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Associated PressMarch 13, 2024

'We have a national security obligation to prevent America’s most strategic adversary from being so involved in our lives.'

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2018

Tarpon Springs Republican Gus Bilirakis is facing heat over a five-year-old vote against the Violence Against Women’s Act. Since 1994, Congress has taken every opportunity to reauthorize the Act, which provides protections for victims of domestic violence. However, in 2013, several congressional Republicans pushed back hard against reauthorization — a group that included Bilirakis. The legislation funds rape […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 25, 2015

Speaker John A. Boehner‘s stunning announcement Friday that he will resign from his House seat next month caps a 25-year career marked by legislative victories and intra-party conflicts. Boehner’s third term as speaker started with a tumultuous election on Jan. 6 that saw 25 Republicans voting for someone else or voting present. The group of […]

Tag: Cathy McMorris Rodgers

House passes bill that would lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner doesn’t sell. Senate path unclear

Gus Bilirakis defends 2013 opposition to Violence Against Women’s Act

Achievements, pitfalls marked John Boehner’s final years as U.S. House speaker