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In Hearing On School Shooting, Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Orders Removal Of Public

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures. The emotional scene was just one of several chaotic… Continue reading In Hearing On School Shooting, Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Orders Removal Of Public

Ex-GOP Lawmaker Names Trump Insider Who Flipped

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) said there’s one name Donald Trump needs to fear as the criminal cases against him move forward: Mark Meadows. “I served with Mark Meadows. I know Mark Meadows,” Jolly told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Monday. “And I believe today that Mark Meadows has sung like a canary already.” Meadows was… Continue reading Ex-GOP Lawmaker Names Trump Insider Who Flipped

GOP Lawmaker With Diabetes ‘Fixation’ Voted Down Insulin Caps

Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) has what he describes as a “fixation” on how the disease of diabetes is affecting the United States. Late last month, Schweikert made federal health care spending on diabetes the focus of a speech on the House floor about tackling the national debt. The following day, at a congressional hearing on… Continue reading GOP Lawmaker With Diabetes ‘Fixation’ Voted Down Insulin Caps

GOP lawmaker ‘screamed’ curse words inches from Senate pages’ faces, source says

WASHINGTON — A freshman Republican lawmaker received bipartisan condemnation after he allegedly yelled at a group of high- school-age Senate pages for “defiling” the Capitol on Wednesday. New details shared with NBC News paint an even more disturbing picture of what took place that night. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., told the teenagers to “get… Continue reading GOP lawmaker ‘screamed’ curse words inches from Senate pages’ faces, source says