Matt Gaetz allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars for sex and drugs: House Ethics report
Gaetz is attempting to block the release of the report.
December 23, 2024
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Gaetz is attempting to block the release of the report.
The House of Representatives remains under Republican control, but all the Democratic LGBT representatives were reelected.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, announced his party’s support for the motion to vacate the chair.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker said Republicans "were testing positive" while failing to notify Democrats.
At one point a Republican equated gender-affirming care for kids to giving them ice cream for every meal.
“Why [are we] focusing on singling out one member — one new member, a freshman member of this body now,” Garcia asked.
"The time has come for us to say we have had enough," the Jefferson County GOP said in a statement.
Led by Equality Caucus chair Rep. Mark Pocan, advocates for transgender rights and fellow Democrats vow to stick up for trans kids.
Conservative Timothy Simmons tried (and failed) to get his Virginia district to turn on a queer student's moving art piece about religious trauma.
That's one of several objections raised by GOP House members who want to reinstate the ban on trans troops.
Members of the Texas GOP wasted no time introducing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation on the first day submissions for the next legislative session were accepted.