Keeping An Eye On The Biden Administration: Biden now says he’s ‘happy to meet’ with Speaker Mike Johnson on Ukraine aid bill

February 19, 2024

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Biden now says he’s ‘happy to meet’ with Speaker Mike Johnson on Ukraine aid bill

President Joe Biden now says he’s “happy to meet” with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a reversal from his stance in recent weeks. Johnson has been trying to set up a meeting with Biden for weeks to talk about funding for the war in Ukraine and for border security, calls the president rejected but is […]

Alejandro Mayorkas impeached by House over border crisis after surviving vote last week

House Republicans have impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday evening, making the Biden administration official the first Cabinet member to be removed in nearly 150 years. The vote was the second attempt by House Republicans to impeach Mayorkas after they failed to do so last week in an embarrassing blow to House Speaker […]

Bill Maher suggests Biden bow out at DNC after he ‘stayed too long at the fair’

Talk show host Bill Maher shared his opinion Friday that President Joe Biden should remain a one-term president and drop out of the 2024 race during the Democratic National Convention. Maher made reference to his nickname for the president, “Ruth Bader Biden,” during his Friday episode of Real Talk with Bill Maher. He has used […]

Alejandro Mayorkas dodges impeachment by House over border crisis

House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday that will temporarily spare the Cabinet official from facing removal proceedings. Lawmakers voted by a narrow margin of 214-216 to reject the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, who was confirmed by the Senate in February 2021 to lead the department's […]

House GOP builds momentum for Mayorkas impeachment with panel vote

A House panel’s Wednesday vote to approve articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas brings Republicans one step closer to deposing President Joe Biden's border chief. Shortly after midnight, the Republican-controlled committee approved two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas by a party-line vote of 18-15. The articles charge Mayorkas with willful and systemic […]

Mayorkas impeachment careens toward vote as Republicans and Democrats sharpen defense

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may be the first Cabinet official to be impeached since 1876 as the House moves forward with proceedings against him. The House Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to mark up two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on Tuesday. In the days leading up to the markup, Republicans and Democrats have […]