Tag Archives: Andrew Clyde

Washington DC’s ABC affiliate reports: A representative from Georgia is proposing that Congress stop giving D.C. some funding unless Mayor Muriel Bowser renames Black Lives Matter Plaza and removes the phrase from the street. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) introduced House Resolution 1774 on Monday to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. According to the Congress bill tracker website, it …

The Hill reports: House Republicans are pledging to bring up impeachment articles against federal judges who have blocked Trump administration actions, including those of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), backing up tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for a “wave of judicial impeachments.” Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) said he is drafting articles of impeachment against Judge Paul Engelmayer of the …

The Washington Post reports: The House voted Thursday on a Republican amendment to restore Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial. The century-old monument, which was removed in December, features an enslaved Black “mammy” holding the infant child of a White officer, as an enslaved Black man follows the officer off to war. The monument references the “Lost Cause,” a mythology about …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), appealed to …

From the government watchdog group CREW: Representative Andrew Clyde (GA-9) violated House ethics rules by introducing, sponsoring and advocating for legislation that would benefit his firearms company, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington with the Office of Congressional Ethics. In January 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland approved a rule that places stricter …

Roll Call reports: The House Appropriations Committee could consider amendments to the fiscal 2024 Commerce-Justice-Science bill next month stripping federal funding from prosecutors who are pursuing charges against former President Donald Trump. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., a member of the House Freedom Caucus who also sits on the Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that he is working on two amendments to …

The New York Times reports: Representative Andrew Clyde has been in Congress only since 2021, but he has quickly emerged as a vocal opponent of gun control, handing out dozens of AR-15 pins to exemplify his wide-ranging push to roll back federal firearms regulation. At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in April, Mr. Clyde, Republican of Georgia, grilled the director …

Congress Minutes reports: Republicans are gearing up for another debate over Confederate-named Defense Department assets after GOP appropriators added a little-noticed amendment into a funding bill. The GOP friction stems from a push by Rep Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) who publicly revived the discussion by trying to prevent funding in an energy and water development bill from being used to rename …

Courthouse News reports: U.S. House Republicans argue in the D.C. Circuit that a resolution passed following the January 6 insurrection was unconstitutional. Massachusetts Democrat Rep. James P. McGovern introduced House Resolution 73 in early February 2021. The resolution authorizes the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives to impose a fine of $5,000 for a first offense and $10,000 for any …

The Daily Beast reports: The man responsible for handing out pins in the shape of assault weapons that have been adopted by right-wing Republicans in Congress has revealed himself—as clashes between the political parties grow over the controversial accessory. Earlier this week, the pins appeared on the lapels of Rep. George Santos and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in committee meetings …

Mediaite reports: Three House Republicans voted against an anti-lynching bill on Monday, which passed overwhelmingly, 422-3. H.R. 55, an amendment to section 249 of the U.S. code, also called the “Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act,” was put up for a vote on Monday. Those who voted against the amendment were Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chip Roy (R-TX). …

The New York Times reports: During a recent marathon session in the House, two Republican lawmakers from Georgia sat in full view of television cameras. Neither was wearing a mask. It was the latest act of defiance by the pair, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde, against a rule requiring legislators to wear masks on the House floor. Most …

The Washington Examiner reports: The House Ethics Committee on Monday disclosed additional fines against Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde for failing to comply with the chamber’s face mask rules. The fines are the latest in a series for the Georgia Republicans, who have both protested a requirement to wear a face mask on the House floor as a …

Forbes reports: Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) said during a fiery back-and-forth in a House committee hearing on Tuesday that he stands by comments comparing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to a “normal tourist visit” and his vote against congressional gold medals for law enforcement that responded to the attack, on the same day that four officers told …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.), who voted against awarding police officers the Congressional Gold Medal for their bravery in protecting the U.S. Capitol against violent, pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6, refused to shake hands with D.C. police officer Michael Fanone on Wednesday. Fanone was beaten unconscious after he voluntarily rushed to the Capitol to help defend …

Law & Crime reports: Two Republican lawmakers suing House officials over new security screening rules have hired attorney Ken Cuccinelli, one of former President Donald Trump’s most controversial political appointees, to represent them in their legal battle, according to court documents. Cuccinelli, the pugnacious former Attorney General of Virginia, was one of the most divisive figures of the Trump administration. …

The Hill reports: Two GOP lawmakers announced Monday that they have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of fines issued against them for failing to complete security screenings to enter the House chamber. Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert (Texas) and Andrew Clyde (Ga.) both tried to appeal the fines — which are $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for the …

The Independent reports: A photo has emerged of Andrew Clyde, the Republican congressman who claimed “there was no insurrection” and compared US Capitol rioters to “tourists”, barricading the House chamber during the attack. “The Rep. Clyde news reminded me of this,” Roll Call photographer Tom Williams tweeted this week, and included a picture of the Georgia congressman in a group …

“Let’s be honest with the American people. It was not an insurrection. And we cannot call it that and be truthful. “The Cambridge English dictionary defines an insurrection as, and I quote, ‘an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence.’ “There was an undisciplined mob. And there …

Roll Call reports: Rep. Andrew Clyde says he will go to federal court to fight $15,000 in fines he incurred for dodging security screening at the entrance to the House floor. On Monday, the House Ethics Committee announced it upheld both fines the Georgia Republican was assessed for eluding the magnetometers. Clyde was cited for “deliberately” avoiding security screening by …