All Forgiven

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

By a vote of 257 to 159, the GOP-controlled House has voted to wipe clean the ultra vires votes cast by the not-yet-sworn Reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — who apparently thought raising their right hands in front of a TV monitor off the House floor was good enough.

But there’s still the issue of whether the event that Sessions and Fitzpatrick were attending instead of getting sworn in was a fundraiser, which are prohibited in the Capitol itself.

More on that to come …

Latest Editors' Blog
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: