SPRINGFIELD, IL – In a release regarding tomorrow’s hearings concerning Illinois House Bill 4244, which amends H.R. 550, the Immunization Data Registry Act, Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) has announced her intention to vote “no.” “I voted against the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act because I oppose giving President Biden any additional influence over state COVID policies and I oppose forcing taxpayers to fund state vaccine databases that could violate my constituents’ privacy and civil rights,” said Rep. Miller. “H.R. 550 empowered the Biden Department of Health and Human Servi ..read more

WASHINGTON DC – Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is introducing new legislation that would assist families of police officers who die by suicide after experiencing trauma as a result of their work. This issue, in particular, has taken on a new urgency after the aftermath of last year’s January 6th attack on the US Capitol. Duckworth says that the bill is also intended to help officers qualify for disability benefits if they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because of their job. Duckworth says she is optimistic the legislation, co-sponsored by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), will be able to ..read more

MACOMB, IL – Representative Norine K. Hammond (R) is on a tour of communities in the 94th Illinois House District sharing her vision for the future of the area in addition to announcing her intentions to seek re-election to the Illinois House in the upcoming 2022 election cycle. Rep. Hammond previously represented the 93rd District which has shifted into the 94th District upon completion of the 2020 remapping encompassing all or parts of 12 counties throughout west central and northwest Illinois. Local residents and media are invited to join Representative Hammond for this campaign event at an ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — More than a year after the 2020 presidential election, the GOP is still covering numerous legal bills for the benefit of former President Donald Trump — and the price tag is ruffling the feathers of some longtime GOP donors who are now critical of Trump. In October and November alone, the Republican National Committee spent nearly $720,000 of its donor money on paying law firms representing Trump in various legal challenges, including criminal investigations into his businesses in New York, according to campaign finance records. Trump’s legal bills have sent the Republican Party ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — As the omicron coronavirus variant sweeps the nation, the Biden administration on Friday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to greenlight sweeping vaccination requirements for health workers and employees of large private businesses in an urgent push to slow the spread of the virus. The justices will hear oral arguments in a pair of highly-expedited cases that could determine whether millions of doctors, nurses and health facility staff must be vaccinated to stay on the job, and whether thousands of employers must soon implement vaccine-or-testing programs for their workforces. Mor ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was found outside the building, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. She was then evacuated. The news was first reported by Politico. Capitol Police began investigating the pipe bomb on Jan. 6, 2021 at 1:07 p.m., according to an official Capitol Police timeline of events Politico reports it obtained, and Secret Service evacuated a “protectee” at approximately 1:14 p.m, seven minutes later. Sources confirmed to Politico that Harris was the “protectee ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — House investigators looking into the siege of the U.S. Capitol a year ago have contacted a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers militia, seeking to interview him about his time with the militia group and its founder, Stewart Rhodes, according to the former Oath Keeper, Jason Van Tatenove, and a congressional source familiar with the matter. The request to interview Van Tatenhove, who says he left the Oath Keepers by 2018, suggests that House investigators are casting a wide net as they gather information about Rhodes as they wait to see if he will cooperate with their probe. Va ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — One year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin reflected on the whirlwind period between the death of his 25-year-old son and the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump following the attack. Raskin’s son, Tommy Raskin, died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. The day after his son was buried, Raskin was on Capitol Hill when supporters of Trump stormed the Capitol. “The day after we buried Tommy in a small family COVID-19 graveside service, we had the violent insurrection at the Capitol and the attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential e ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party’s most prominent elder statesmen was there. ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl spoke to former Vice President Dick Cheney just off the House floor. Asked why he came to the Capitol this day, Cheney said, “It’s an important historical event,” referring to the anniversary of the insurrection. “You can’t overestimate how important it is.” He added, “I’m deeply disappointed we don’t have better leadership in the Republican Party to restore the Constitution.” He ..read more

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden took the oath of office just days after the violent attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6, but he has fastidiously tried to prevent those unprecedented circumstances — or his predecessor — from dominating his first year in the White House. But on the anniversary of the insurrection Thursday, he confronted former President Donald Trump in a direct, personal way, in some of his strongest language yet. “We must be absolutely clear about what is true and what is a lie. And here’s truth,” he said, speaking from Statuary Hall in the Capitol that rioters ransacked last ..read more