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House and Senate are both in session, but to what end? … House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday will take up two articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … what’s the latest on the Lankford/Biden open borders deal? McConnell says “the politics have changed” … all this and more.

TPPA Weekly Washington Report – 01/22/24 by Tea Party Patriots

Christmas break is over, and House and Senate are back in town with deadlines looming — but, look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a TOPLINE NUMBERS AGREEMENT! … Hunter Biden’s defiance of a congressional subpoena will be fodder for Oversight and Judiciary Committees, which will both vote to hold him in contempt of Congress … Defense Secretary was hospitalized for four days before anyone at the White House knew … Homeland Security Committee will launch impeachment hearings against DHS Secretary Mayorkas … CO and ME knock Trump off the ballot, but the Supreme Court says “Not so fast!” … all this and more.

The House votes to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, just hours after Hunter Biden defies a subpoena and mocks House Republicans … Senate negotiators still have yet to finalize an agreement on border security to go with that emergency foreign aid bill … Speaker Johnson thinks better of it, and pulls competing Sec. 702 reauthorization bills from floor consideration … all this and more.

With the Christmas break fast approaching, House and Senate buckle down for a final week of legislating before heading out of town for three weeks ... the emergency supplemental for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border security is still up in the air … Hunter Biden was indicted, but Joe Biden was protected … will the House vote to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden? … all this and more.

Senate Democrats walk away from negotiations with Senate Republicans over supplemental spending; will Schumer call McConnell’s bluff? … House Republicans move toward a formal authorization vote to approve a Biden impeachment inquiry … will Hunter Biden testify behind closed doors or open? … Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s long hold on military promotions may be coming to an end … all this and more.

House and Senate pass a CR to keep the government funded through the holiday, and it won’t cost Speaker Johnson his job … Senate Dems say they support Israel, but vote against funding .. House Ethics Committee issues damning report on its investigation of Rep. George Santos — is he about to become the sixth Member ever to be expelled? … Iran is still enriching uranium … all this and more.

House and Senate have five days to pass a bill funding the government; will they get it done? … GOP-led House Oversight Committee subpoenas Hunter and James Biden, son and brother to the president of hte United States … minor, but only minor, movement on Biden’s request for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the southern border … all this and more.

House and Senate are back, government funding expires 11/17, and no one has yet discussed publicly whether or not Congress will pass another short-term Continuing Resolution to keep the government open — House Republicans will discuss this in Conference on Tuesday … House passes an Israel-only, IRS-rescission-funded emergency supplemental spending bill, but it’s DOA in the Senate … House Oversight Committee finds a dirfect payment to Joe Biden … Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is drawing attention to problems at the Pentagon … all this and more.

The House FINALLY elects a new Speaker! … then the House gets back to work and passes another appropriations bill … up this week, another three approps bills in the House and a three-bill “minibus” in the Senate … will Biden’s request for $106 billion in emergency spending on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the border make it through Congress in one piece? … More guilty pleas in the GA election interference case, but to what end? … Chuck Grassley says there have been 40 different FBI/DOJ sources with criminal information about Joe Biden, but what’s been done to vet the information? … All this and more.

Biden gives a rotten speech and asks Congress for $105 billion in supplemental funds for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but Republicans aren’t convinced … two plea deals in GA Trump case, but neither one is found guilty of the RICO conspiracy charge … illegal immigration is worse than ever, and CBP now warns of Islamic terrorists crossing our border … how’s that contest to select a new Speaker of the House going, anyway? … all this and more.

The Senate is back in town, and so is the House — or is it? We’ll find out Tuesday … the US needs a new ambassador to Israel, but is Jack Lew the guy? Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton says no … what’s the latest on the contest for Speaker of the House? Will Jim Jordan earn the 217 votes he needs to get the House a new Speaker? … all this and more

Congress avoids a temporary, partial government shutdown by a healthy margin in both houses; what was the hubbub about, anyway? … continued aid to Ukraine is on the line … liberal lioness Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom fills the seat with a black female, as he promised … updates on Biden crime family saga and the Biden impeachment inquiry … all this and more.

The clock is ticking on a government shutdown — less than one week left. What’s the latest? … Special Counsel Jack Smith tries to muzzle former President Trump … what’s the truth about US aid to Ukraine? … fact-checkers are rewriting their Biden-Ukraine narrative in light of new facts brought to light by Just the News … New Mexico’s Governor thinks the Constitution doesn’t apply … Hunter Biden is (finally!) charged with three felonies … all this and more.

House and Senate return from August recess a third of the way through September, to find a spending crisis staring them in the face … Dem mayors and governors learn the hard way that chickens have a tendency to come home to roost, at least when it comes to illegal immigration … Joe BIden used three different alias emails when he was VP! Who knew? … Can the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from a second term in the WH? No! … all this and more.

Whatever happened to Biden’s Iran nuclear arms deal negotiator, the one who lost his security clearance? … Illegal immigration is rising again, no matter what the Biden Administration says … Can the Constitution really prevent Donald Trump from serving again as president? A Florida lawyer thinks so, and sues to get an answer … Bombshell stories in the NYT and Politico reveal Hunter Biden’s lawyers’ intimidation and threats against DOJ attorneys … Viktor Shokin, at the center of the Ukraine controversy that goes back to Trump’s first impeachment, says he thinks that the BIdens were bribed … Trump indicted AGAIN for gibberish … all this and more.

The Congressional Budget Office has a new projection out for the FY 2023 deficit, and it’s a doozy — up $200 billion in just two months! … a win for Donald Trump in his court fight against special counsel Jack Smith … House Oversight issues another Biden Crime Family memo, revealing $20 million FROM FOREIGN SOURCES WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT … AG Merrick Garland throws a curve ball, and appoints a special counsel to take over the investigatiopn of Hunter Biden — and it’s the same guy as was running the investigation before! … All this and more

What’s up with the Biden Administration’s claims on lower illegal immigration numbers? … Three House committee chairmen want to know more from the DOJ about that sketchy Hunter Biden plea deal … Hunter’s forme business partner Devon Archer gave a transcribed interview to House Oversight and Accountability that blows Joe Biden’s lies out of the water … Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump AGAIN … all this and more.

House and Senate are gone until September — what awaits them when they return? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su has now waited longer for a confirmation vote than any cabinet nominee ever — will she ever get a vote? … State Dept gives House an update on the Biden envoy to Iran who lost his security clearance, but doesn’t say much … Hunter’s sweetheart plea deal blows up in the courtroomo; what’s next? … all this and more.

House and Senate begin consideration of the annual defense policy bill … Dems attack the Supreme Court, another Democrat (a Kennedy, no less!), and the First Amendment … Texas becomes largest GOP-led state to leave ERIC … IRS whistleblowers blow the doors off testimony before House Oversight … Grassley releases the FBI document with allegations of a $5 million bribe paid to Joe Biden, and you can read it for yourself! … All this and more.