Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
House ready to lift COVID-19 travel rule requiring foreigners to get vaccinated to enter U.S.
House Republicans will bring legislation to the floor this week that would terminate the requirement imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for foreign travelers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter the U.S. Published February 6, 2023
New House Judiciary panel subpoenas Garland, Wray over FBI targeting of parents
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona for withholding documents relating to the administration's targeting of parents at school board meetings. Published February 3, 2023
Victoria Spartz announces retirement at end of term
Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Friday she is not seeking reelection to the House or launching a bid for Indiana's open Senate seat next cycle. Published February 3, 2023
House Republicans launch probe into former FBI official Charles McGonigal
House Judiciary Republicans Thursday launched an investigation into Charles McGonigal, the former FBI official in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office who was arrested in January over ties to a Russian billionaire. Published February 2, 2023
House Speaker McCarthy announces bipartisan group to write up lawmaker code of conduct
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Thursday that he and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries will soon appoint a bipartisan group of lawmakers to write a code of conduct for lawmakers. Published February 2, 2023
Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee
The House on Thursday removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee for her antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. Published February 2, 2023
GOP leadership pushes Biden to speed up end of COVID-19 health emergency
House Republicans will push forward on Wednesday to pass another end of COVID-19 public health emergency legislation after claiming President Biden caved to their pressure campaign to declare the pandemic over. Published February 1, 2023
GOP lawmaker introduces resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Max Miller introduced a resolution Tuesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over past remarks that he says are anti-semitic. Published January 31, 2023
Santos recuses self from House committee assignments
Rep. George Santos on Tuesday announced to the House Republican Conference he would step down from his committee assignments while federal and state authorities investigate him. Published January 31, 2023
Republicans say they have votes to oust Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans say they have the support necessary to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee despite public grumblings from a handful of GOP lawmakers about such a floor vote. Published January 31, 2023
House GOP eyeing backdoor tactic to block Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans are scrambling to find a legislative tactic to keep Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, after failing to unify their conference behind the idea. Published January 30, 2023
RNC’s Ronna McDaniel moves on after messy chair race, puts fresh focus on GOP grassroots
Ronna McDaniel easily won reelection as Republican National Committee chairwoman, but the aggressive campaign to topple her nevertheless succeeded in spilling what is usually a private quarrel into the public sphere. Published January 29, 2023
McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair
Ronna McDaniel was reelected Friday to an unprecedented fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee after members of the national party veered away from calls for a leadership shakeup following a disappointing midterm election cycle. Published January 27, 2023
Dhillon banks on secret ballot surprise to beat McDaniel in RNC chair election
The consensus among members of the Republican National Committee gathered here for their winter meeting is Ronna McDaniel is on a glide path to capturing an unprecedented fourth term as their chairwoman. Published January 26, 2023
DeSantis calls for change at RNC, boosts Harmeet Dhillon’s insurgent bid against McDaniel
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Thursday gave a boost to Harmeet Dhillon's bid for chair of the Republican National Committee, saying it is time for a change of leadership after "three substandard election cycles in a row." Published January 26, 2023
Harmeet Dhillon’s team says McDaniel losing support, race for RNC chair ‘closer than people think’
Harmeet Dhillon's supporters insist she's got a shot at beating Ronna McDaniel in the secret ballot vote Friday to name the new chair of the Republican National Committee. Published January 26, 2023
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel expected to win reelection; backers say she unites, builds the party
The prevailing chatter at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting is that RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will easily win an unprecedented fourth term when the votes are tallied Friday. Published January 26, 2023
Rough-and-tumble race for RNC chair gives the party’s committeemen the willies
The race for chair of the Republican National Committee has turned into an acrimonious affair that has exposed lingering rifts and left some members wondering whether this family feud has been good for the GOP. Published January 25, 2023
Kevin McCarthy blocks Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell from Intel panel
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially rejected the appointments of Democratic Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Published January 24, 2023
Speaker McCarthy losing GOP support to strip Dems from committees
Some House Republicans have broken with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over plans to oust Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from committees. Published January 24, 2023
