Jim Jordan fails to become House speaker after spending career failing to pass any bills
The Ohio Republican has spent over a decade in Congress hyping conspiracy theories and thwarting critical legislation.
By Emily Singer - October 18, 2023The Ohio Republican has spent over a decade in Congress hyping conspiracy theories and thwarting critical legislation.
By Emily Singer - October 18, 2023A new Morning Consult poll shows a majority of voters approve of the decision to indict former President Donald Trump on charges of mishandling classified information.
By Emily Singer - July 10, 2023Nearly 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, 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, 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, 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, 2023President Joe Biden’s budget proposal would cut the deficit while the House Freedom Caucus proposal does not, according to Karine Jean-Pierre.
By Oliver Willis - March 13, 2023The department denied the House Judiciary Committee chair’s demands for access to information on President Biden because it would ‘risk jeopardizing’ investigations.
By Oliver Willis - January 31, 2023The committee may also make ethics referrals for five Congress members, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who defied subpoenas from the panel.
By Associated Press - December 19, 2022Extremist factions within the Republican Party could wield disproportionate power in the 118th Congress. Expect internal discord, investigations, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Nick Vachon - November 23, 2022House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy previously said his caucus would not ‘play politics’ with impeachment.
By Josh Israel - November 17, 2022Arizona Rep. David Schweikert also said House Republicans want to ‘break up’ the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2022Republican officials and commentators were quick to declare the story ‘a fabrication,’ ‘#FakeNews,’ and ‘a fictive rape.’
By Lisa Needham - July 18, 2022Instead of supporting gun safety legislation, House Republican lawmakers blamed mass shootings on smartphones, door locks, and ‘taking God’s name in vain.’
By Kaishi Chhabra - June 09, 2022Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said the aid package amounted to ‘funding regime change and money laundering scams.’
By Emily Singer - May 11, 2022Nearly one-third of the House GOP caucus voted against a resolution that called on the United States to show support for the North Atlantic military alliance amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
By Emily Singer - April 06, 2022Recent polls show President Joe Biden’s approval rating is up, despite Republican criticism of his response to the Russian invasion.
By Emily Singer - March 08, 2022Trump hosted right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists at the White House in the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Oliver Willis - February 16, 2022Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan cited multiple false conspiracy theories while attempting to deny President Joe Biden’s election win following the Jan. 6 insurrection.
By Oliver Willis - February 04, 2022Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) repeatedly voted to impeach or hold Obama administration officials in contempt for refusal to cooperate with congressional investigations.
By Josh Israel - January 10, 2022Lawmakers promised to explore solutions to online COVID scams and online misinformation. But Republicans on the subcommittee had other plans.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 18, 2021Fox News repeated falsehoods from a House Republican attack against the attorney general.
By Oliver Willis - November 17, 2021Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for ‘attempting to block the investigation’ of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021Polling has shown bipartisan support among voters for spending on infrastructure.
By Oliver Willis - August 11, 2021Fox host Maria Bartiromo made the claim during an interview with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who did not push back.
By Oliver Willis - August 10, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made the choice to pull all of his members from the committee that’s probing the insurrection.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2021The House minority leader unsuccessfully tried to get Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN) onto the select committee to investigate the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2021They are demanding the House Republican Conference move immediately to ‘vacate the chair.’
By Josh Israel - July 23, 2021The Wyoming Republican said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has taken ‘every opportunity’ to block a legitimate investigation into the insurrection at the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - July 22, 2021The House speaker rejected the appointments of GOP Reps. Jim Banks and Jim Jordan, both of whom voted to overturn the Joe Biden’s win, and spread the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
By Emily Singer - July 21, 2021