#Rep. Ann Wagner

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Mark Sumner at Daily Kos:

Donald Trump keeps telling his supporters to vote for him in 2024 and they “don’t have to vote again.” Some Republicans are growing increasingly worried this is true—but not in the bye-bye-democracy way that Trump seems to intend. They’re worried that if Trump is defeated in 2024, he will leave behind a broken Republican Party that will have no path to power for generations. Or that even if Trump wins, he could drag his twisted cult of personality into a condition from which it can’t recover. From the daily appearance of Republican speakers at the Democratic National Convention to a list of over 200 former Republican staffers and former Trump supporters, many Republicans are lining up behind the effort to defeat Trump. They’re not doing it just to help save American democracy, either. Many are doing it because they desperately want Trump to go away so that their party has a chance of surviving.

History may not repeat itself, but sometimes the rhyme is strong. Less than a month before the election in 2016, and in response to a leaked video of Trump making vulgar remarks about women, a long list of Republicans issued statements begging Donald Trump to drop out and let his running mate, Mike Pence, carry the banner of the party into the election. In Congress, state houses, and right-wing media, Republicans were scrambling to talk about Trump’s “fitness” and “character.” At the time, Republicans could see the danger. Then-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry wrote that Trump had “abused women.” Rep. Ann Wagner withdrew her endorsement, saying that she condemned “the predatory and reprehensible comments of Donald Trump.”

[...] When Trump refused to step aside and won the election, many of the people on that list did what other Republican critics of Trump have done ever since: became fawning sycophants of Trump. A great many of those who refused to kowtow to Trump were shoved out of the party, often by the mere threat of a primary against a Trump-endorsed candidate. Now, after eight years of Trump doing to the GOP what authoritarian Project 2025 wants to do to the government—purge it of everyone who doesn’t place Trump above the Constitution—it's hard to imagine the Republican Party without Trump ... but many Republicans are starting to realize they have to move on or die. A recent NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll shows Democratic nominee Kamala Harris opening a massive advantage with young voters. Harris’ 16-percentage-point edge over Trump with voters ages 18 to 29 is even larger than the advantage she now holds among women.  Republicans aren’t blind to this. This is the party that spent four decades carefully engineering a takeover of state legislatures and gaining control of downballot offices. What they see ahead is a wave of blue that could sweep a Trump-centered GOP out of power for decades. 

Certain Republicans long for a post-Trump future if they want any hope of fixing the party long-term.

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U.S. users email your representatives this, and make sure to include your zip code:

I am your constituent. I am strongly in favor of defunding Israel. I want my opinion logged on every single one of these pieces of legislation. It is an atrocity that the USA is sending our taxpayer dollars, weaponry, and other support to Israel in order to aid in the genocide of the Palestinian people. It does not reflect the will of your constituents, and I demand that you correct this by voting for/against the following bills, resolutions, and legislation.

To be frank, I will be basing my vote for you in upcoming elections on this issue. I will be watching closely to see how you vote on issues regarding funding to Israel. I will not vote for you in the next election if you vote to send any money, support, or weaponry to Israel. I will be voting for you if you vote to block money, support, and weaponry to Israel.

This is the current legislation I am for, and the current legislation I am against. I would like your office to record my opinion for each bill, and I would like you to take this into consideration when you vote.

I am FOR the following, and expect you to vote for this and co-sponsor, either now or when matching legislation reaches your office.

H.Res. 786: by Rep. Cori Bush

H.Res. 388 by Rep. Rashida Tlaib

H.R. 3103 by Rep. Betty McCollum

I am against Joe Biden’s proposal to spend billions of dollars on Israel via a package for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the US border. Biden is asking for $100 BILLION for this package and it is only 1 YEAR'S worth of funding. This is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable, and I am against you voting for ANY bill that spends even $1 on Israel. I do not care what else is in the bill. If it gives money to Israel, I am against it.

I am AGAINST the following, and expect you to vote against this and not co-sponsor, either now or when matching legislation reaches your office.

