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Too many lawmakers have used presidential addresses to beclown themselves. Congress should do all of us a favor by depriving themselves of the opportunity.Bickering over a presidential speech to Congress this year began more than a week before the event. On April 19, Republican lawmakers wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, requesting she postpone Joe Biden’s first presidential speech to Congress until the House of Representatives is in session. (The House will be conducting committee work during the week of April 26-30.)Given widespread vaccination on Capitol Hill, they also asked Pelosi to increase capacity limits from a planned cap...

In another effort to continue the impeachment process of Donald J Trump, United States Congressman Adam Schiff has declared that Republican US Congresswoman Elise Stephanik is permanently out of order when speaking and is to be silenced for all time. The removal of Donald Trump for asking for an investigation and removing an ambassador is far more important the antiquated 1st amendment, said the Democrat Congressman. Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi echoed support for the order by stating, “Women can be equal, but some women are more equal than others.” Despite Schiff’s best efforts, Rep Stephanik was able to say...