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Santos, who has acknowledged lying to New York voters about his past, has picked up two committee assignments. The vote to censure Gosar and remove him from his House committee assignments was approved almost entirely along party lines. Gosar will return to the House Natural Resources Committee and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, his assignments before the punishment. Santos will serve on two lower-profile committees: the House Small Business Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. ___OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE NOTABLESRep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, chairman of ultra-conservative Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus, retained his seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and added a new assignment: the high-profile House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), whose phone was seized in the Jan. 6 probe, has been assigned to the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating President Biden.

The panel will also focus on alleged coordination between social media giants and the federal government. "The weaponization of the federal government against individual Americans must end," Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., tweeted Tuesday. "House Republicans are on it." “This is about the First Amendment, something you guys used to care about,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who will also run the new investigative committee, said at a Tuesday press conference. “It's official — we now have a Church-style Committee to investigate the weaponization of the federal government,” Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., said in a tweet following Tuesday’s vote.

The new leadership of the House of Representatives is filled with Republican legislators who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. After a historic 15 ballots, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., became House speaker late Friday night. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was a vocal supporter of McCarthy's speakership bid and another vote against election certification. Behind McCarthy in the Republican House leadership are a number of fellow 2020 election deniers. At the committee chair level, a majority of the gavels were distributed to Republicans who were in support of overturning the election results.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on Sunday wouldn’t pledge to stay off the possible new House committee that would investigate probes into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol despite being a subject of a Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry into the matter. “Why should I be limited — why should anybody be limited —…

Republican representatives said Sunday they are not worried that Kevin McCarthy gave up too much in order to secure the gavel.

Representative-elect Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, joined Fox News on Friday to sound off on the vote to elect a Speaker.

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A group of hard-right House Republicans has stood this week between McCarthy and the speaker’s gavel, issuing a broad array of complaints.

Most are members of the House Freedom Caucus, a hard-right group that also had strained relationships with former House speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. “Everyone supporting Kevin McCarthy, or at least voicing their support for Kevin McCarthy is doing so in their own selfish political interests," Good said after Tuesday's raucous, closed-door GOP conference meeting. “Everyone who is opposing Kevin McCarthy is doing so in conflict with their own selfish political interest. A former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Biggs filed articles of impeachment in the last Congress against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. McCarthy took up the cause in his push to become House speaker, saying that if Mayorkas didn't resign, GOP-led investigations could lead to impeachment proceedings.

The Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the next House speaker generally have made their mark as part of the GOP’s ultra conservative wing.

MAGA allies are turning on each other amid infighting over Kevin McCarthy's ailing bid to be elected Speaker of the House.

The House will convene Wednesday as Republicans try again to elect a speaker for the new Congress.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), a critic of House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (Calif.) bid to become Speaker, argued ahead of the House leadership vote that McCarthy has “rejected” his opportunity to win the speakership. Perry said in a statement Tuesday morning that he and a group of other Republicans have “worked in good faith for…

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers should face ethics investigations for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas, the House Jan. 6 committee said Monday in the culmination of a monthslong standoff over their testimony. The Jan. 6 committee on Monday acknowledged that sending referrals to the House Ethics Committee was a major step, but said their defiance could not go unanswered. It will ultimately be up to the House Ethics panel, which is evenly decided between the parties, to investigate and decide on any punishment. But McCarthy later changed his tone, visiting Trump in Florida and rallying House Republicans to vote against investigations of the attack. Brooks, who has since become critical of Trump, was the only member not referred to the Ethics Committee.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has referred Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other GOP lawmakers to undergo an ethics investigation for their refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas.

The committee is also making criminal referrals to the Justice Department for former President Trump.

The committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, said Monday it would be referring four Republican members of Congress to the House Ethics Committee for refusing to comply with subpoenas. The members being referred to the committee include House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. The committee stated that Jordan participated in a number of post-election strategy meetings with White House officials and Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who was a point person in pushing false allegations about the election being stolen. Per the committee, Jordan had conversations with Trump and Giuliani on Jan. 6 and spoke with White House staff in the following days about the "prospect of Presidential pardons for Members of Congress." The document alleges that Perry, like Jordan, was involved in numerous White House meetings, including discussions over potential social media posts calling on Trump supporters to march on Congress.

The committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, said Monday it would be referring four Republican members of Congress to the House Ethics Committee for refusing to comply with subpoenas.

One hundred and forty-seven Republicans voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Almost all of them are still in office.

Seven more members of the House Freedom Caucus are threatening to oppose Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's ascension to speaker unless their demands are met.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has cleared the first major step toward becoming House speaker.