S. 3083 by Sen. Bill Hagerty [R-TN]

S.Res. 417 by Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer [D-NY]

H.Res. 797 by Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL7]

S. 3081 by Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

H.Res. 796 by Rep. Ernest “Tony” Gonzales [R-TX23]

S.Res. 413 by Sen. Marco Rubio

H.R. 552 by Rep. Lance Gooden

H.R. 5959 by Thomas Tiffany

S. 3081 by Sen. Steve Daines

H.Res. 789 by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew

H.Res. 771 by Rep. Michael McCaul

H.R. 5932 by Rep. David Schweikert

H.Res. 768 by Rep. Michael McCaul

H.Res. 770 by Rep. Zachary (Zach) Nunn

H.Res. 701 by Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider

H.Con.Res. 61 by Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky

S. 2587 by Sen. Jon Tester

H.Res. 606 by Rep. Andrew Ogles

S. 2413 by Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez

S. 2438 by Sen. Christopher Coons

H.R. 4709 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer

S.Con.Res. 14: by Sen. Tom Cotton

H.Con.Res. 57 by Rep. August Pfluger

H.R. 4665 by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

S. 2265 by Sen. Dan Sullivan

S. 2226 by Sen. John F. “Jack” Reed

H.Res. 581 by Rep. Gregory Steube

S. 2240 by Sen. Christopher Coons

H.R. 4564 by Rep. Claudia Tenney

H.R. 4365 by Rep. Ken Calvert

H.R. 4076 by Rep. Chris Pappas

H.R. 3932 by Rep. Michael Turner

H.R. 3907 by Rep. Lois Frankel

S. 1802 by Sen. Gary Peters

H.R. 3792 by Rep. Joe Wilson

S. 1777 by Sen. Jacky Rosen

H.R. 3393 by Rep. Carlos Gimenez

H.Res. 409 by Rep. Carlos Gimenez

S. 1637 by Sen. Marco Rubio

H.R. 3266 by Rep. Brad Sherman

S. 1504 by Sen. Tom Cotton

H.R. 3099 by Rep. Michael Lawler

S.Res. 188 by Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez

H.Res. 346 by Rep. Randy Weber

H.R. 2973 by Rep. Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers

S. 1334: by Sen. Jacky Rosen

S. 1300 by Sen. Benjamin Cardin

H.Res. 311 by Rep. Ann Wagner

H.R. 2670 by Rep. Mike Rogers

H.R. 2531 by Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider

S. 1143 by Sen. Jerry Moran

H.R. 1777 by Rep. Joe Wilson

H.R. 1218 by Rep. August Pfluger

H.R. 1102 by Rep. Chip Roy

S. 510 by Sen. Tom Cotton

S. 489 by Sen. Rick Scott

S. 430 by Sen. James Risch

S. 431 by Sen. James Risch

H.R. 987 by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

H.Res. 92 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer

H.Res. 76 by Rep. Max Miller

H.R. 687 by Rep. Gregory Steube

H.R. 211 by Rep. Gregory Steube

S. 224 by Sen. Tom Cotton

S. 189 by Sen. Marco Rubio

I am against any legislation that allows troops to deploy to the Middle East in support roles for Israel, as proposed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

I am against Netanyahu’s ground invasion of Gaza, which will inevitably lead to mass killings of Palestinian civilians and escalate violence. If there are any future bills supporting this, you need to vote against them and not co-sponsor.

The U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act stipulate that only Congress can authorize the president to use military force in a foreign war, except in cases of self-defense. Previous administrations from both parties have ignored this, with unauthorized strikes in places like Syria and Libya. I want you to stand against ANY use of military force that supports Israel or hurts Palestine.

And of course, I am against the usual funding of $3.8 billion PER YEAR to Israel. This 10-year agreement began in 2016. I do not want a renewal in 2026, and in the next election, I will vote for representatives who WILL NOT VOTE TO FUND ISRAEL. I will be keeping track of how you vote now, and I will not vote for you if you decide to fund Israel in any way.

I am a single-issue voter for this. I want you to defund Israel. I do not want a single dollar spent on supporting Israel. I will be paying attention to how you vote in the upcoming weeks and months, and if you vote to fund or provide weapons, troops, or intelligence to Israel, I will NOT vote for you in the next election.

