace in order to appease critics.
The right wing of the GOP was not happy about the aid. Gaetz said the days of endless cash and military matériel to Ukraine are over. Mainstream Republicans don't share that view and Texas Rep. Michael McCaul supports continued U.S. assistance. It will fail under his direction even if he files another resolution with him.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the FTX coin exchange, was the subject of new conspiracy theories. Bankman- Fried was a major donor to the Democrats.
Some right-wing figures on the internet think that some U.S. aid to Ukraine is going to the Democrats. On Thursday, he continued those accusations.
She wondered if foreign assistance had been routed by Bankman-Fried's company into the pockets of Democrats.
Uriel Epshtein, a former technology executive who now leads the Renew Democracy Initiative, said that it had not.
He told Yahoo news that the story was nonsense. The plot of a B movie is similar to that of this one.
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