Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Westerman Named Top Republican on House Natural Resources Committee | McMorris Rodgers wins race for best GOP spot on energy and trade | EPA joins conservative social network Parler McMorris Rodgers wins race for best GOP position on energy and trade OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Republicans in campaign for top positions in House Environment Committees | Peterson loss demands MORE for chair for home agriculture (R-Wash.) On Tuesday, the idea that Republicans should present a motion to evacuate the speaker’s president Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiWall Street is zero at the end of Georgia. Your kids run (around) Washington COVID-19: A Promising First Action for Immigration Reform MORE (D-Calif.), Referring to the participation of Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore
Gwen Sophia MooreHouse approves rule package for new Congress Top House allocations Republican tests COVID-19 positive representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wears ‘Trump’ mask on House floor MORE (Sure.) Voted in the Speaker on Sunday despite having tested positive for the coronavirus a few days earlier.
Two GOP lawmakers, who attended a closed-door meeting on Tuesday where the idea was proposed, said they believed the move could garner significant support in the conference, arguing that Pelosi Moore had enabled the attend the vote in person and endanger other members’ health so that the California Democrat can retain the Speaker’s hammer.
Moore announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 on December 28th. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that those who are positive or exposed to the virus quarantine for at least seven to ten days, Moore’s office said she “worked with doctors and is safe to travel” after the vote on January 3, six days later.
Moore told a reporter on Sunday that she “did not get a negative test” but said she was approved by the Capitol’s treating doctor to be at the Capitol and placed in quarantine for two weeks.
Republicans slammed Moore and Pelosi over the decision to allow her into the room, with the House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Kevin Owen McCarthyHouse approves rule package for new Congress Trump Georgia call splits House GOP Perdue defends Trump over call pushing Georgia Secretary of State MORE (R-California), noted Sunday that two Republicans who tested positive did not participate in the vote.
McCarthy, Home Administration Committee Rankings Rodney Davis
Rodney Lee DavisHouse sets up ‘separate envelope’ for votes of members exposed to COVID-19 lawmakers struggling to implement COVID-19 vaccine against Capitol Hill House Republicans who no longer sued Texas not. (R-Ill.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise
Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseNJ Republican is running for Ways and Means seat a year after switching from party to party. Friends and colleagues mourn the loss of the Louisiana election, Elections l. (R-La.) And the Republican Conference Speaker of the House Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyObama warns of threats against ‘fundamental principles of our democracy’ after Trump called Georgia Raffensperger: ‘If you are going to put out things we do not believe, we will respond in kind’ Trump Georgian call splits House GOP MORE (R-Wyo.) Sent a letter to Pelosi on Tuesday accusing the move of being irresponsible, pointing out that the minority party had not been informed about the construction of a plexiglass area in the room’s visitor gallery to have members quarantined. not.
“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 logistics guidelines for January 3 issued by your in-house sergeant and the attending physician, according to you, have been completely abandoned. Despite the fact that science has not changed, the guidelines we acted on for your election are like Speaker. ”