We are paying attention to the budget. We know when you're giving aid to a country committing genocide instead of helping your constituents in the USA. Both myself and tens of thousands of other constituents have spent years saying that we don’t want our hard-earned taxpayer dollars going to Israel. The lack of willingness to fund anything for American citizens, but the quickness with which you take action for Israel is telling. It is unacceptable.

As an elected official, you have the opportunity to listen to the public and stand against genocide. Israel is currently committing war crimes against Palestine. You can stop this by defunding Israel. THOUSANDS of Palestinian people have been killed, 1/3 of them children, in just a couple of days. One child every 15 minutes is being killed. YOU can prevent this by refusing to send additional weapons and funding to Israel.

We are currently spending BILLIONS of dollars EVERY YEAR on Israel. I do not want my money going towards the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians. Not a dollar more.

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"Bezprecedensowe": Członkowie Kongresu potępiają ultimatum Bidena wobec Izraela

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) stwierdziła, że “Joe Biden zamierza porzucić Izrael w taki sam sposób, w jaki porzucił Afganistan”. Członkowie Kongresu potępili ultimatum, jakie prezydent USA Joe Biden postawił premierowi Izraela Benjaminowi Netanjahu podczas czwartkowej rozmowy telefonicznej – dokonaj zmian, do których wzywał Waszyngton, lub staw czoła perspektywie zmian w polityce USA. “W tej wojnie…

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​Why 'ultimate show horse' Jim Jordan would be a 'chaotic catastrophe' as House Speaker - Alternet.org

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Missouri investigating possible Chinese Communist intel outpost

American Military News By Timothy Frudd – June 29, 2023 Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is launching an investigation into a “service center” that is reportedly managed by a Chinese Communist Party intelligence service. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Miss.) alerted Bailey to the reported presence of a “service center” in the state of Missouri last week, prompting the attorney general to quickly…

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I am going to write a very honest rant about my feelings concerning this date. If you don't want to think about 9/11 feel free to skip this.

I don't know if people will find this disrespectful or not. But I was traumatized by this like a lot of people and I am just so angry about how politicians have twisted this day and I just need to get it out.

9/11 has become this weird day of who can out "never-forget" one another. Conservatives, and honestly, quite a few Liberals have given up on making this a solemn day of mourning and are just leaning into 9/11 as a political tool to score weird imaginary points.

One of my Reps posted this.

Gotta add that Ann Wagner logo otherwise people might not give her credit for never-forgetting.

My governor, Mike Parson, instituted something called "Missouri Patriot Day" to never-forget the shit out of 9/11. There is going to be a parade with bands and people are going to symbolically climb stairs.

He is determined to be the never-forgettingest person in America.

One of the Patriot Day activities was a contest asking high schoolers to create a 9/11 poster.

The theme was "We Must Never Forget September 11, 2001."

Which is going to be tricky for high school students considering their brains didn't exist to remember 2001 at the time.

It just feels like an attempt to program young people to buy into nationalism and using a tragedy as an excuse to serve that agenda.

Then there is the 9/11 porn where people insist on showing video and pictures of planes crashing into buildings. My favorite part is how all the videos loop infinitely. That's terrific.

I saw it happen live on TV and I really don't need to see it again. I have had to close my Twitter tab 3 years in a row now.

I know not everyone believes in trigger warnings, but if there was ever something to make an exception for, I feel like video of mass murder might be it.

The truth is, 9/11 brought out the worst in this country. We used it as an excuse to arbitrarily kill brown people around the world. Almost all of whom had nothing to do with the attack.

On this day violence and harassment of Muslim-Americans increases greatly. Actually, it happens even if people think you kinda/sorta look Muslim.

I think this nation has lost the privilege of victimhood.

For a long time now, this day makes me feel a lot of shame for the country I live in.

The families of the victims and the first responders do deserve a day to mourn and remember their loved ones.

I wish that could be all this day is about.

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The names of the 106 House Republicans who are trying to overturn the election results

What was it called the last time they tried to commit treason like this? A confederacy? I guess that’s why they kept all those flags.

Remember their names. Spread this post. Make sure they never hold office again.

