As one of their first votes in the new Congress, House Republicans passed a resolution Wednesday condemning political violence against pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, but nearly all Democrats opposed the measure.
The House voted 222-209 in favor of a resolution introduced by Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., which "condemns recent attacks of vandalism, violence, and destruction against… Read more »
House lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a pair of abortion-related measures that would condemn the recent attacks on pro-life facilities and churches as well as protect infants born alive in failed abortion procedures.
Republicans are urging their members to vote for both bills, while Democrats are telling their members to vote against both measures.
Rep. Mike Johnson, Louisiana… Read more »
Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson continued the new Republican-controlled House's early march to address key conservative flashpoint concerns Wednesday with a bill condemning vandalism, violence and threats against anti-abortion rights advocates in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Johnson, who is among the to GOP leaders in the House as vice-chair of… Read more »
A group of over 100 Republicans has co-sponsored a House resolution to condemn the violence, vandalism and intimidation by pro-choice groups following last year's unprecedented leak of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by about 100 GOP co-sponsors, announced the resolution Tuesday morning. The congressman intends to bring the… Read more »
The Republican-led 118th Congress will establish six priorities in its first week fully up and running, with bills and resolutions tackling everything from oversight of federal agencies to shoring up domestic energy to investigating China.
After a raucous first week delayed by a historic four-day election for House speaker, the bills include GOP priorities messaged extensively on the… Read more »
Approximately 40 House Republicans have urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to rescind his policy of using government funds to cover travel expenses for abortions.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spearheaded the letter, which was addressed to Austin and included Wednesday’s date, roughly a week after the “Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care” memo went out to department… Read more »
Dozens of House Republicans proposed new legislation this week that would prohibit the use of federal funds for sexually explicit programs, such as the wave of drag shows and drag queen story hour events that have popped up across the country.
Rep. Mike Johnson’s "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act" is an attempt by the GOP to prevent taxpayers from funding events they say expose… Read more »
Last month, as Sarah covered, the FBI raided the home of Mark Houck, a pro-life activist to arrest him in front of his wife and seven children. He's been charged with and has pled not guilty to allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act when defending his son against a clinic escort that was harassing them. In response, Republican members of Congress… Read more »
Republicans have pivoted to proposing a range of measures to provide a social safety net for women and families after endorsing the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, which ended the national right to an abortion.
While Democrats are hoping to downplay the state of the economy and make abortion a key issue going into the November midterm elections, Republicans are trying to… Read more »
Congressman Mike Johnson (R-La.) offered a fiery rebuttal to House Judiciary Democrats after they claimed that Canada is the most free country in the world. During a house hearing on Thursday, Johnson said that’s simply not true.
“Mr. Cohen is wrong,” said Johnson. “Canada is not the most free country in the world young people. America is the greatest nation in the world. We are the… Read more »