Former President Donald Trump has launched another run for the presidency, promising supporters he will “make America great and glorious again.”.

Former President Donald Trump has launched another run for the presidency, promising supporters he will “make America great and glorious again.”.

With Republicans just one win away from gaining control of the House, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is maneuvering to lock up support to become the next House speaker.

The House Jan. 6 committee is eyeing a close to its work and a final report laying out its findings about the U.S. Capitol insurrection by the end of the year.

Perry, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is a key figure in the DOJ investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

FBI agents reportedly seized the cellphone of Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry.

Scott Perry FBI FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 28, 2022. Perry says his cellphone was seized Tuesday, Aug. 9, by FBI agents carrying a search warrant. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON — (AP) — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry said his cellphone was seized Tuesday morning by FBI agents carrying a search warrant. The Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud in Pennsylvania or any other state, and senior Justice officials dismissed Perry's claims. Perry has said his “official communications” with Justice Department officials were consistent with the law.

-U.S. Rep. Scott Perry says his cellphone was seized Tuesday by FBI agents carrying a search warrant.

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry said his cellphone was seized Tuesday morning by FBI agents carrying a search warrant. Perry, though, has been a figure in the congressional investigation into President Donald Trump’s actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Former senior Justice Department officials have testified that Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, had “an important role” in Trump’s effort to try to install Jeffrey Clark — a top Justice official who was pushing Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud — as the acting attorney general.

Representative Scott Perry, an ally of former president Donald Trump, said Tuesday that the FBI confiscated his personal phone one day after federal agents searched Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

As the Senate contemplates legislation to protect same-sex marriages, there has been a sharp shift in Republican support for the issue.

Republicans Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas led the Senate challenge on Jan. 6, 2021, to Joe Biden's victory.

NPR has confirmed that Cassidy Hutchinson is expected to be the witness for today's Jan. 6 hearing.

Those involved with the insurrection have repeatedly pointed to Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) as the chief conduit for the House GOP Conference to the White House in Trump’s quest to overturn his defeat.

The committee debuted new evidence of Trump allies seeking pardons, while building out key elements of its case and linking Trump lawyers' plot to DOJ.

Trump White House aides told January 6 committee investigators about Republican lawmakers who asked to be pardoned after the Capitol riot.

Former top Justice Department officials have testified to the Jan. 6 committee that President Donald Trump hounded the department to pursue his false election fraud claims.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will convene the second of a series of hearings on Monday, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern. Follow along for live coverage and analysis.

The second public hearing on the Jan. 6 probe is slated to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Monday.

Last week’s televised hearing showed that there is a great deal that remains unknown to the public—and that Republicans could fill in many of the blank spaces in the record.

The Jan. 6 House select committee made the allegation in a hearing Thursday night.

The House Jan. 6 panel has interviewed more than 1,000 people who were directly or indirectly involved in the U.S. Capitol insurrection as it's probed the violent attack and former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to overturn his election defeat.

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection sent a letter to another House Republican in an effort to learn more about a tour he led of the building the day before the deadly attack.

House investigators are unlikely to call former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.

The theory, known as the “great replacement,” has gained currency on popular television programs and in the halls of Congress.

The Jan. 6 committee’s remarkable decision to subpoena GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other sitting members of Congress over the insurrection at the Capitol is as unprecedented as the deadly riot itself.

The Jan. 6 committee’s stunning decision to subpoena GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other sitting members of Congress over the insurrection at the Capitol is as unprecedented as the deadly riot itself.

House investigators say they have issued subpoenas to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection.

The committee sent out three letters to sitting members of Congress on Monday, seeking a range of information.

The panel investigating the attack on the Capitol asked U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks of Alabama and Ronny Jackson of Texas to appear.

The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 capitol riot will launch public hearings in June.

It's a connection that members of the House Jan. 6 committee are making explicit as they prepare to launch public hearings in June. Members have asked three GOP lawmakers — Jordan of Ohio, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California — to testify voluntarily. So did GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Louie Gohmert of Texas, according to testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant in the Trump White House. Less than a week later after the early December meeting at the White House, another plan emerged. In a meeting with House Freedom Caucus members and Trump White House officials, the discussion turned to the decisive action they believed that Pence could take on Jan. 6.

Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power.

Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded — at least temporarily — in delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s election to the White House. Hours before, Rep. Jim Jordan had been trying to achieve the same thing. Texting with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, a close ally and friend, at nearly midnight on Jan. 5, Jordan offered a legal rationale for what President Donald Trump was publicly demanding — that Vice President Mike Pence, in his ceremonial role presiding over the electoral count, somehow assert the authority to reject electors from Biden-won states.

