Here are some of the most openly anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans in Congress
Nearly the entire House and Senate Republican caucuses oppose equal rights. These 17 lawmakers take bigotry to an even higher level.
By Will Fritz and Josh Israel - June 02, 2023U.S. House
The bill now moves to the Senate, where speedy action will be required before a potential U.S. default.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2023The House speaker said President Biden 'walled off' potential cuts to the programs during debt ceiling negotiations.
By Emily Singer - June 01, 2023A default by the U.S. government on its debts could affect 6 million jobs and trigger global economic chaos, but President Joe Biden has struck a compromise with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to prevent that.
By Oliver Willis - May 31, 2023The Florida Republican voted to suspend the debt ceiling and boost federal spending in 2018 under President Donald Trump.
By Emily Singer - May 30, 2023But so far zero have joined the Democrats' effort to make that happen.
By Josh Israel - May 25, 2023The GOP's Limit, Save, Grow Act would slash federal spending by 22% with no exceptions for veterans' programs.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2023The California Republican blamed Democrats for two bills he helped pass as House majority leader.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2023Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced a bill that would gut the 2022 bipartisan gun safety compromise law and other modest steps to curb gun violence.
By Josh Israel - May 19, 2023A federal grand jury indicted Santos on 13 criminal charges on May 10.
By Josh Israel - May 18, 2023Republican members of the House Oversight Committee declined to answer when asked if they had information that the president was directly involved in corruption or was implicated in illegal activity related to his family’s business deals.
By Oliver Willis - May 11, 2023Rep. George Santos is a co-sponsor of the bill, which would cut funding to crack down on unemployment fraud.
By Josh Israel - May 10, 2023Santos used campaign donations for personal expenses, including luxury designer clothes and to pay off his credit cards, according to the indictment.
By Associated Press - May 10, 2023Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and other Republicans claim it would not cut benefits, but the House GOP's debt limit bill requires spending cuts that could slash veterans' benefits and make it harder to access safety net programs.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2023The organization Climate Power found the GOP's Limit, Save, Grow Act would slash funding for clean energy projects that are projected to create tens of thousands of new jobs in the United States.
By Emily Singer - May 03, 2023The debt ceiling bill Republicans passed would result in a 22% funding cut across the board — without any carve-out for veterans programs.
By Emily Singer and Josh Israel - May 02, 2023Sponsor Maria Elvira Salazar said the term 'is a woke invention of the neo-Marxist left.'
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023The Georgia Republican questioned whether a stepmother is a real parent and called a Cabinet secretary a liar during committee hearings.
By Emily Singer - April 27, 2023The House GOP caucus has refused to offer a bill to raise the debt ceiling without demands for budget cuts.
By Josh Israel - April 27, 2023A new poll found that a nationwide ban on the drug mifepristone is overwhelmingly unpopular — including among Republicans.
By Emily Singer - April 24, 2023House Republicans are threatening a catastrophic debt default if they don't get to make major cuts to historic climate change investments.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2023The order will create a White House Office for Environmental Justice and require several federal agencies to take steps to protect Americans from the effects of pollution.
By Associated Press - April 21, 2023During her confirmation hearing, Republicans attacked Julie Su for implementing a pro-worker law when she was California labor secretary.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2023House Republican leaders want to cut spending from the Inflation Reduction Act in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, despite a recent poll showing public support for it.
By Oliver Willis - April 20, 2023The House passed a bill on Thursday that would bar transgender, gender-nonconforming, and intersex student athletes from participating in school sports.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2023The ad was produced by the tax-exempt group One Nation, which has received millions of dollars from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023A bill proposed by Rep. Greg Steube that would ban some trans youth from playing sports is being considered in the House, although it is unlikely to be considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
By Will Fritz - April 19, 2023The Wisconsin Republican has previously spoken out against former members of Congress who 'shop their connections' to foreign countries.
By Josh Israel - April 18, 2023House Judiciary Democrats condemned the committee’s Republicans and chair Jim Jordan for holding a field hearing in New York and claiming Alvin Bragg has ‘pro-crime, anti-victim policies.’
By Emily Singer - April 17, 2023Since the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, political spending and dark money in elections have soared to record highs.
By Matt Cohen - April 17, 2023Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the House Judiciary Committee inquiry is a ‘transparent campaign to intimidate and attack’ him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - April 12, 2023