March 11, 2019 Hoyer hits back at Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez after Pelosi backs away from Trump impeachment push House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland hit back at some of the most visible new Democrats in Congress when asked Monday by ӣƵ about the push to impeach President Trump: “We’ve got 62 new (Democratic) members. Not three.”
March 7, 2019 Ilhan Omar highlights Islamophobia in statement celebrating House resolution Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., co-wrote a statement Thursday evening praising the resolution passed in the House of Representatives that condemned many forms of hate -- a resolution that emerged after critics labeled some of her own comments anti-Semitic.
March 6, 2019 Tlaib says she'll introduce articles of impeachment against Trump this month Freshman Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib appeared to clash with party leadership on Wednesday after joining protesters to say she'd introduce a resolution this month urging the Judiciary Committee to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
March 2, 2019 Rashida Tlaib's campaign paid her $17,500 in salary after Election Day, in possible violation of FEC rules: report U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing questions after campaign records revealed she paid herself $17,500 as a salary after the midterm elections, in what appeared to be a violation of campaign finance rules.
March 1, 2019 Omar, Tlaib say critics charge 'anti-Semitism' against them as way to end debate over Israel's policies Two outspoken freshmen congressional Democrats appeared at a progressive town hall this week, where they accused some of their Jewish colleagues of leveling anti-Semitism charges following their criticisms of Israel in order to shut down any debate over that U.S. ally's policies.
February 28, 2019 CNN's Don Lemon praises Tlaib for hitting Meadows: She's 'probably more in touch with the people' than Congress CNN anchor Don Lemon offered praise for Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, for her spat with colleague Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, after he brought a Trump ally to the Cohen hearing to refute claims that President Donald Trump is a racist.
February 1, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez, fellow freshmen urge border-security negotiators to cut DHS funding Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and fellow congressional freshmen on Friday urged negotiators trying to hammer out a border-security compromise and avoid another government shutdown to cut funding for the Department of Homeland Security, claiming the agency has “promulgated an agenda driven by hate—not strategy.”
January 25, 2019 Rashida Tlaib once complained sister was on no-fly list – now that she’s in Congress, details on status are scarce Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib said publicly in 2012 that her sister was on the "no-fly list," lamenting at the time that as a state representative in Michigan, she couldn’t get her off it.
January 24, 2019 Florida official gets formal reprimand for Facebook post saying Rep. Tlaib might 'blow up Capitol Hill' A local lawmaker in Florida has been formally reprimanded by her colleagues for remarks she made for calling freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.”
January 9, 2019 Tlaib doubles down on lack of regret for Trump remarks, has message for women Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., doubled down on her lack of regret on making expletive-laden remarks about impeaching President Donald Trump despite the controversy she caused.