Rep. Chip Roy stated, 'We aren't getting the job done. Part of that is because we are bound by this big, broken, fake filibuster of 60 votes. But part of it is you gotta have the willpower to do it.'
Pelosi outlined her groundbreaking journey from housewife to House Speaker a powerful position second in line of succession to the president. She is now retiring from Congress after nearly 40 years representing San Francisco.
This is a historical moment for us, for our community to take our voice from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. I understand our pain and I understand our voices. Supervisor Connie Chan emphasized her immigrant experience arriving in Chinatown without speaking English, positioning herself as uniquely qualified to represent the community's interests in Congress.
We are extremely concerned by reports of the sudden termination of what appears to be the vast majority of the discretionary grants at Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Democrats wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Addressing mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery is a bipartisan priority. By Wednesday night, the White House had cancelled the cuts, one of the first major reversals of terminated or frozen federal funding in Democratic states even as grants for climate projects, childcare and healthcare remain outstanding.
The New York City Council on Wednesday unanimously elected Manhattan Council Member Julie Menin as speaker the first Jewish person to hold the post, a role in which she pledged to be a speaker for every single member of this council. Menin was elected during the Council's 2026 Charter Meeting on Jan. 7, opening a new legislative session and continuing a women-majority Council.
San Franciscans deserve a Congressperson who represents their values—not the extreme, progressive agenda that has failed our beautiful city. I've done a lot to fight back against radicalism in San Francisco, promoting commonsense policies and leaders. Now, I'm ready to do the same in Washington.
They stood up for that. I can't believe. I can't believe it. Did Nancy Pelosi stand up, if she was here? Doubt it. Pass the Stop Insider Trading Act without delay. Trump said on Tuesday, using the moment of Democratic applause to pivot toward criticism of Pelosi's family stock trading portfolio.
All I said to people who say, you have this tension, we didn't have any attention. All I said is, if you want to be a legislator and pass bills, it's important to have the votes to do it. It doesn't help to go online and criticize the people that you want to have because they're not as progressive as you are. She's been a star, eloquent, forceful, and the rest. And she gets along very well with Hakeem Jeffries. They have a New York connection, but I'm so glad she's here.
The interchamber tensions between Democrats are becoming a regular feature of funding fights in the second Trump term. Lawmakers, strategists and voters alike exploded in anger last March when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of colleagues allowed a spending package to move forward amid the Elon Musk-led DOGE assault on federal agencies. In November, tempers again flared when a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to end a record 43-day shutdown.
But the summer after his brother Dale had graduated from high school, he invited young Harry to join him in Ash Fork, a tiny dot in Arizona along Highway 40. Dale had found work at a gas station in the railroad town near an Indian reservation. Not much was memorable about the town, the railroad, or the people Harry met, but he never forgot one lesson he learned there.
Age has long been a point of debate in American politics, but it becomes especially controversial when lawmakers remain in office well beyond traditional retirement years. As the nation grapples with issues like healthcare, technology, and economic change, questions naturally arise about how age, generation status, and experience influence leadership at the highest levels of government. For some voters, longevity in office represents wisdom; for others, it raises concerns about representation and outdated reasoning.
She said she has been assuring European leaders at the conference that she has absolute certainty Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives despite her many concerns about the elections. Pelosi said she is alarmed by the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a FBI raid on a polling station in Fulton County, Georgia to retrieve 2020 ballots.
Democrats will call him to testify, Swalwell insisted. We will use the leverage we have right now to put pressure on Comer to have Donald Trump testify. He continued: Look, if you're going to run an investigation, everyone who is a part of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring ever should have to testify those that knew something and those that were even on the periphery.
