House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that his office notified Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer’s staff the day before that if the Senate leader does not sign the draft invitation for Netanyahu by Tuesday, he will proceed with inviting the Israeli prime minister to address just the House. The Speaker, however, noted that he would invite senators to attend the speech.
Republicans just don't care what damage they cause in their quest for power sadly.
#HouseRepublicans urged Schumer to "schedule a trial on the matter expeditiously."
#Schumer & his staff have promised to start the process of swearing senators in as jurors the day after the articles are received in the chamber. Washington Senator Patty Murray, the #Senate President Pro Tempore, will preside over the #Mayorkas#impeachment trial.
The #legislation’s passage in the #Senate is not in doubt — it has the support of President #Biden (cuz it’s better than nothing), Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer & Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell. But a single senator can throw up procedural roadblocks & push the govt past the #shutdown deadline….
…>½ of #IRS employees would face furloughs at the height of #tax filing season. #Border Patrol officers & about 1.3M active-duty #military#service members would remain on the job #withoutPay.
Rep #KenCalvert, top #Republican on #Defense Appropriations. “Every member must understand the impact of not passing this package. The only other option will be a full CR which will devastate our #NationalSecurity & put our country at #risk.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday, calling the U.S. Senate Majority Leader’s floor speech describing Netanyahu as a “major obstacle” to peace as “totally inappropriate.” CNN has more: https://flip.it/xdOkuD #News#WorldNews#Israel#Palestine#Netanyahu#Schumer
#Apartheid / What if Israeli TV starts telling its viewers the truth…?
Arad Nir, head of the foreign news desk and international commentator for Channel 12 News tweeted back at (anti democratic) #Smotrich, who demanded of #Schumer that "the great democracy of the world is expected to respect Israeli democracy":
“Even apartheid South Africa was a democracy in its own eyes - of whites who voted and chose racial segregation by majority rule. It had a weapons industry, atomic bombs, a skilled air force, and powerful allies. But the crippling sanctions supported by the United States in order to back the popular uprising crushed the thriving economy and the remarkable military.” https://twitter.com/arad_nir/status/1768549921479708676
Democrat Chuck Schumer, the leader of the majority in the US Senate, arrived in Lviv.
"I'm leading this delegation to meet with Zelensky to show Ukrainians that America has their backs, to show our NATO and European allies that we stand by them, to learn about the weapons that Ukraine vitally needs, and to protect our democracy and national security," he stated. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Lviv#Biden#USA#democrats#Schumer
We will make clear to Speaker #Johnson—and others in #Congress who are obstructing military & economic support—exactly what is at stake here in Ukraine, for the rest of #Europe, for the free world
Congress must pass the #Senate's national security bill"
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
Why it matters: #Biden's backing of #Schumer's remarks is another sign of the growing divide between the president and #Netanyahu over the war in #Gaza, and will likely give backwind to other #Democrats to publicly criticize the Israeli government more forcefully. #Israel#Gaza#Netanyahu
After months of talks, Senate negotiators on Sunday released a sweeping #bipartisan border #security deal that is aimed at discouraging migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The $118B #NationalSecurity#legislation also includes billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific & humanitarian aid….
#Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer (D) announced that he would hold the first procedural vote on the #legislation on Wed, leaving the bill’s boosters little time to sell its provisions. “Senators must shut out the noise from those who want this agreement to fail for their own #political agendas,” he said in a statement Sunday evening.
#Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that Senate negotiators will unveil the long-awaited text of a bill funding the war in #Ukraine and addressing border security this weekend, and senators will come back to the Capitol early next week to consider the legislation.
He Claimed #God Sent #Hitler to Create #Israel. Now He’s Speaking at the Pro-Israel Rally. What?
He claimed God sent Hitler to create Israel. And on Tuesday, he is prominently featured in one of the country’s biggest pro-Israel demonstrations since the conflict began on October 7.
John #Hagee, a mainstay in right-wing politics for decades, is reportedly invited to speak on Tuesday at the March for Israel event alongside Sen. Chuck #Schumer (D-N.Y.)
#Johnson’s stance presents a challenge to Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell, who want to stitch together funding for #Israel, Ukraine, #Taiwan and U.S.-#Mexico border security. But the newly elected speaker did give senators something to work with by making clear that he supports new money for #Ukraine's defense against #Russia, even if it's not comparable in size or scope to what President Joe #Biden wants.
After failed bid to crack down on price gougers last year, #Schumer, #Klobuchar, #Warren, #Sanders want new probe of huge #Exxon & #Chevron oil deals that could lead to higher gas prices, harm to operators, and depress wages.
Exxon's & Chevron's vertically integrated operations may harm smaller competitors. Both announced huge profits from strong energy prices since #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. The oil deals could supercharge both companies' outsized political power.
"As the Biden administration's intent to silence dissent against the United States' backing of the Israel Defense Forces' onslaught in Gaza became increasingly clear Friday night, at least 80 #Jewish Americans and other supporters of Palestinians' #HumanRights were #arrested for #protesting outside the homes and offices of a number of Democratic lawmakers, where they demanded the U.S. government join growing calls for a cease-fire.
"The U.S. group Jewish Voice for Peace (#JVP) organized the mass action, along with calling on Americans to contact their representatives in Congress and demand that they speak out against the air assault Israel launched this week in retaliation for #Hamas' brutal attack last weekend.
"At least 2,215 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes this week, and at least 8,714 people have been injured. The death toll in Israel has reached 1,300, according to Al Jazeera.
"Human rights advocates have warned that a looming ground offensive by the #IDF in Gaza could rapidly push civilian casualties far higher.
''We as American Jews believe that 'never again' means never again for anyone, and that includes Palestinians," said JVP, referring to the refrain repeated by the Jewish American community regarding the need to prevent genocide. "'Never again' is this very moment."
"Thousands of people gathered at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn and marched to Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer's (D-N.Y.) home, where they blocked the road. Approximately 60 people were 'dragged away by police,' JVP said.
🫣Wait until they get wind of all the creepy things “the whole world” heard the former president say about Ivanka…& everyone else
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“Of the comments by #Schumer which upset #Kushner’s mother, Kushner added: “This is, like, a leading senator saying these things.
If he is doing this from personal religious convictions, it’s time to step aside the United States of America is not a theocracy. If he’s doing it out of self-aggrandizement, kick his stupid college coach ass.
The other Senators, Dems & GOP, know this is dangerous, stupid and wrong.
THEY are as complicit as he is in this travesty of “governing.”
SENATE RULES ARE NOT IN OUR CONSTITUTION; THEY CAN BE CHANGED.
How about it, Senate Majority Leader?