Here are their names:

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Ralph Abraham of Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Rick W. Allen of Georgia’s 12th Congressional District

Rep. James R. Baird of Indiana’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida’s 12th Congressional District

Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois’s 12th Congressional District

Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District

Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Michael C. Burgess of Texas’s 26th Congressional District

Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Ken Calvert of California’s 42nd Congressional District

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter of Georgia’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas’s 27th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas’s 11th Congressional District

Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida’s 25th Congressional District

Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Neal P. Dunn of Florida’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Bill Flores of Texas’s 17th Congressional District

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Russ Fulcher of Idaho’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana’s at-large congressional district

Rep. Bob Gibbs of Ohio’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth of Indiana’s 9th Congressional District

Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. John Joyce of Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District

Rep. Fred Keller of Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District

Rep. Trent Kelly of Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Steve King of Iowa’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Darin LaHood of Illinois’s 18th Congressional District

Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Robert E. Latta of Ohio’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Debbie Lesko of Arizona’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Kenny Marchant of Texas’s 24th Congressional District

Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Tom McClintock of California’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District

Rep. Carol D. Miller of West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Alex X. Mooney of West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Gregory Murphy of North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District

Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District

Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. John Rose of Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. David Rouzer of North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. John Rutherford of Florida’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri’s 8th Congressional District

Rep. Ross Spano of Florida’s 15th Congressional District

Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York’s 21st Congressional District

Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District

Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan’s 7th Congressional District

Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Randy Weber of Texas’s 14th Congressional District

Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida’s 11th Congressional District

Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District

Rep. Roger Williams of Texas’s 25th Congressional District

Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District

Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia’s 1st Congressional District

Rep. Ron Wright of Texas’s 6th Congressional District

Rep. Ted S. Yoho of Florida’s 3rd Congressional District

Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York’s 1st Congressional District

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During his second big appearance before Congress, Zuckerberg fielded questions on everything from redlining to anti-vaxxers.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee in a hearing about the company’s imperiled cryptocurrency project Libra.

In the hearing, Zuckerberg made efforts to distance Facebook from the project, even as he shepherded it through lawmakers’ many concerns about his own company destabilizing the global financial system.

When pressed by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) about news that “scores of stable partners” have fled the project, Zuckerberg conceded that the waters were choppy. As of this month, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and EBay have all dropped their involvement in Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions.

“It’s a risky project and there’s been a lot of scrutiny,” Zuckerberg admitted. (...)

In his opening statements, Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook has faced a series of setbacks in recent years and that those scandals may hinder its efforts to launch its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, a “stablecoin” with a value tied to and backed by traditional currency. (...)

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have shown a strong distaste for Libra, including the committee’s chairwoman Maxine Waters. Democratic lawmakers denounced Facebook’s “breathtaking amount of arrogance” at a hearing in July, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has expressed concern that terrorists will use Libra to fund illegal and dangerous activities.

FACEBOOK IS EVIL

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The resolution currently has 336 co-sponsors. It was introduced by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Ann Wagner (R-Mo.).

Tlaib is not on the Foreign Affairs Committee, unlike fellow freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota. They both support BDS, which “is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity,” according to the movement’s website.

Republican lawmakers criticized Tlaib’s stance.

“This is a 100% false characterization of the bill. It doesn’t ban the #BDS movement. All it does it protect states & local governments that decide not to give contracts to companies participating in that anti-Semitic movement,” tweeted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

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Rep. Ann Wagner No Enfrentará a Sen. McCaskill en 2018

Rep. Ann #Wagner no enfrentará a #McCaskill para puesto en el Senado

Jefferson City, MO — 03 de Julio (Redacción Jeff City) • La Representante Republicana Ann Wagner anunció el lunes el abandono de su intención de postularse al puesto de senadora por el estado de Missouri, cargo que ocupa actualmente la Demócrata Claire McCaskill.

Wagner continuara y buscará su reelección a Representante para el segundo distrito de Missouri.

