AuthorEmily Singer

Republican Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia said on Jan. 12 that the way to handle problems with Social Security and to increase wealth is for people to work longer and retire later. Allen said that his constituents have told him that that is exactly what they want to do. As seen in a video released by the organization, Allen is asked in a hallway in Congress by a staffer with Social Security Works, an...

A new poll released on Thursday has found that a majority of New York Republican Rep. George Santos’ constituents want him to resign, following revelations that the freshman lawmaker lied about nearly his entire biography. The survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling, found that 60% of voters in New York’s 3rd Congressional District want Santos to resign, including 38% of...

House Republicans plan to resurrect a bill that would require doctors to provide care to infants who are born prematurely or survive an abortion — action that is already mandated by law. Politico reports that the GOP’s reintroduction of the bill, one of a number of measures championed by anti-abortion groups, is a result of pressure from those groups, even though the bill would be extremely...

Democrats on Tuesday flipped a state Senate seat in Virginia, expanding on the party’s majority and providing another vote to block any anti-abortion legislation pushed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Democrat Aaron Rouse won the special election in Virginia’s 7th state Senate District, narrowly defeating Republican opponent Kevin Adams by a margin of 50.4% to 49.5%, according to...

Kevin Adams, the Republican nominee for a competitive state Senate special election in Virginia, took a quarter of a million dollars in campaign contributions from anti-abortion lawmakers, according to a review of campaign finance records by the American Independent Foundation. The outcome of the contest could have implications for abortion rights in Virginia, as Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin...

The House of Representatives is at a standstill because the Republican majority hasn’t been able to elect a speaker in the new session of Congress. The gridlock is preventing members of Congress from receiving briefings, constituents are unable to get the services they need from their representatives, and thousands of congressional staffers risk not getting paid if the situation continues...

A growing number of Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that their inability to elect a House speaker is damaging their party. “As long as we’re fighting each other, we are not keeping our eye on the prize,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a Fox News appearance on Tuesday. “And I think we have to get the speakership settled and we have to...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis defied the will of voters in his state on Tuesday when he appointed to a seat on a state appeals court a judge who had just recently lost a race for reelection to his seat on a different court. The judge, Jared Smith, lost a primary for his seat on the Hillsborough County Circuit Court in August. DeSantis appointed Smith to serve on Florida’s 6th...

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have not said whether they stand by a newly elected member of their caucus who lied about much of his past experience. A New York Times report published Monday morning found Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) told so many lies that it’s unclear what, if anything, in his background is true. Santos lied about having worked at Citigroup and...

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday called for the state to eliminate general election runoffs, saying they’re a nuisance for voters. “I’m calling on the General Assembly to visit the topic of the General Election Runoff and consider reforms,” Raffensperger said in a statement, adding, “No one wants to be dealing with...