Tue Mar 19, 2024 AT 11:03 AM EDT
The House returns to Washington on Tuesday facing heightened urgency to move more military help for Ukraine but with no formal deadline — and no clear strategy — for getting it passed.
The lower chamber is scheduled to be in session for only four days before a two-week holiday recess, and Kyiv’s supporters, including top Democrats in both chambers, are urging Speaker Mike Johnson to move the additional aid before week’s end.
Congress is facing a Friday deadline to fund the government and prevent a partial shutdown — a process expected to dominate the week — and Johnson has given no indication he’s ready to move quickly on a foreign aid package in the short window before the break, nor has he disclosed what such legislation would look like. Read Full Story
Thu Mar 14, 2024 AT 10:03 AM EDT
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Wednesday for immigration enforcement records, saying officials have ignored his requests.
In a letter to Mayorkas, Jordan explained that failure to provide the information “prevents the committee from fulfilling its constitutional oversight obligations.”
DHS shot back, arguing Jordan’s committee “continues to waste time with unnecessary subpoenas that serve no purpose beyond political posturing.” Read Full Story
Tue Mar 12, 2024 AT 2:31 PM EDT
Special Counsel Robert Hur will testify as a private citizen before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after leaving the Department of Justice, according to a source.
Hur is making his first public remarks since releasing the report that found Biden intentionally kept the classified documents that were found at his home and an old office.
Hur is expected to defend his comments on Biden’s memory included in the report, where he referred to Biden, 81, as an elderly man with a memory problem. Read Full Story