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Newsweek
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
GOP Bill Aims to Strip Democrats of Committee Posts after ICE Center Visit
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter introduced a new bill on Tuesday aimed at punishing Democrats who protested the new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in New Jersey. The resolution seeks to strip Democratic New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Robert Menendez and LaMonica McIver of their committee posts after they visited the Delaney Hall detention center. Trump officials have claimed the Democrats "stormed" the facility. The new bill, if passed, would remove Watson Coleman from the House Committee on Appropriations, McIver from the House Committees on Homeland Security and Small Business, and Menendez from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who also visited the center, was arrested for trespassing. This is a breaking news story, more to follow.
Axios
05-03-2025
- Politics
- Axios
GOP bill would rename Greenland to "Red, White and Blueland"
A House Republican introduced a bill Tuesday that would enable President Trump 's efforts to purchase Greenland — and rename it to "Red, White and Blueland." Why it matters: Republican lawmakers loyal to Trump have scrambled to put together a series of bills that would codify the president's desire for a new era of American expansionism. Driving the news: Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter's (R-Ga.) two-page " Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025 '' would "authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as 'Red, White, and Blueland.'" The bill would also require the federal government to refer to it as such on official maps and documents. The leaders of Greenland and Denmark — of which Greenland is a territory — have pushed back on the idea of trying to purchase Greenland, as have some Democrats. What he's saying: "America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland," Carter said in a statement. "President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome its people to join the freest nation to ever exist when our Negotiator-in-Chief inks this monumental deal." Zoom out: Republican lawmakers have also introduced legislation to allow Trump to negotiate the re-purchase of the Panama Canal and to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America."
