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Axios
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Crow and Neguse sue Trump administration over detention center access
Democratic U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Joe Neguse on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after ICE blocked multiple members of Congress from entering detention centers. State of play: Neguse, the House Assistant Minority Leader, led the suit alongside 10 other federal lawmakers seeking access to detention facilities to evaluate treatment and conditions of detainees. Context: The lawsuit calls on the administration to comply with a federal law guaranteeing access to visit ICE or Department of Homeland Security sites where noncitizens are detained without prior notice, per a statement from Neguse. It names the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons. Zoom in: Crow was denied entry during a July 20 oversight visit that was purposefully unannounced, the Democrat told us, to ensure an unvarnished look at facility conditions. Between the lines: The Trump administration in June issued new guidance limiting congressional access to facilities, requiring 72 business hours' notice. What they're saying:"Blocking Members of Congress from oversight visits to ICE facilities … clearly violates Federal law — and the Trump administration knows it," Neguse said in a statement.
Time of India
02-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Rep. Joe Neguse grills GOP lawmaker Arrington over Musk's opposition to Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'
On Tuesday, Texas Congressman Jodey Arrington found himself in a moment of apparent hypocrisy during a hearing on the Republican budget bill. Colorado Representative Joe Neguse attended the House Rules Committee armed with receipts to support his argument. In a discussion that took place hours after the Senate narrowly passed the significant legislation, Neguse questioned Arrington about the strong criticisms directed at the bill by Elon Musk, particularly concerning its expected increase of more than $3 trillion to the national debt. 'Elon Musk has been very vocal in his opposition to this bill... Do you think he's wrong?' Neguse asked Arrington, the chair of the House Budget Committee and an avowed deficit hawk. Show more Show less
The Hill
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Democrat calls Murkowski ‘cheap date' over whaling tax carve-out
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) quipped that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was a 'cheap date' for voting for President Trump's giant tax and spending package, seemingly for a tax break for fishermen, during a House Rules Committee hearing on Tuesday. The comment came after Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) asked House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) about a new tax break on whalers and fishermen. It was one of many Alaska-specific items that were added to the bill in the final weeks. 'Are you talking about allowing someone who uses a harpoon to deduct the cost of that harpoon? That's correct, that's included,' Smith responded. 'It's a business expense.' 'It's a new tax break,' Neguse interrupted. 'It's a business expense that was capped at 10,000 dollars and now they can deduct it,' Smith continued. 'Up to $50,000, right?' Neguse added, which Smith confirmed. 'Why was that added? I think we all know, right?' Neguse asked while smiling, seemingly referring to Murkowski, who was initially a 'no' on the bill but flipped after grueling last-minute negotiations. She sealed the deal as a crucial 50th vote for Republicans. 'You'd have to talk to the senators,' Smith responded. McGovern, a ranking member of the House Rules Committee, later interrupted Neguse to ask if that addition to the bill was 'all it took' for Republicans to get a 'yes' from Murkowski. 'Is that all it took?' McGovern asked Neguse. 'I'm not sure,' Neguse responded. 'Boy, she's a cheap date,' McGovern said before Neguse continued questioning Smith. The bill, which passed in the Senate on Tuesday and now heads to the House, allows a tax exemption for fishers from western Alaska villages and a separate provision that gives some whaling captains in the state the ability to deduct $50,000 of their expenses, a fivefold increase. Murkowski said on Tuesday that the process that led her to vote for the bill was 'agonizing,' noting that she hopes more will be done to improve the bill. She also said she 'struggled mightily' with the potential impact of cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on vulnerable populations. 'This is probably the most difficult and agonizing legislative 24-hour period that I have encountered, and I've been here quite a while and you know I've got a few battle scars underneath me,' Murkowski told reporters.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jim Jordan Flails as Democrat Exposes GOP Plan to Screw Up the Courts
