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‘Shameful’: Republican doesn't hold back after Mike Johnson makes government funding deal
3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘Shameful’: Republican doesn't hold back after Mike Johnson makes government funding deal

Raw Story  

MAGA U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison is blasting Mike Johnson over the speaker's bipartisan legislation to keep the government running past the Friday midnight deadline and through the middle of March — calling it a "total dumpster fire" and "garbage." Asked about the continuing resolution, which includes $100 billion in disaster relief for areas hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, …

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'Total dumpster fire': Republicans rage at Mike Johnson over new government funding chaos
3 weeks, 3 days ago

'Total dumpster fire': Republicans rage at Mike Johnson over new government funding chaos

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House Republicans lashed out at Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting about a stopgap government funding bill. "It's a total dumpster fire," Rep. Eric Burlison told reporters. Burlison noted that Johnson was prepared to add a billion dollars to the budget even as Republicans were celebrating the creation of President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, chaired …

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'Needs to be abolished': Republican sets sights on axing ATF and calls agency a 'disaster'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Needs to be abolished': Republican sets sights on axing ATF and calls agency a 'disaster'

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Congressional Republicans are aiming at a new target in their promise to gut federal agencies once Donald Trump reemerges in the White House with a GOP trifecta. Rep. Eric Burlison said he plans to introduce a measure that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, which he attacked for continuously violating “citizen rights and Second …

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'This town needs a purge': Republican uses graphic description to praise Musk's 'DOGE'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'This town needs a purge': Republican uses graphic description to praise Musk's 'DOGE'

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Rep. Eric Burlison used some colorful language during a House committee meeting Tuesday to indicate his excitement for tech billionaire Elon Musk's new advisory role in Donald Trump's White House. DOGE, which takes its name from a popular internet meme, is not a federal department, but rather an informal task force set up for Musk and fellow Trump loyalist Vivek …

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Johnson's push to shelve Gaetz's ethics probe divides House GOP: report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Johnson's push to shelve Gaetz's ethics probe divides House GOP: report

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has set off a new rift within the Republican caucus with his latest move to protect former Rep. Matt Gaetz, now Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, from public scrutiny. The vote was canceled at the last minute and Johnson told the caucus he didn't support releasing the report because Gaetz resigned earlier this week and …

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Pete Buttigieg just testified before Congress. It did not go well for Republicans
1 year, 3 months ago

Pete Buttigieg just testified before Congress. It did not go well for Republicans

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, where he was forced to educate Republicans on a wide variety of topics, from climate change to not needing passports to fly domestically, to subsidies for oil and gas companies. In one heated back-and-forth, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, who has been fighting a subpoena …

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Right-wing Freedom Caucus grows ranks after revolt cripples House
1 year, 6 months ago

Right-wing Freedom Caucus grows ranks after revolt cripples House

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The ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus has added two new members amid an ongoing revolt against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Politico reports. Rep. Bob Good, also a Freedom Caucus member, attributed the voting bloc’s newest additions to the pushback against McCarthy. “A couple of those individuals wanted to join the Freedom Caucus at a time when the Freedom Caucus is staking …

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Grand jurors: St. Louis prosecutor’s actions ‘reprehensible’
2 years, 8 months ago

Grand jurors: St. Louis prosecutor’s actions ‘reprehensible’

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ST. LOUIS — Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens urged a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday reported that grand jury members last month sent a letter detailing their …

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Second special prosecutor appointed over Greitens case
5 years, 5 months ago

Second special prosecutor appointed over Greitens case

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ST. LOUIS — Last year’s criminal case involving Missouri’s former governor is under the scrutiny of a second special prosecutor, this time to investigate allegations from St. Louis’ prosecutor. Presiding St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Tuesday appointed retired Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bradley to investigate allegations against Eric Greitens’ attorneys from St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim …

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Judge refuses to overturn $4.7 billion talc powder verdict
6 years ago

Judge refuses to overturn $4.7 billion talc powder verdict

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ST. LOUIS — A Missouri judge denied Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict awarded to nearly two dozen women who said the company’s talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison, in a ruling Wednesday, cited evidence of what he called “particularly reprehensible conduct” by Johnson & Johnson. The lawsuit …

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