Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris RodgersOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Westerman appointed as top Republican on the House’s Natural Resources Committee | McMorris Rodgers wins race for GOP first place in Energy and Commerce | EPA joins conservative social network Parler McMorris Rodgers wins dispute for first place in the Republican Party in Energy and Commerce NIGHT ENERGY: Republicans campaigning for first places in the Chamber’s environmental committees | Peterson loss leads to dispute for Domestic Agriculture chair MORE (R-Wash.) He suggested on Tuesday the idea that Republicans should offer a motion to vacate the president’s chair. Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiWall Street zeroes in Georgia’s second round Her children are running (around) Washington COVID-19 Aid project: A promising first act for immigration reform MORE (D-Calif.), Citing the participation of Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore
Gwen Sophia MooreHouse approves rules package for the new Congress, Top House Appropriations, Republican tests COVID-19 positive Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wears ‘Trump won’ mask on the floor of the Chamber MORE (Wis.) In the spokesman’s vote on Sunday, despite the positive test for coronavirus just a few days earlier.
Two Republican Party lawmakers, who attended a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, where the idea was proposed, said they believed the move could garner significant support within the conference, arguing that Pelosi, by allowing Moore to attend the vote in person, put other members’ health at risk for the California Democrat to retain the speaker’s hammer.
Moore announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 on December 28. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that those who tested positive or were exposed to the virus quarantine for at least seven to 10 days, Moore’s office stated that she “worked with doctors and is safe to travel” for the vote January 3, six days later.
Moore told a reporter on Sunday that she “did not get a negative test”, but said she was released by the Capitol’s assistant physician to be on Capitol Hill and was quarantined for two weeks.
Republicans criticized Moore and Pelosi for deciding to let her into the chamber, with the minority leader in the Chamber Kevin McCarthy
Kevin Owen McCarthyHouse approves package of rules for new Trump Georgia Congress splits call for House deputy. (R-Calif.) Observing on Sunday two Republicans with a positive test abstained from participating in the vote.
McCarthy, a senior member of the Board of Directors Rodney Davis
Rodney Lee DavisHouse establishes ‘separate enclosure’ for votes of members exposed to COVID-19 Legislators struggle with the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine in Capitol Hill House Republicans who have not signed the Texas lawsuit MORE (R-Ill.), Minority whip Steve Scalise
Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseNJ Republican pushing for a seat at Ways and Means a year after switching parties Friends and colleagues mourn the loss of Louisiana’s elected deputy Luke Letlow Louisiana’s elected deputy Luke Letlow dies of COVID-19 MORE (R-La.) And President of the Republican Chamber Conference Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyObama warns of threats to “fundamental principles of our democracy” after Trump Georgia called Raffensperger: “If you are going to publish things we don’t believe to be true, we will respond in kind” Trump Call of Georgia splits House GOP MORE (R-Wyo.) He sent a letter to Pelosi on Tuesday, classifying the action as irresponsible and noting that the minority party was not informed of the construction of a plexiglass area in the visitors’ gallery of the chamber to allow members who break the quarantine to vote.
“The opening day of the 117th Congress was the latest example of medical guidance being thrown out the window in favor of what is politically convenient,” they wrote. “The detailed guidelines on the logistics of January 3, issued under his direction by Sergeant of Arms and Assistant Physician, have been completely abandoned. Although science does not change, the guidelines under which we operate for your election as president did. “