“Aquellos que me conocen bien saben que…

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Missouri midterm results

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Post-Op Thoughts on Tonight's Elections

With one major exception -- the Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary -- most of the big races from tonight have been called. The biggest, of course, is the special election in the Ohio 12th, where Republican Troy Balderson looks to have just eked out a victory over Democrat Danny O'Connor to keep this seat red. That about exhausts the good news for the GOP, though -- a sub-1% win in an ancestrally Republican district that voted for Trump by double-digits can hardly be thought of as good news. If the country swings the way this district did, the Democrats take back the House by a comfortable margin. That's the obvious takeaway. But what else have we learned tonight?

O'Connor improved on Hillary Clinton's numbers pretty much everywhere in the district (save Balderson's base of Muskingum County) -- which you kind of have to, in order turn a double-digit deficit into a near-dead heat. But where he really outperformed is in juicing turnout in the most Democratic part of the district: Franklin County, home to The Ohio State University. What does that mean? Well, on the one hand it supports those who argue that the route to Democratic success lies in exciting the core base rather than chasing swing voters. But on the other hand, it also suggests that the core base is perfectly happy to get energized about a relative moderate like O'Connor (at least in the right district).

The other tea leaf we're seeing is that Democrats are casting more ballots in these primaries than Republicans, even in locales that have generally been thought of as Democratic stretches. So far, more Democrats than Republicans have cast ballots in the WA-03 and WA-08 primaries, and are tight in the WA-05 -- all GOP districts (Reps. Jamie Herrera-Beutler and Cathy McMorris Rodgers hold the WA-03 and WA-05, respectively, while in the WA-08 Dino Rossi will be looking to hold retiring Rep. Dave Reichert's seat). Ditto the MO-02, where incumbent Rep. Ann Wagner was thought to be a tough, if reachable, target for Team Blue.

Gretchen Whitmer's victory over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic gubernatorial primary shows what should be obvious: sometimes Sanders-style progressives win primaries, and sometimes they don't. Democratic Party voters are neither implacably opposed to left-wing candidates nor are they congenitally averse to them.

What might be true, though, is that there is genuine progressive energy right now in big cities, especially around criminal justice issues. Ferguson City Councilor Wesley Bell's upset ouster of longtime St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch (he who unsuccessfully prosecuted the Michael Brown shooting) is the under-the-radar Big Deal of the day. I also think we can slot in Rashida Tlaib's likely victory in the race to replace Rep. John Conyers in the Detroit-based MI-13. If her lead holds, Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, will become the first Muslim woman in Congress (she's also a J Street endorsee). Congrats to her!

Finally, Missouri voters soundly rejected proposed "right-to-work" anti-union legislation, overturning the legislatively enacted bill by a crushing 2-1 margin. There's been a noticeable trend of union and working-class victories in some traditionally red-territories (think the teachers' strikes in Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona), and this seems like further evidence of a shifting tide on the issue.

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Ann Wagner, Always Disappointing

Ann Wagner, Always Disappointing

FYI:  I live in the 2nd Congressional District of Missouri, a very conservative district that gave us such luminaries as former Representative Todd “Legitimate Rape” Atkins. Ann Wagner is of the same ilk. I am not quite sure how my phone number ended up in Rep. Ann Wagner’s texting file, but it did.  A text from Wagner popped up the other day, and when I saw who it was my feeling was very…

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Sep 22, 2018

My Dear Friend and President, DJT,

Did you enjoy your rally in Springfield, MO yesterday? Do you think Josh Hawley has a chance? I think he may be a bit young. According to Politico, his efforts in the Senate race have been "lackadaisical." He's turning down all kinds of opportunities to share his message so much so that St. Louis conservative-talk show, host, Mark Reardon, is "pissed" and "frustrated." Josh didn't show up at the Christian County Lincoln Day Dinneror the Boone County Lincoln Day Dinner, or the  Jackson County GOP Dinner in March. He's behind in his fund raising. He's been known to lift weights in the middle of the work day when he should be out stumping or doing his job as Attorney General.

Perhaps you should encourage him to team up with Rep. Ann Wagner. Since she represents the wealthiest district in MO, she could probably help him raise some $$. Perhaps he's another guy who thinks a "charm offensive" is sufficient to win. I encourage you to get him together with Ivanka so she can help him understand that we expect more.

