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☆ GOP congresswoman says she is tired of 'sacrificing' her children to reduce the national debt and threatens to quit if Congress doesn't establish a debt commission
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A GOP House representative threatened to resign from Congress. Rep. Victoria Spartz said she'd resign if Congress doesn't pass a "debt commission this year." AdvertisementAdvertisementA GOP representative threatened to resign from Congress if the legislative body doesn't vote and pass a "debt commission." Representing Indiana's 5th Congressional District since January 2021, Rep. Victoria Spartz issued a press release on Monday morning detailing her promise. Though Spartz threatened to resign from her post, her days in Congress are already limited.

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☆ Black and Tans: Biden confuses All Blacks rugby team with brutal police force
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —President Joe Biden made a gaffe during his visit to Ireland on Wednesday as he confused a rugby team with a controversial 1920s-era British police force. Biden was speaking at the Windsor Bar in Dundalk, Ireland, when he appeared to mistake New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team with the Black and Tans, a brutal force deployed against rebels during the Irish War of Independence. He received the Irish team tie after they won against New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago in November 2016. “See this tie I have, this shamrock tie?” Biden said. He personally called the Irish rugby union team to congratulate them when they defeated New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in 2021.

☆ Biden flubbed the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter-in-law while singing 'Happy Birthday' to her onstage
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President Joe Biden sang "Happy Birthday" to Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter-in-law on Monday. Arndrea Waters King was attending the National Action Network's Annual MLK breakfast alongside her husband, Martin Luther King III, on Monday. "It's an honor to spend King holiday with the National Action Network and with the King family," Biden said. When it's somebody's birthday, you sing 'Happy Birthday.' Arndrea Waters King speaks before the start of a Peace Walk to urge Democrats to pass a law protecting voting rights, during Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2022.

☆ Jill Biden holds the key to the nation's political future as her husband weighs re-election in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

"Joe Biden wouldn't have run in '20 if Jill Biden had not wanted him to run and he won't run in '24 if Jill Biden doesn't want him to run," he told Insider. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks go off on national mall from the White House on July 4, 2022, in Washington, DC. Jill Biden divorced her first husband after five years and married Joe Biden two years later. First lady Jill Biden tours a classroom at the James Rushton Early Learning Center in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 9, 2021. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 18, 2022.

☆ Video shows Biden mispronouncing Rishi Sunak's name, celebrating 'Rashi Sanuk' becoming the UK's first prime minister from an Asian background
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Welcoming news of the UK's first prime minister of Asian background, Biden called him "Rashi Sanuk." "Just today, we've got news that Rashi, Rashi Sanook is now the prime minister," he told the audience at a White House event marking the Hindu festival of Diwali. A short video of the gaffe can be seen here:Sunak's leadership sets notable firsts for the UK — the country's first prime minister of an Asian background, and its first Hindu prime minister. Sunak's Hindu parents, the children of an Indian family, were born in colonial Kenya and Tanzania before emigrating to the UK. At a White House event earlier in October, he asked after congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who died two months earlier.

☆ Biden wants voters to judge his energy level, not age
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sought to reassure Democratic voters who have doubts about whether the 79-year-old should run for re-election, while also saying in an interview that he could "drop dead tomorrow." Already the oldest president in American history, Biden would be 86 if he served out a second term. A New York Times/Sienna College poll in July found only 26% of Democratic voters supported renominating Biden for 2024, with age cited as the biggest reason for those opposed. Biden said he should be judged based on his current vigor on the job, rather than his age, though he acknowledged the issue is a "legitimate" voter worry. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Joel Schectman; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

In the next Congress, white men will also lead the House GOP campaign arm, the National Congressional Campaign Committee (NRCC), and occupy other lower-tier leadership spots. The highest leadership post that Republican women or minorities have reached is chair of the GOP Conference — the No. She's expected to remain the highest-ranking GOP woman in the whole of the next Congress as well, given that white men make up all but one member of the Senate GOP leadership team. Eighty GOP women are running for House seats in these midterms. For his part, Donalds, whom Trump once called a “rising star,” has not made diversity a central part of his campaign for conference chair.

