Tag: Tom Emmer
Congress looks to investigate MDE oversight in Feeding Our Future case
The chairs of three U.S. House committees said they are investigating how the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) “failed to prevent” fraudsters from allegedly...
Minnesota Democrat calls on Phillips to resign for challenging Biden
A Minnesota state senator is calling on fellow Democrat Dean Phillips to resign his congressional seat over reports that he will challenge President Joe...
Mike Johnson elected speaker of the House
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana secured the gavel on the first vote Wednesday after the House had been...
Emmer drops his pursuit of speaker’s gavel
U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has dropped his pursuit of the speaker’s gavel just hours after the five-term Republican from Minnesota became the...
Republicans nominate Minnesota’s Tom Emmer for House speaker
(The Daily Signal) -- After several rounds of voting on Tuesday, Republicans have selected a candidate for speaker of the House of Representatives.
Those initially on the...
EXCLUSIVE: GOP delegation presses Biden admin for answers on Minnesotans stranded...
Minnesota’s GOP congressional delegation is demanding answers from Secretary of State Antony Blinken after receiving requests for help from “Minnesotans who are in Israel...
House Republicans nominate Scalise for speaker
(The Center Square) -- U.S. House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana reportedly received the backing of a majority of his fellow House...
Emmer to seek majority leader position
Rep. Tom Emmer, who currently serves as majority whip, will seek the majority leader position, a source familiar with the situation confirmed with Alpha...
McCarthy critics float Tom Emmer as replacement, report says
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Some House Republicans who have clashed with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on questions of government spending have been debating...
Emmer introduces legislation to prevent Fed from issuing central bank digital...
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer has reintroduced legislation that would ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which the majority...