Donald Trump Jr., the son of ex-President Donald Trump, and Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani are expected to be interviewed by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol is redoubling its efforts to have GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appear for an interview.

Rep. Scott Perry said Trump's CIA director was "covering for the Brits" in a text to Mark Meadows five days after the 2020 election was called.

In advance of Jan. 6, 2021, a top Secret Service official warned White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about the threat of violence that day as Trump supporters planned to mass on the Capitol, according to new testimony released late on Friday by the House committee investigating the insurrection.

Meeting with a man whose well water has been polluted for years, officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office asked him whether he’d consider accepting a treatment system from the gas driller charged with fouling his aquifer. Not a chance, Ray Kemble told them. One of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom has entered a difficult new phase as prosecutors pursue criminal charges against the state’s most prolific gas driller — and push for a settlement they say could yield more significant benefits for homeowners than a conviction.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s refusal to provide information to a committee investigating the Capitol riot is deepening a standoff between the committee and GOP lawmakers.

The committee has asked Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Scott Perry (Pa.) to talk to them about conversations they either had with Trump on the day of the attack, or about any conversations they had with Trump allies leading up to Jan. 6.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Sunday he will not cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.Why it matters: Both members of Congress the committee has sought out for information are declining to turn over documents or be interviewed voluntarily, forcing its nine members to decide whether they will attempt to subpoena their colleagues.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeRep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) las

Indiana congressman Greg Pence watched the Jan. 6 insurrection unfold from an extraordinary perch.

A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and information from Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio.

The select committee wants to ask Republican Rep. Jim Jordan about his communications with then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.

Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry called the committee "illegitimate."

Capitol Breach Investigation FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., takes a question from a reporter at a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Aug. 23, 2021. The committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview with Perry. Perry, who has continuously disputed the validity of Biden's victory in Pennsylvania, has said he obliged Trump's request for an introduction to Clark, then an assistant attorney general whom Perry knew from unrelated legislative matters. The Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud in Pennsylvania or any other state, and senior Justice officials dismissed Perry's claims. Perry has said his “official communications” with Justice Department officials were consistent with the law.

Rep. Scott Perry is the first lawmaker to be asked to answer questions as part of the House select committee's probe of the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters.

The committee wants information from the incoming House Freedom Caucus leader about his efforts to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general.

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview with Perry. The letter requests an interview with Perry, who pushed the Justice Department to overturn the election and met with Trump ahead of the violent attack, according to investigators. The panel also asked for any documents and correspondence between Perry and Trump, his legal team or anyone involved in the planning of Jan. 6 events. The three men went on to discuss their shared concerns about the election, Perry has said. Perry has previously said his “official communications” with Justice Department officials were consistent with the law.

Republican congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has rebuffed a request for him to sit down for an interview and turn over documents to the committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks by passing a bill to tackle Islamophobia worldwide.

The House panel investigating the Jan_ 6 Capitol insurrection has focused some of its early work on the planning behind a massive rally at which President Donald Trump falsely claimed to have won reelection and told his supporters to “fight like hell.”.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is asking social media and telecommunications companies to preserve phone or computer records for hundreds of people.

The House passed two bills Thursday to require background checks on all firearms sales and transfers and to allow an expanded 10-day review for gun purchases. While enhanced background checks are generally popular with the American public, even with some conservatives, Congress has so far not been able to find compromise on the issue. “These solutions will save lives.”President Joe Biden has called for Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring the background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. AdThe second bill, which passed 219-210, would extend the review period for background checks from three to 10 days. While the House bills have Republican cosponsors and won a handful of GOP votes, most Republicans voted against them.

Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the process. One Republican lawmaker publicly called for invoking the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office before Biden is inaugurated. The support Trump has received for his efforts to overturn the election results have badly strained the nation’s democratic guardrails. Some House lawmakers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices. The Pentagon said about 1,100 District of Columbia National Guard members were being mobilized to help support law enforcement at the Capitol.

Under election law the House would intervene if the Electoral College gave no presidential candidate the majority Jan. 6. “There ain't no light at the end of the tunnel in the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said at a recent press conference. The president can be selected by a House majority — 26 states — if the Electoral College deadlocks or is unable to agree on the winner. Another is Montana, where Democratic state Rep. Kathleen Williams and Republican state Auditor Matt Rosendale are vying for the state's lone at-large seat. Veteran GOP election lawyer Ben Ginsberg said there’s a long ways to go from election day Nov. 3 and a potential House vote on Jan. 6.