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Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is taking fire from the left after saying on Wednesday that an impeachment inquiry is not underway.

NEW YORK — Instead of condemning Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar for their rabid antisemitism or for plotting a trip to Israel clearly meant to demonize and smear the Mideast’s only democracy, Democratic leaders continue to fume at Israel’s envoy to Washington, Ron Dermer, over statements he made prior to the denial of entry to the two extremist Congresswomen.

TEL AVIV – Senior Democratic members of Congress are said to have launched discussions to formally censure the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Jerusalem’s envoy in Washington over Israel’s decision to bar entry to congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

Senior Democratic members of Congress have reportedly been in discussion about ways to condemn Israel’s envoy to Washington, Ron Dermer, and the Trump administration’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, over their support for the Israeli government’s decision to deny entry to Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas snubbed a visiting delegation of Republican members of Congress on Tuesday, even though he had met with a delegation of Democrats the week before, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) told the Jewish Insider.

Democrat lawmaker are already looking beyond universal background checks in hopes of pressuring Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) into banning “assault weapons” too.

TEL AVIV – Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are part of a “movement” within the Democratic party that is pulling it away from Israel, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) told the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

The $15 minimum wage has forced some business owners in New York City to cut staff and raise their prices.

TEL AVIV – A delegation of some 41 House Democrats led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer flew to Israel Monday, defying efforts by radical left-wing groups to persuade the lawmakers to nix the AIPAC-linked trip. 

House Republicans launched a national ad campaign with several district-specific targets that depicts Democrat Socialists burglarizing America’s homes, an effort by the GOP to expose H.R. 1–a bill that would take Americans’ money away and use it for Democrat campaigns.

The House approved a bill Thursday that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by the year 2025 if passed by the Senate.

Pandemonium overtook the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat-led effort to rebuke President Donald Trump over his criticisms of socialist lawmakers backfired badly, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi violating the rules of the chamber.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was found to have broken the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives by calling President Donald Trump “racist” on the floor Tuesday, but Democrats voted to keep her remarks in the record and restore her speaking privileges.

House Democrats are angling to unfreeze the cap on congressional salaries, which would result in a $4,500 cost-of-living raise next year.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he would schedule a Contempt of Congress vote against AG Barr and WH Council McGahn on June 11.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) falsely claimed Wednesday that Democrats have “never” denied that there is a “crisis” on the U.S.-Mexico border — a statement directly contradicted by the words of multiple party leaders just months ago.

Democratic Party leaders are not demanding that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) apologize for offensive remarks about the Holocaust. Instead, they are demanding that Republicans apologize to her for their outraged reactions to her comments.

The DREAM Act has reportedly temporarily stalled in the House because amnesty activists are insisting that Democrats grant a pathway to citizenship to illegal immigrants who have committed crimes.

Failed Democrat Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is reiterating his support for impeachment following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election. 

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Thursday evening backtracked on his position that impeaching President Donald Trump after the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would not be “worthwhile at this point” after his primary challenger called him a coward and stated that she was “in favor” of impeachment.

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared Thursday that she will support a resolution demanding a new probe into whether President Trump should face impeachment following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Thursday that the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report shows pursuing impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump is “not worthwhile at this point.”

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, told the Washington Post in an interview that he still believes President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government, despite Special Counsel Robert Mueller finding that there was no collusion.

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) warned a third-party run by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz could risk Democrats losing the 2020 presidential election. Hoyer predicted if he ran, he would siphon votes away

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claimed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump told him that he would sign the Dream Act if Congress passes a bill to give amnesty to millions of so-called Dreamers.

Ilhan Omar is learning she can attack Jews with complete impunity. And perhaps Jewish Democrats are learning where their party really stands.

On Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) reacted to Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) statement on the House’s reaction to statements made by Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) by stating Sanders is wrong, and “This is not about

Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) voiced his support for former Vice President Joe Biden in 2020. Host Joe Kernen asked the Maryland congressman if Biden is a “viable candidate at this point,” to which

Senator and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) accused House Democrat leadership of targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as House Democrats draft a resolution condemning anti-semitism prompted by her latest anti-Jewish remarks.

Pelosi’s contention that Ilhan Omar had not been “intentionally antisemitic” contradicts a recent timeline, which shows Omar was repeatedly made aware that her rhetoric was hateful.

House Democrats cannot agree on a resolution to condemn antisemitism, and a closed-door meeting Wednesday to discuss the issue reportedly collapsed into infighting as rank-and-file members challenged the party leadership.

House Democrats on March 12 will reportedly introduce an expanded version of the Dream Act that will provide protections and a pathway to citizenship for “millions” of so-called Dreamers. In addition, the bill will also offer increased protections for those with “Temporary Protected Status” and refugees who have received Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status.

House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Wednesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) could face “further action” from Democrat leaders if she continues expressing prejudiced views.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic Party leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives will allow Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to retain her committee seats, including her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, despite her antisemitic comments Sunday alleging that Jews had bought Congress’s support for Israel.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) criticized calls to abolish ICE and stated that the organization is an “absolutely” necessary one. Hoyer said, “Some suggested eliminating ICE as an organization.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced Thursday that he plans to bring a vote on impeaching President Trump to the House floor for the third time, even if House Democrats are not on board with his plan.