Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
House Republicans pass Parents Bill of Rights Act
The House passed legislation Friday to give parents more say and insight of what is taught in public schools. Published March 24, 2023
Lawmakers debate whether ATF has overstepped its purpose
House lawmakers debated on Thursday the constitutionality of a new pistol brace rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, among other actions related to Second Amendment rights. Published March 23, 2023
Republicans threaten to defund Biden gun rule that aims to reclassify pistols with braces as rifles
Republican lawmakers vowed Tuesday to defund any attempt by the Biden administration to enforce a new gun control rule that would reclassify pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles. Published March 21, 2023
House chairman says committee will investigate security failures of Jan. 6 to keep Capitol safe
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil said Monday his panel will investigate the breakdown of security during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and explore ways to keep the Capitol grounds secure while keeping it open to the public. Published March 20, 2023
Kevin McCarthy releases Jan. 6 tapes to rest of the media, but public will have to wait
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opened up over 42,000 hours of U.S. Capitol footage from Jan. 6, 2021, to all media outlets to view, but the public must wait a little longer before they can see the security video from the day of the riot. Published March 19, 2023
Jan. 6 pretrial detainees being moved from D.C. jail, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday that Jan. 6 pretrial detainees in the Washington, D.C., jail are being transferred out of the facility in an apparent effort to sidestep congressional oversight of their status. Published March 19, 2023
House Republicans’ unity, string of wins prove Washington pundits wrong
Chaos. Dysfunction. An abject disaster. Those were some of the more printable projections of the House GOP as it struggled to elect Speaker Kevin McCarthy in January. Two months on, however, Republicans have maintained a general sense of unity. Published March 11, 2023
Elon Musk calls for release of ‘QAnon Shaman’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk called for the release of Jan. 6 inmate Jacob Chansley, who was convicted and sentenced in November 2021 to a 41-month jail sentence for one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding. Published March 10, 2023
GOP lawmakers ask D.C. mayor to let lawmakers see jail conditions for Jan. 6 detainees
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee want a tour of the D.C. Department of Correctional facilities where Jan. 6 detainees are locked up. Published March 9, 2023
House GOP prepping to launch new Jan. 6 probes
House Republicans initiated a series of investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made previously unseen video security footage from inside the Capitol public. Published March 9, 2023
Scalise calls on Democrats to apologize to Loudermilk for Jan. 6 scrutiny
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise called on Democratic lawmakers to publicly apologize to Rep. Barry Loudermilk for falsely accusing him of helping plan the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Published March 8, 2023
Jan. 6 committee chairman denies panel selectively edited Capitol footage
Rep. Bennie Thompson disputed accusations by Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson that the Jan. 6 Select Committee deceptively edited the thousands of hours of U.S. Capitol security footage. Published March 7, 2023
Capitol video footage puts House Jan. 6 committee in a new light, some Senate Republicans balk
Republican lawmakers say newly revealed U.S. Capitol security footage from Jan. 6, 2021, may have exonerated many of the people who were arrested and charged with committing acts of violence that day. Published March 7, 2023
Jan. 6 footage released by Tucker Carlson shows a different side to the U.S. Capitol riot
Reams of unreleased security footage from the U.S. Capitol riot in 2021 revealed a different side of the events than what the Jan. 6 Select Committee portrayed over the past two years. Published March 7, 2023
House lawmakers propose legislation to punish federal employees who censor civilians online
House lawmakers are set to consider legislation that will punish federal employees through civil penalties who use their positions to advocate for censoring civilian viewpoints. Published March 6, 2023
Trump promises GOP will never again be led by ‘freaks, neocons, globalists, open borders zealots’
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday smacked down neo-conservatives and establishment Republicans, saying that they would never again lead the GOP astray now that he had remade the party. Published March 4, 2023
Trump plans to abolish U.S. Education Department if elected
Former President Donald Trump revealed Saturday that he plans to shut down the Department of Education if he retakes the White House in 2024. Published March 4, 2023
Jan. 6 defendants at CPAC say Republican leaders have forgotten them
Demonstrators who were arrested and charged for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, claimed a spot at the Conservative Political Action Conference and railed against federal prosecutors, Republican lawmakers and CPAC itself for mistreating them. Published March 3, 2023
CPAC attendees say allegations against Schlapp aren’t hurting conference, despite some doubts
Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington said Thursday that an anonymous accuser's allegations against CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp of making unwelcome sexual overtures aren't casting a shadow over the annual event. Published March 2, 2023
DeSantis blowing chance to link with base, says CPAC organizer
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is missing out this week by dodging the country's conservative activists, says Mercedes Schlapp, senior fellow at the CPAC Foundation and wife to Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union. Published March 2, 2023
