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'FEMA has distributed 2 percent of the over $20 billion in disaster relief funding Congress provided,' said Johnson.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Jared Moskowitz slammed the Georgia Republican for her "very dangerous" misinformation.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is under fire for apparently contradicting herself regarding the use of FEMA funds for illegal immigrants.

A growing number of lawmakers is calling for Congress to cut its October recess short following an Iranian missile attack against Israel on Tuesday.Why it matters: It builds on bipartisan calls from senators and House members in states affected by Hurricane Helene who said Monday that Congress should reconvene sooner than scheduled.Leadership in both chambers has given little indication that they will cut short the October recess – a critical period for campaigning ahead of the Nov. 5 election.Driving the news: The U.S. and Israel were largely able to repel the roughly 180 ballistic missiles Iran launched in a two wave attack against Israel on Tuesday, Axios' Barak Ravid reported.An Israeli official said several missiles landed and that "the damage is being assessed." It was Iran's largest-scale direct attack on Israel.In addition to the attack on its close ally, the U.S. is staring down as much as $35 billion in economic losses from Helene, which devastated the Southeastern U.S. and has left more than 150 people dead.What they're saying: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a defense hawk whose state was in the path of the storm, said in a statement it is "imperative that Congress reconvene to pass a supplemental aid package."Graham said he was "reaching out to Republican and Democratic colleagues to put a package together as soon as possible."Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said in a post on X following the attack that Congress "should consider returning to Washington" to provide funding for Israeli anti-missile systems and disaster relief.Zoom in: Several pro-Israel House Democrats told Axios they would also support cutting the recess short following Iran's attack.They include Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Greg Landsman (D-Ohio)."I have no objections to returning from recess for emergency purposes," Torres said.Between the lines: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is currently being funded by a stopgap federal funding bill that keeps spending at the same level of the previous fiscal year.Democrats and some Republicans in disaster-prone states say that is inadequate, with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) on Tuesday proposing $15 billion in supplemental disaster relief.Congress passed $17 billion in supplemental defense aid to Israel in April to help its fight against Hamas, but Israel is now grappling with escalating tensions with Lebanon, Iran and other neighboring Middle East countries.Zoom out: In addition to calling for aid to Israel, some lawmakers are pushing the U.S. and Israel to hit targets inside Iran – a major escalation."Iran has made a mistake, it has put its nuclear facilities on the board as fair game," Moskowitz said in a post on X.Graham said in a separate statement that the U.S. should "coordinate an overwhelming response with Israel, starting with Iran's ability to refine oil."What we're watching: As for returning to session, one House Republican told Axios that Iranian attack has not made it more likely that leadership will bring the House back into session before November.Spokespeople for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) did not respond to requests for comment.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Congress has already authorized the disaster relief funds needed for the immediate response to Helene, the storm that has ravaged multiple states from Florida up through Western North Carolina and Tennessee. Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange before delivering remarks on his economic agenda, Johnson noted a replenishment [...]

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about flooding in North Carolina at the White House daily press briefing on Tuesday.

Moskowitz demanded to know when the impeachment vote would occur

Here are the races and candidates on Palm Beach County ballots for the November 2024 general election, including federal, state and local races.

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) traded personal swipes over who takes more medication after Moskowitz attacked Comer’s leadership of the committee. The exchange came during an Oversight panel hearing titled “A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Failures.” Moskowitz used his time during [...]

Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, recruited by the same shadowy group. Candidates have been recruited in Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, Virginia and Minnesota.

Law enforcement officials have identified the man as Ryan Wesley Routh.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz noted that the Kamala Harris' highly effective strategy should hardly have come as a surprise.

With early voting fast approaching, Trump's rhetoric has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who “cheats” in the same way he believes they did in 2020.

Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Anna Paulina Luna are pushing a new bill aimed at capping federal student loan interest rates.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks held her annual tailgate fundraiser Saturday in Iowa City.

A state panel’s ruling to remove Libertarian candidates for Congress from Iowa’s ballots in the First, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts.

A state panel’s ruling to remove three Libertarian candidates for Congress from Iowa’s ballots in the Nov. 5 election was upheld Saturday by a judge.

Dueling Monday events focused on the assassination attempt against former President Trump highlighted the challenge that the official House task force investigating the attack could have in keeping the effort bipartisan and apolitical. In its first in-person and public official action, members of the bipartisan task force toured the Butler, Pa., Farm Show site where [...]

Reps. Mike Lawler and Jared Moskowitz are spearheading a bill threatening U.S. funding to the United Nations if it moves to restrict Israel's access to the international body.

Scrolling through the coverage of the Tim Walz V.P. announcement Tuesday morning, I received a message from a friend, a prominent Jewish-American doctor who identifies as a moderate. “This makes me very sad,” she wrote. The friend had already been teetering on the cliff’s edge about Trump, believing him a better choice on antisemitism for [...]

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) position on the Israel-Hamas war is coming under particularly high levels of scrutiny amid the Democratic divide over the war as Vice President Harris considers adding him to her ticket. Shapiro has emerged as the leading vice presidential contender given his executive experience in the critical swing state, which carries [...]

Twenty-five lawmakers wrote a letter demanding specifics about past animal testing at the Pentagon, while a watchdog also highlighted a recent VA controversy

Politics is an optics game – and Vice President Harris' likely nomination for the presidency brings that game to the forefront of an already polarizing campaign.

Congressional leaders on Monday named Colorado's U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to a bipartisan House task force charged with investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

There was bipartisan agreement in getting to the bottom of the failures and negligence that led to the attempted assassination of former President Trump upon the naming of a new task force.

The task force will be probing the attempt to kill former President Donald Trump.

