After voting for a resolution to condemn the “horrors of socialism” and voting against removing Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola expressed frustration with the state of affairs on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON — Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola lamented “partisan bickering” on Capitol Hill during the first weeks of the new“One of the things that has not necessarily surprised me but disappointed me is how little actual work we’re doing even now this far into the session,” Peltola toldPeltola pointed to two measures she had just voted on. The first was on a Republican-led effort toRep.
The House voted on nearly 60 amendments over the course of two days. The bill passed 221 to 205 — Peltolathe vote but said she supported the bill. However, the White House said Biden will veto the bill if it were to ever make it to his desk. But in Natural Resources on Wednesday, California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman — with support from committee members like New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — proposed an amendment to ban carrying firearms into the committee room.she’d seen enough after Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert displayed a poster of Huffman“I just thought, ‘OK, this has devolved to a place where I have better uses of my time,’ ” Peltola said.
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