#bipartisanship

#bipartisanship

A new bill in Congress would punish the MTA - by denying it needed federal funds - if it goes ahead with proposed tolls for car trips in Manhattan below 60th Street, two bipartisan bill sponsors say."We are introducing this bipartisan legislation to say to the MTA, if you are going to move forward with this - to say to (Gov.)

Bipartisan lawmakers warned of the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party on Tuesday during the first hearing of the House select committee on China, a rare demonstration of unity across the aisle in a Congress increasingly divided along partisan lines.The panel's chairman, Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, described the stakes in sweeping and dire terms at the outset of the hearing, saying, This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century and the most fundamental freedoms are at stake.

US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on Wednesday said the US does not have operational control of the southern border, contradicting a stance previously taken by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.Mayorkas has previously maintained in testimony before lawmakers that the department has operational control of the border, though he's been more ambiguous in interviews, citing the statutory definition and saying he's trying to achieve it.

In an appearance on Fox News, FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterates the agency's position about the origins of COVID and a potential lab leak.The assessment is not new, but it's far from universal.Carolyn Kaster/AP FBI Director Christopher Wray has told Fox News that the bureau's ongoing investigation into the origins of COVID-19 suggests the virus was unleashed after a potential lab incident in Wuhan, China.

NASHVILLE  In November, the Tennessee Republican Party won a historic victory: its first majority in the state House of Representatives since 1869.But on Monday morning, just as the legislative session was about to begin, the party voluntarily gave it up.In the latest flourish of a twisty melodrama that has consumed the General Assembly for weeks, the party chairwoman stripped the speaker of the House, Kent Williams, of his Republican Party membership, citing dishonor, deception and betrayal.

Security personnel outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a 2021 visit by a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of covid-19.(Ng Han Guan/AP)In a rare show of bipartisanship near the third anniversary of the pandemic, the House voted unanimously Friday to declassify all U.S. intelligence information on the origins of the coronavirus.

Political polarization is putting the Federal Trade Commission in a pickle.The FTC leads data privacy and antitrust enforcement in the US.But, this week, the agency's only remaining Republican commissioner announced her resignation following major disagreements on Big Tech regulation.Commissioner Christine Wilson wrote a scathing exit letter that was published in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, citing FTC Chair Lina Khan's "disregard for the rule of law and due process" as her reason for leaving.

Ibraheem Samirah will announce Monday morning that he plans to run for Virginia Senate.Samirah made a national splash in 2019 when he interrupted a speech by Donald Trump, then the US President, during an event in Virginia.His brand of progressivism rankled some in the commonwealth's Democratic establishment, though, which lined up behind his opponent in the primary of 2021, Irene Shin.

Vice President Kamala Harris came to Chicago's Southeast Side on Wednesday as part of a White House effort to promote infrastructure projects and other Democratic accomplishments while offering a contrast to the ongoing chaos within the new U.S. House Republican majority.Harris delivered a 10 minute speech in the early January chill at Crowley's Yacht Yard beneath the 95th Street Bridge over the Calumet River.

Politics  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire House will convene next week with Republicans holding a minuscule majority and with one of its 400 seats still unsettled after a recount resulted in a tie.Election night results gave Republicans a 203-197 advantage, but the state Ballot Law Commission on Monday upheld the results of a recount that flipped one seat in Berlin to the Democratic candidate, incumbent Eamon Kelly.

PARIS  French lawmakers on Thursday backed a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the country's Constitution, in a move devised as a direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer.But the bill, passed by the National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of the French Parliament, will have to go through a complex legislative process, and face possible opposition in the Senate, before the Constitution could be amended, leaving ample time and opportunity for lawmakers or voters to ultimately reject it.

Trump, though, said he sees no reason to return to Twitter  he is on Truth Social.Do you know how badly you have to screw up Twitter to make Donald Trump refuse to go on it?JIMMY KIMMEL Trump vowed he will not return to Twitter, which is a promise he'll stick to until the next time he's on the toilet for more than 20 minutes.

Outgoing Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is slated to deliver a "thank you" message to the people of Massachusetts at 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon as he prepares to leave office Thursday.The Swampscott resident will end his two-term tenure as the nation's most popular governor, making way for Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey to take the reins.