The 13 lawmakers appointed to the task force by House leaders have backgrounds in law enforcement, legal affairs and the military.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced the members tapped to serve on the bipartisan task force set to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month. Why it matters: The task force will have jurisdiction of the investigation going forward, after multiple House committees launched individual probes after Trump was shot on July 13. Johnson selected Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who was in attendance at the rally, to serve its chair, and Reps. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Clay Higgins (R-La.) and Pat Fallon (R-Texas) to sit on the panel. Jeffries appointed Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) to serve as ranking member, with Reps. Lou Correa (D-Calif.), Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) set to be on the committee. "We have the utmost confidence in this bipartisan group of steady, highly qualified, and capable Members of Congress to move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and help make certain such failures never happen again," Johnson and Jeffries said in a joint statement. Driving the news: The names come after days of talks between leaders, with the House having voted to create the task force last Wednesday.The lawmakers will be tasked with looking into what went wrong and making recommendations on legislation aimed at making necessary reforms to prevent similar instances moving forward. The shooting led to strong concerns on the Secret Service's failures on the day of the rally, with the agency's director ultimately stepping down after both sides of the aisle sounded the alarm on her handling of the matter. The big picture: Both leaders have called for a swift and serious investigation, with the task force set to have subpoena authority to conduct its probe.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday announced the seven Republicans and six Democrats who will sit on the task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump. The Republican chair of the panel will be Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.), who represents Butler, Pa., where the shooting [...]

Vice President Kamala Harris has now secured the backing of the top two Congressional Democrats.

Weeks of political upheaval punctuated by President Biden's explosive decision not to seek re-election have placed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress far back in many Democrats' minds.Why it matters: Some lawmakers believe this dynamic has reduced the potency of the speech as a way for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to expose and inflame Democrats' divisions on Israel."That speech is not as important right now, and for some of us, we were saying we will not make it important ... and this helps," said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.)."Honestly, I think some members almost forgot that it was happening," said one senior House Democrat.Driving the news: Netanyahu is slated to address Congress on Wednesday afternoon in a speech he hopes will reassert his leadership in the U.S. and in Israel, Axios Barak Ravid reports.The speech has been giving Democrats – who have long been bitterly divided over Israel, particularly since Oct. 7 — heartburn since it was first floated in March.But Democrats have spent the past three weeks dealing with the fallout from the first presidential debate, in which the 81-year-old Biden's disastrous performance created irrevocable doubts about his candidacy.What they're saying: More than a dozen House Democrats with a variety of views on Israel described a dynamic in which the speech is drawing much less attention from their party than in months past."Think of all the consequential things that are moving right now, suddenly Netanyahu coming here seems like an afterthought. There's no question," said Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.).Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) pointed to the "9/11 of media cycles" around Democrats' internal struggles since the debate, saying it has "been one emergency after the next.""[After] last week, which was the equivalent of a decade, nobody is talking about it in the same way that we were before," said Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)."I think having one of the most dramatic developments in modern politics over the last few days certainly is taking up a lot of mental space for people," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).Between the lines: Some Democrats also argued the drawdown of fighting in Gaza is making Israel a lower salience issue for members and constituents."I had 17 pieces of mail about [the speech], 16 said boycott it – but that's a small amount," said one House Democrat who plans to attend the speech."I think part of the reason why it has also been less on the minds of a lot of people is because ... there is much much less violence in Gaza," said Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.).Yes, but: A handful of top lawmakers predicted that, with the party coalescing around Vice President Kamala Harris and the speech drawing closer, Democrats' old Israel headache could rear its head one again.The speech had taken a back seat for members "until now," one senior House Democrat said, but "it won't on Wednesday."Another senior House Democrat said "today's Monday and the speech is Wednesday, so I think it will quickly turn."What to watch: The speech is poised to be subject to a large-scale boycott from many Democratic lawmakers, as well as protests and other counter-programming.In addition to a J Street event with Israeli hostage families before the speech, some members are holding an event during Netanyahu's speech with Israeli peace activists, according to two lawmakers.One House Democrat said they expect anywhere from 50 to 100 Democrats to potentially sit out the speech.Zoom in: Some lawmakers are also concerned about security, with pro-Palestinian groups promising to converge tens of thousands of protesters on Capitol Hill and law enforcement boosting security as a result.Ocasio-Cortez said she is not attending the speech and that her team is "looking at the threat assessment" to determine whether she will even be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday."I, and I think every other Jewish person in America has increased security concerns because ... the actions of these protesters have become more and more violent," said Goldman.

House Democrats are coalescing around the assumption that Vice President Kamala Harris will be named their party's presidential nominee at their August convention.

The Republican's tweet became the subject of many snarky remarks ― all because of her choice of words.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced a barrage of questions Monday about the assassination attempt of former President Trump but offered few answers, infuriating lawmakers who increased their calls for her resignation. Cheatle took fire from all sides, with Democrats joining the GOP in both their frustration with the director and disbelief over her inability [...]

U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz cited the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Massacre as an example of appropriate accountability as he excoriated the director of the Secret Service in a hearing about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Kimberly Cheatle appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Monday following a nationwide call for answers following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.Hearing Takeaways: Cheatle offered vague commentary on the implications of the attempt. The director said that the USSS “will move heaven and earth” to make sure that an event like the one on July 13 would not happen again.“We failed,” Cheatle said in her opening statement. During an aggressive line of questioning by Nancy Mace (R-SC), Cheatle agreed that the attempt was “preventable.”Several representatives — including committee chair James Comer (R-KY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and others — called on Cheatle to resign her post.“I think I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time," Cheatle said under questioning by Virginia Foxx (R-VA).Cheatle repeatedly insisted that she would not comment on ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Several groups have announced plans to protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress this week. Above, Netanyahu is pictured in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023.