☆ Democrats are downplaying Biden's history-making 80th birthday, and insist that voters only care about what he 'is going to do to make their lives better'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joe Biden will make history on his November 20 birthday as the first 80-year-old US president. "Like President Biden has said, anyone with questions about his age should just watch him," a spokesperson told Politico. Biden's birthday comes amid intense scrutiny of his age, especially as he weighs whether to run for re-election in 2024. But some Democrats have called for a new generation of leaders while Republicans have questioned Biden's mental acuity. Jim Messina, President Barack Obama's campaign manager in 2012, told POLITICO, the average voter doesn't care about Biden's age, but instead "wants to know what Joe Biden is going to do to make their lives better."

☆ Biden asks whether deceased congresswoman is at White House event
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden on Wednesday mistakenly asked whether the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, who died in a car accident last month, was at a White House event that she helped convene. Biden made the gaffe as he delivered remarks at the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health, where he publicly acknowledged elected officials like Walorski, R-Ind., who helped organize the gathering. At one point Biden asked, “Jackie, are you here? She had been a co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus, and she was one of four members of Congress who introduced the bipartisan bill that convened Wednesday's White House conference. Jackie Walorski speaks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012.

☆ 'Where's Jackie?' Biden seeks lawmaker Walorski who died in August
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Biden thanked other conference organizers, then asked: "Jackie are you here? Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBiden moved past the issue without any correction. After Walorski's death, the White House issued a statement from Biden that said he and his wife Jill were "shocked and saddened" by her sudden accident. Biden was “acknowledging her incredible work,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said when asked about the incident later, adding that Biden had already planned to welcome the congresswoman's family to the White House for a bill signing on Friday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jarrett Renshaw and Leah Douglas; Writing by Heather Timmons Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden to lay out plan to end hunger in the U.S. by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

President Joe Biden is hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition and health in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday where his administration will announce more than $8 billion in private and public sector commitments as part of its plans to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030. Of the $8 billion in new commitments invested in the action, at least $2.5 billion will go toward start-up companies focused on solutions to hunger and food insecurity. More than $4 billion will go to philanthropy aimed at improving access to nutritious food, promoting healthy choices and increasing physical activity. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will deliver opening remarks and an overview of the national strategy before Biden speaks. White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice will also lead a conversation with chairman Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Sens.

☆ Biden seeks out dead Indiana Republican during White House news conference: 'Jackie, are you here?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Biden mistakenly sought out the late Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana at a news conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, in a slip-up that's sure to fuel Republican attacks. Biden was speaking at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health when he thanked bipartisan elected officials who introduced legislation to convene the conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, looking to the side and saying in a soft voice, "she was going to be here." Biden had already planned to welcome her family to the White House on Friday, when there will be a bill signing in her honor, she said.

☆ Republicans use Biden gaffe about dead congresswoman to bash the aging president and his White House aides
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Biden asked if late Rep. Jackie Walorski was in attendance during a Wednesday press conference. Biden said, referring to an Indiana Republican you died in August. Republicans are demanding apologies, questioning Biden's awareness and dunking on White House aides. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. "To be fair, this is no less truthful than everything else from this White House," the likely 2024 presidential contender wrote on Twitter.

The probe into the August crash that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and three others faulted the driver of the SUV she was riding in for trying to make an unsafe pass. Potts had slowed to create distance with the flat-bed, then accelerated to 82 mph to make the pass, sheriff's investigators said in a statement. "The Toyota was then observed accelerating to a high rate of speed, closing the distance to the unidentified truck," the sheriff's office said. There was no evidence that phones were being used prior to or during the crash, and there was no indication of mechanical failures, the sheriff's office said. Indiana Republicans picked Rudy Yakym, an executive with Elkhart distribution company Kem Krest, to replace Walorski on the ballot.

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