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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Eager to impeach President聽Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that Speaker聽Kevin McCarthy聽faces in controlling
stanley cup the majority party.The ability of single lawmaker, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to push forward the impeachment resolution caught Republicans off guard by the unscripted move this week. Many viewed it as a political distraction from other priorities.The measure charges Biden with high crimes and misdemeanors over his handling of the聽U.S. border with Mexico.Boebert, backed by her allies, showed how a lone lawmaker in the 435-member House could
stanley cup use the chamber rules to force a snap vote on such a grave constitutional matter. The 219-208 party-line vote sent impeachment to committees for possible consideration, like any other bill. The House is taking historic action, Boebert said during the debate, though committees are under no obligation to act.The dayslong episode underscores the hold that the House conservative flank exerts over McCarthy, forcing him to accommodate hard-right priorities if he wants to stay in power. It also reinforces, if not rewards, a sm
stanley cup all band of Republicans to employ rare tactics to exert power over his majority.Conservatives are gearing up for more such actions: The process Boebert used to force the issue is the same method another hard-right conservative, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., dispatch Pclr On Tuesday s NewsHour 8230;
The White House on Tuesday outlined the role the government is playing in helping with the disaster left behind by Hurricane Ida.Watch the briefing in the player above.The Biden administration pledged an all-of-government response to Ida, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and coordinated by White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond, a former Louisiana congressman and close ally of President Joe Biden.More than 3,600 FEMA employees were deployed to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and M
af1 ississippi, officials said, along with 5,200 National Guard personnel.Applying a lesson learned after previous storms, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005聽聽and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, supplies were put in place in the Gulf Coast even before the storm made landfall on Sunday.More than 200 generators, as we
stanley cup ll 3.5 million meals, 2.5 million liters of water and 139,000 tarps were sent to the Gulf, with millions more meals and water on order.Hundreds of ambulances and air ambulances and 17 search-and-rescue teams have also been activated, along with a 250-bed federal medical shelter in Alexandria, Louisiana.Federal and state agencies remain f
crocs ocused on power restoration efforts after nearly 2 million people lost electricity.Tap water and gasoline also are in short supply even as temperatures reached 90 degrees Tuesday in New Orleans.Restoring power can be tricky.In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and knocked out the power grid, and the territory has still not fully rec