I've got to get going - we are developing a strategic plan for the Sierra Friends Center today. We are calling it "Woolman Rising" and hoping to raise some $ to resurrect the place.

Best,

RCA

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How Many Black Republicans Are In The House Of Representatives

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How Many Black Republicans Are In The House Of Representatives

Democrats Also Fell Short On Many Offensive Targets

More House Republicans Head For The Exits | The Last Word | MSNBC

House Democrats set out on an ambitious agenda to flip many Republican-controlled seats, particularly in Texas and in many suburban districts around the country.

But Democrats have failed, so far, to flip a single GOP-held seat other than Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, located in the Atlanta suurbs, and two North Carolina seats that they were virtually guaranteed to flip because of court-ordered redistricting, according to DDHQ projections.;

Democrats will not pick up competitive US House seats in Texas’ 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, or 24th congressional districts, DDHQ projected.

While Biden is projected to carry Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District’s sole Electoral College vote, the Democratic candidate Kara Eastman failed in her second bid to unseat the district’s congressional representative, Don Bacon, in this Omaha-based seat.

Also in the Midwest, GOP Rep. Ann Wagner won reelection in her district located in suburban St. Louis, over the Democratic candidate Jill Schupp. The Republican Victoria Spartz defeated the Democrat Christina Hale in the open race for Indiana’s 5th District, a wealthy seat in suburban Indianapolis that Democrats saw as a possible pickup opportunity.

In Michigan, the Republican Peter Meijer defeated the Democrat Hillary Scholten to succeed the retiring Rep. Justin Amash. And GOP Rep. Steve Chabot held off a challenge from the Democrat Kate Schroder in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District, located in the Cincinnati area.

Impact Of The Secessionist Movement

In the wake of the declared secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860, many Southern House members, mostly Democrats, refused to take their seats, rejecting the election of Lincoln as illegitimate. Before 1872, different states held elections at various times; the first elections for the 37th Congress were held on August 6, 1860 in Arkansas and Missouri, while the last election took place in California on September 4, 1861, a year later. Three Southern states Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina chose Representatives before the presidential election, electing seven Democrats and two independents. These were the only House elections from the seceding states to the 37th Congress. After South Carolina resolved disunion and the Confederate States of America was formed, other Southern states declared as well and elected Representatives to the new Congress of the Confederate States instead of the United States Congress.

Since the states not holding elections had many strong Democratic districts in the previous 36th Congress their Representatives included a total of 46 Democrats, 14 Oppositionists, five independents, and one member of the American Party when Congress was called into session on July 4, 1861 the size of the Democratic House caucus had been drastically reduced, resulting in a huge Republican majority.

Tim Scott Only Black Gop Senator Set To Respond To Biden

WASHINGTON Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator, is often happy to dart past Capitol Hill reporters without saying much. This time, he and the spotlight have found each other.

Brought up by a single mother who worked backbreaking hours as a nursing assistant, the 55-year-old Scott has spent a decade in Congress representing South Carolina. Now, the lawmaker who combines a willingness to address racial questions with an advocacy of vintage conservative themes such as opportunity and optimism is giving his partys nationally televised response to President Joe Bidens Wednesday night address to Congress.

Scott also is the lead GOP negotiator as the two parties seek an accord on legislation overhauling police procedures. The issue has long eluded compromise despite national attention fanned by last years killing of George Floyd, a Black man, and this months conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer in his slaying.

You figure out who your audience is, you figure out what you want to say and you try and find a way to say it well, Scott told reporters Tuesday about his speech preparations. And you lean into who you are.

GOP leaders choíce of Scott to answer Biden comes at a tense political moment.

Scott, from North Charleston, South Carolina, nearly dropped out of high school. He tells of a life-changing turnabout after befriending a businessman who became a mentor and stressed the value of hard work.

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Changes To House Rules

After Democrats took control of the House in the 116th Congress, they voted to change some rules from the previous session of Congress when Republicans were in control. Some of the changes appear below.

PAYGO: Democrats approved PAYGO, a provision that requires legislation that would increase the deficit to be offset by spending cuts or revenue increases.