Republican Representative Jim Jordan was called out so much over his party's budget bill that he had to consult lawyers to see if the bill was upending federal law. At a House Rules Committee meeting Wednesday morning, Democratic Representative Joe Neguse pointed out that language in the bill seeking to curtail federal judges from enforcing nationwide injunctions doesn't just apply to immigration cases currently being litigated against the Trump administration, as Republicans want, but also to any federal case, retroactively. 'This is all cases! This is not immigration cases! The plain language of this statute that you have written applies to every conceivable case brought in a federal court, period,' Neguse said, tapping his desk for emphasis. 'IRS cases. Patent cases. Immigration cases. If you have a constituent that sues the ATF, this provision applies to them. 'This is the point. And you can visit with your lawyers, and maybe they can provide you with the clarity, but it is unquestionably the case that this provision applies to every plaintiff,' Neguse continued, as Jordan actually consulted with attorneys seated next to him. 'I just want to say that the situation we're trying to address is what's been happening around the country,' Jordan responded, flustered, saying that one federal judge can 'issue a decision that applies nationwide to all immigrants during that situation.' 'Why didn't you put 'nationwide' in this language?' Neguse replied, waving the bill in the air. 'Well, we can look at the language—' Jordan stammered before Neguse interjected. 'It's 6 a.m.! You're voting on this thing in like 10 hours! What are we talking about?' said the Colorado Democrat. This exchange between leading a House Democrat and Republican illustrates a major problem with Republicans' so-called 'big, beautiful bill'—it's being put together quickly and broadly to accomplish many of Trump and the GOP's priorities at once, from immigration to big budget cuts. As a result, massive cuts have been proposed to essential programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and Trump's desire to rein in federal courts that strike down his egregious immigration policies could severely upend the way the federal judicial system works. As Jordan demonstrated Wednesday, Trump and the GOP have a big wish list but have no idea what they're doing.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Republican Torched for Falling Asleep During Budget Bill Markup
Republicans want to add work requirements to Medicaid, but having to work themselves is apparently a problem. Representative Ralph Norman was caught falling asleep in his chair late Tuesday as the House Rules Committee discussed the future of a Republican-led reconciliation bill with aims to strip Medicaid coverage from millions of Americans. Conservative lawmakers have tried to jam the president's 'big, beautiful' bill through the legislature as quickly as possible, forcing themselves and their colleagues to debate its details when the American public isn't watching, including over the weekend and in the dead of night. The bill proposes cutting upwards of $880 billion from the public health insurance program for low-income Americans in order to afford a multitrillion dollar tax cut extension for multimillionaires and corporations. But just a handful of days into the process, it's clear that Republicans are struggling to keep up with their own terrible timing. Norman's siesta was definitely noticed by Democratic Representative Joe Neguse, who accused the tired politician Wednesday of having 'snuck out for a little shut-eye' while the committee debated adding work requirements to the public health insurance program during another late night hearing. 'Obviously, this isn't reasonable. It does not make sense. It is not transparent to hold meetings at 3:00 a.m. on a bill of this size, and this scope, and this scale,' Neguse said. 'You could just as easily delayed it five hours, let the American public have an opportunity to listen to this debate, and then vote on the bill on Thursday.' 'This false sense of urgency for five or six hours makes no sense,' Neguse added. The Republican bill proposes kicking 8.6 million Americans off of Medicaid over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, though that figure could be the tip of the iceberg if the caucus successfully adds work requirements to the public health insurance program. Such a move could eventually strip upwards of 36 million Americans of their health coverage—half of Medicaid's 72 million enrollees, according to a February report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which warned that eligible Medicaid recipients could get strung up in the bureaucracy of increasingly frequent eligibility checks, potentially lapsing coverage for individuals who are entitled to the benefit. But tampering with the third rail of American politics comes at Trump's behest, as his acolytes in Congress work to make an enormously expensive tax cut—that won't add any noticeable benefit for the majority of Americans—more palatable to their base. Trump's bill is estimated to add somewhere between $3.8 trillion and $5.3 trillion to the national debt. Despite the pressure, Norman might have felt it kosher to doze off since he had, apparently, made up his mind on the votes days ago. The South Carolina lawmaker was one of four Republicans to oppose the bill on Friday, when for a brief moment it appeared that the massively expensive tax extension wouldn't pass muster with conservative budget hawks. But by Monday, Norman had changed his tune, telling Politico that he would advance it to the chamber floor during the committee's Wednesday vote. 'Unless something changes,' Norman said, 'the body has a right [to consider it].'
