Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Senate Republicans block debt limit, government funding bill
Senate Republicans Monday blocked a measure to temporarily fund the government and suspend the debt ceiling, pushing Congress even closer to the brink in a shutdown and default showdown. Published September 27, 2021
House rules foil Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to block debate on $1.2T infrastructure bill
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday attempted to call for a motion to adjourn the House, a tactic the firebrand conservative has used in the past to delay votes, but this time House rules derailed her effort. Published September 27, 2021
House GOP ad targets vulnerable Dems, stokes rift to topple Biden’s $4.7T agenda
House Republicans' campaign arm launched new ads on Monday that hit 17 vulnerable Democrats with President Biden's tax hike plans, attempting to further drive the wedge between moderates and progressives that threatens to derail Democrats' massive spending bills. Published September 27, 2021
Pelosi’s backroom arm-twisting ratchets up on Dems ahead of votes on big spending bills
The thin margins in Congress and the high stakes for muscling through $5.7 trillion of new spending put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in one of the tightest binds of her long political career. Published September 25, 2021
Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley seeking reelection for 8th term
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, announced Friday morning that he will run for reelection. Published September 24, 2021
Pelosi rips archbishop’s ‘child sacrifice’ comment about abortion bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out Thursday at comments by the Archbishop of San Francisco, who said Catholics backing legislation to codify Roe v. Wade are supporting nothing more than "child sacrifice." Published September 23, 2021
Uyghur refugee: U.S. must stop buying Chinese slave labor products
A Uyghur refugee is advocating passage of bipartisan legislation that would prevent Chinese goods made by Uyghur slave labor from entering the U.S. market. Published September 23, 2021
Congressional Black lawmakers support NYC vaccine passport mandate amid racial conflict
Congressional Black lawmakers say they support New York City's passport vaccine mandate despite a recent local Black Lives Matter protest claim that the policy is too often used to deny services to Black patrons. Published September 22, 2021
Travel and tourism execs ask lawmakers to help revive industry post-pandemic
Representatives from the U.S. travel industry urged a Senate panel Tuesday to pass bipartisan legislation to help the industry, over a year after it was ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Published September 21, 2021
Black Lives Matter calls COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘racist’ after brawl at NYC restaurant
Black Lives Matter activists demonstrated Monday against "racist" COVID-19 vaccine mandates, staging a rally outside a restaurant they said used the city's mandate to deny service to Black patrons. Published September 21, 2021
Defense attorneys, judge in Sussmann case have high-level Democratic connections
The list of inside-the-Beltway legal players connected to Democrats in the case against Michael Sussmann, a lawyer indicted by special counsel John Durham, includes not just Mr. Sussmann's attorneys but the judge as well. Published September 20, 2021
GOP anger builds over Biden team rationing of COVID-19 treatment in red states
Republican lawmakers are demanding the Biden administration to cease rationing COVID-19 antibody treatments, saying the restrictions are disproportionately harming red states. Published September 17, 2021
DCCC chair wants Dems to stop mentioning $3.5 trillion cost of Biden’s social welfare bill
The chairman of the House Democrats' campaign arm on Friday said the party's lawmakers need to learn to be more discreet about the $3.5 trillion price tag of President Biden's social welfare bill. Published September 17, 2021
Pelosi in the U.K. compares Capitol riot to the Civil War
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday told a British audience that the political environment in the U.S. that led to the Jan. 6 riot was similar to the Civil War era. Published September 17, 2021
Senate bill would black-flag EPA raids, fines on auto racing shops
A bipartisan group of senators has revived an effort to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency from raiding auto racing shops and imposing heavy fines on enthusiasts who modify amateur race cars. Published September 16, 2021
Furor builds over top general Milley’s role in Trump’s final days
If the Pentagon gave out medals for dodging incoming artillery from Congress, Gen. Mark Milley, the embattled Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would have several more to add to his uniform. Published September 15, 2021
Senators demand Milley face Congress over revelations he usurped Trump’s authority
Sens. John Cornyn and Rand Paul on Wednesday called for Gen. Mark Milley to answer questions on Capitol Hill and face possible consequences over a report he secretly communicated with China's top general. Published September 15, 2021
PICKET: Obsessing over Romney’s childhood
The government's anti-bullying campaign is getting kicked up a notch. Just before President Obama endorsed homosexual marriage, he endorsed legislation vastly expanding the federal role in fighting bullies, also at the behest of homosexual activists. While that may sound like a big deal, the reality is that government's anti-bullying efforts are a joke. Instead of worrying about Mitt Romney's alleged bullying 50 years ago, journalists should be asking why these programs are so ridiculous. Published May 16, 2012
PICKET: Take your global citizenship and shove it, Superman
Look - up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman renouncing his American citizenship. In a move that can only be described as a punch in the face to fans of a more-than-70-year-old American cultural icon, DC Comics will have the famous Kryptonian renounce his U.S. citizenship before the United Nations in Action Comics No. 900. Published April 29, 2011
PICKET: Reid’s unrepentant immigration hypocrisy
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, has been arguing that no Hispanic in his right mind would vote for Republicans fed up with illegal immigration. Stirring the pot in the illegal-immigration debate isn't working out so well for him. All week he's been buried in the backlash of conservative Latinos. Published August 13, 2010