Ethics: Democrats made changes to House ethics rules that required all House members to take ethics training, not just new members. The rules also required members to reimburse taxpayers for settlements that that result from a members discrimination of someone based on race, religion, sex, national origin, or disability, among other things. Lawmakers were also prohibited from sitting on corporate boards.

Climate change committee: Democrats created a new climate change committee to address the issue. The committee was not given subpoena power or the ability to bring bills to the floor.

A full explanation of the rules changes can be viewed here.

Bipartisan ‘bromance’ Blossoms As 2 Texas Congressmen Make Dc Road Trip

Hurd was also one of just four House Republicans who voted for a resolution to condemn Trump’s racist tweets last month attacking four freshman Democratic women of color. His positions and willingness to speak out against Trump made sense, given the political and demographic makeup of his district. The 23rd District is almost 70% Latino, and Hillary Clinton won it by about 3.5 percentage points in 2016. Last year’s midterm elections left Hurd as one of just three House Republicans to sit in a district carried by Clinton, not Trump.

But Hurd only barely survived in 2018 to win reelection by just 926 votes over Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, an Air Force veteran who had already announced she was seeking a rematch in 2020. Without Hurd, who was seen by Republicans and Democrats alike as an unusually strong GOP incumbent, the Cook Political Report has moved its rating for this seat from Toss Up to Lean Democratic.

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How Black Republicans Are Debunking The Myth Of A Voter Monolith

African American politicians and activists on the right say theyve found support in the black community through dialogue

For Brad Mole, venturing into Republican politics didnt start with a sudden awakening to conservatism. It was his religious upbringing and way of life that brought him to the Republican party.

My faith pushed me more toward policies that better reflected my upbringing, he said. I began understanding that the teachings I was raised with were more reflected in a party that not many around me identified with.

The son of a preacher in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, Mole is now taking his politics a giant leap forward, challenging the Democrat Joe Cunningham for his US congressional seat.

As analysts debunk the myth of the black voter monolith, some black Republicans are stepping forward to counter stereotypes and assert a political identity very different from the usual assumption that all black Americans are Democrats, especially in the era of Donald Trump.

As one of seven Republicans running for the seat, Mole credits his religious background for his motivations to join the crowded race. Those same traditions are often associated with centrist African American political leanings. But for black Americans like Mole, their conservatism leads some to question whether their political party and preferences actually match their worldview.

But hes not out to change minds; he wants rebuild a sense of community.

An Incoming Class Of History

Several of the newly elected state representatives are making history.;

The Republican Madison Cawthorn, 25, who beat the Democrat Moe Davis to represent North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, will become the youngest member of Congress in modern history.

The Democrat Cori Bush is set to become the first Black congresswoman from Missouri after winning in the state’s 1st Congressional District.

The Democrats Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres will also be the first openly gay Black men to serve in Congress, after winning in New York’s 17th and 15th districts respectively.

And nine out of the eleven Republicans who have so far unseated incumbent Democrats are women wins that will drastically expand the representation of women and especially of women of color in the House Republican caucus.

Currently, there are just 13 voting female Republican representatives in the House and 11 female Republican incumbents who ran for reelection in 2020.

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And 1867 United States House Of Representatives Elections

1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections

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Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1866 to elect Representatives to the 40th United States Congress.

The elections occurred just one year after the American Civil War ended when the Union defeated the Confederacy.

The 1866 elections were a decisive event in the early Reconstruction era, in which PresidentAndrew Johnson faced off against the Radical Republicans in a bitter dispute over whether Reconstruction should be lenient or harsh toward the vanquished South.

Most of the congressmen from the former Confederate states were either prevented from leaving the state or were arrested on the way to the capital. A Congress consisting of mostly Radical Republicans sat early in the Capitol and aside from the delegation from Tennessee who were allowed in, the few Southern Congressmen who arrived were not seated.

A Candid Conversation With Eight Women Of Color Running For Congress This Year

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Gore is running against Democratic incumbent Rep. Marcia Fudge, who has represented Ohio’s solidly blue 11th Congressional District since 2008 — a majority Black urban area.

