Warner charged Trump for not appointing a government official who has previous senatorial confirmation, for example, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Solicitor General Noel Francisco. The senator has been at odds with the White House since January 2017, most notably for his admonishment of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during the months-long confirmation process.
Experts and advocates for the program claim it will increase voter participation among the public, provide a better variety of candidates for elected office, and reduce levels of political tribalism.
“I never thought the day would come when I would run for political office,” said Arash Ebrahimi as he announced that he would run in the 33rd State Senate district’s yet-to-be-scheduled special election. “However, inspired by my father’s courage to leave behind his home country for the promise of our ‘shining city on a hill,’ I cannot simply sit by and watch as government regulations and spending expands.”
Already with almost 100 targets, the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives begins to reveal their “hit list” for the 116th Congress.
Approximately 31 percent of registered voters aged 18 to 29 cast ballots during the midterm elections. The results were well above the midterm election turnout of 2014, and the highest for any midterm in the past 25 years.
Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-10) said there is an effort to remove President Trump’s pick from the Supreme Court “through further investigation of the uncorroborated allegations against him,” that were brought forth during his now-infamous Senate confirmation hearing. He added that 2019’s House Judiciary Committee would be “all in” on an impeachment effort against Trump.
The relationship between White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and President Donald Trump has become politically strained over the last year, being overshadowed by a sense of controversy and contention that has dominated Kelly’s decorum with Trump and others within the West Wing.
With one of the largest concentrations of active-duty and retired men and women of the armed forces and 2018’s most patriotic state in America, the values of the Commonwealth of Virginia are undoubtedly defined in the brilliance of the American flag, and indeed the size of the new one.
“To give the next Delegate from the 24th District as much time as possible to prepare for the upcoming session, and to ensure that the people of the 24th District are represented for the entire 2019 session, I am calling a special election for December 18th,” Speaker Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) said.
Considering Maxine Waters (CA-43), who constantly spars with Trump, is set to take over the House Financial Services Committee, subpoenas could be coming day one of next year’s congressional session.
