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Government Oversight & Ethics

November 17, 2021

The House on Wednesday voted 223-207 to censure Arizona Republican Paul Gosar and remove him from his committee roles for posting an animated video that depicted him killing New York Democrat


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November 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — Last week, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Ted Lieu asked, along with other Members of Congress, for the Republican Leader of the House, Leader McCarthy, to publicly request a House Ethics Committee Investigation of Congre


November 15, 2021

Rep. Paul Gosar could be censured by Congress and sidelined from key renewable energy legislation he has long championed — all in the same week.


November 9, 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for multiple investigations into the posting of an animated video by Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden.


November 9, 2021

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is calling for a series of investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar after the Arizona Republican took to Twitter this week to advertise violence against Rep.


November 9, 2021

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) tweeted an explicit animated video that depicts him killing AOC and attacking President Biden with swords. Democrats have called for action against the Arizona Republican but Republicans have remained silent. Rep. Ted Lieu and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat join Zerlina to discuss what the episode says about the current state of the GOP.


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November 6, 2021

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Senate's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and began the process of voting on the Build Back Better Act. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will now go to the President's desk to be signed into law.


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November 3, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) announced the reintroduction of the Arms Sale Oversight Act, which would align House procedure for reviewing major arms sales with existing Senate procedure under the Arms Export Control Act.


October 26, 2021

REID: It is clear from multiple reports that Congressman Mo Brooks figures prominently in the events of January 6.


October 21, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended himself Thursday from Republican criticism of a directive he wrote about conflicts related to public schools, saying the Department of Justice simply wants to examine and curtail possible violence, not squelch or intimidate parents angry about curriculums or pandemic-era rules.