“Maybe the candidacies aren’t taken seriously because typically we don’t get the Black vote. And sometimes we don’t get the white vote, you know? So we’re kind of in a bit of a quagmire,” Gore said, reflecting on her challenges to fundraise.

Klacik, a former Democrat who voted for Barack Obama, faces an incredibly steep climb in a reliably blue urban district, which includes parts of Baltimore. She is running against incumbent Democratic Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who was sworn in earlier this year after the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings in October 2019. Cummings held that seat since 1996.

“I get called names all the time for being a Black Republican. Meanwhile, my whole push is to make it better in the Black community,” Klacik said, criticizing Democratic politicians for a lack of investment in the inner cities.

Asked what advice she has for other Republicans of color who face similar backlash, Klacik urged them not to be discouraged.

“People are always gonna either love you or hate you,” she said. “You’ve got to fight for what’s right.”

The primary ‘is our biggest place of hurt’

Compared to an expansive network of Democratic organizations built over the last few decades to support female candidates, there are only a few Republican groups working specifically to boost the campaigns of Republican women.

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Th United States Congress

Features of Congress Background 116th 115th 114th 113th 112th 111th 110th Analysis

The 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, and concluded on January 3, 2021.

Republicans controlled the Senate, and Democrats controlled the House.

Sen. Mitch McConnell was Senate majority leader, and Sen. John Thune was Senate majority whip. Sen. Chuck Schumer was Senate minority leader, and Sen. Dick Durbin was Senate minority whip.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi served as the speaker of the House. Rep. Steny Hoyer was House majority leader, and Rep. Jim Clyburn was House majority whip. Rep. Kevin McCarthy was House minority leader, and Rep. Steve Scalise served as House minority whip.

President Donald Trump issued nine vetoes during the 116th Congress. For more information on vetoes issued during the Trump administration, .

The House and Senate were expected to be in session for fewer days in 2019 than they were in 2018. The Senate was scheduled to meet for 168 days in 2019, and the House was scheduled to meet for 130 days. In 2018, the Senate met for 186 days, while the House met for 171. From 2001 to 2018, the Senate spent an average of 165 days in session each year, and the House spent an average of 140 days in session.

New members of Congress were elected on . For more information on the 2018 House and Senate elections, click here.

Number Of House Members Per State

Unlike the U.S. Senate, which consists of two members from each state, the geographic makeup of the House is determined by the population of each state. The only stipulation spelled out in the U.S. Constitution comes in Article I, Section 2, which guarantees each state, territory or district at least one representative.

The Constitution also states that there can be no more than one representative in the House for every 30,000 citizens.

The number of representatives each state gets in the House of Representatives is based on population. That process, known as reapportionment, occurs every 10 years after the decennial population count conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. Rep. William B. Bankhead of Alabama, an opponent of the legislation, called the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 “an abdication and surrender of vital fundamental powers.” One of the functions of Congress, which created the census, was to adjust the number of seats in Congress to reflect the number of people living in the United States, he said.

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The ‘quagmire’ Facing Black Republican Women Who Run For Congress

Only one Black Republican woman has even been elected to Congress.

A candid conversation with eight women of color running for Congress this year

Only one Black Republican woman has ever held a seat in Congress — Mia Love, who represented Utah’s 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. But it’s not because Black Republican women don’t run.

A record number of women of color from both the Democratic and the Republican parties ran for Congress in 2020 — and a record number won their primaries, according to an analysis by Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.

Out of the 115 nominees for U.S. House, 82 are Democrats and 33 are Republicans, with nominations for Black women at 61 — a record high.

But based on an ABC News analysis of data from The Cook Political Report, it is unlikely that these runs will translate to a significant change in representation in Congress — particularly for Republican women, largely because those candidates are not competing in toss-up or competitive races.

Vivian Childs, Laverne Gore and Kimberly Klacik — all Black Republicans — launched campaigns in urban Democratic strongholds across the country in the hopes of winning a seat in Congress.

In interviews with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” they each described feeling alone in their primary races and expressed frustration over the lack of support from their own party. They urged the GOP to reach out to candidates and voters of color.

Battling a ‘vicious circle’

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