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"Shame on him. That's not even about politics anymore. We're talking about being a good human being," John Feal said.

"You should call them the 'Leadership Squad' since they are the speakers in fact," Rep. Tom Emmer said of the progressive "Squad."

Republican Duncan Hunter has attacked his Democratic opponent over his grandfather's alleged ties to terrorism. Now, with those allegations called into question, Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar has changed his position.

The short answer is: not a whole lot — at least in the near future.

By holding colleges financially responsible for defaulted loans, Senator Josh Hawley says they'll be more invested in educating students and preparing them to get good jobs.

Some Democrats worry an impeachment vote imperils moderate and swing district members, while unfinished congressional probes lack support from leadership.

The lack of Republican support was to be expected, as only a handful of GOP members echoed Democrats' condemnation of the president's racist and "xenophobic" tweets telling congresswomen to "go back" to countries outside the U.S.

"I believe this is about ideology. This is about socialism vs. freedom," said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican.

"There's no question that the members of Congress that @realDonaldTrump called out have absolutely said anti-American and anti-Semitic things," GOP congressman Ralph Abraham said.

Trump earlier in the day stated it "doesn't concern me" that white nationalists made find common cause in his racist tweets "because many people agree with me."

"I hesitated a minute before I started yelling because I actually think about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room," Thomas Homan said.

The president said the Democrats should "go back" to their countries, leading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to say he's being "xenophobic" and that the House will formally condemn the sitting president.

Meghan McCain says Republicans are acting "deeply cowardly" for staying silent after Donald Trump's inflammatory tweets on the weekend.

"They hate Israel, they hate our own country, they're calling the guards along our border—the border patrol agents—concentration camp guards," the South Carolina Republican said on Fox and Friends.

Among 23 cabinet-level jobs, only three are filled by racial or ethnic minorities including Chao, Housing Secretary Ben Carson and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.

Yelling, crying and fainting were all part of a congressional hearing Friday on the Trump administration's former child separation policy and the current conditions at migrant detention facilities.

Representative Gerry Connolly made it no secret about his distaste and frustration for the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy and the current alleged inhumane conditions.

"As the sole person who could unite the House, he acquiesced to be Speaker as a service to the country," Romney said of Ryan.

The federal compensation for 9/11 first responders was set to expire next year and was passed by the House in the wake of passionate congressional testimony from Jon Stewart.

The hearing with the former special counsel was originally slated for Wednesday but has been pushed back by one week until July 24.

Comments by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have resulted in an intra-party struggle by suggesting that Pelosi was being "outright disrespectful" with "the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color."

The doubling down came as the ideological disagreements between Pelosi and freshmen progressives over emergency aid and the power wielded by new members spilled over into the public arena.

"Tillis and Burr, I'm coming tomorrow and if you guys aren't on the bill in North Carolina there's gonna be a problem," John Feal said.

The tit-for-tat between Omar and Carlson first emerged Tuesday evening after the Fox News host, speaking about immigration, suggested the sitting member of Congress should not have been allowed into the United States.

To date, 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use.

The House panel requested the Labor secretary's presence at a hearing later this month. But Nancy Pelosi has publicly poured cold water on the prospect of hauling in the Trump official before Congress.

"She's a living fire alarm, a warning to the rest of us that we better change our immigration system immediately, or else," Carlson said of the freshman Democrat.

Senate Democrats claim they lacked prior knowledge of the events surrounding the Acosta-Epstein case, despite published news reports and it being a topic of discussion during Acosta's confirmation hearing.

The committee seeks to compel witness testimony and documents from several high-profile Trump associates and current and former officials, including the president's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

Trump's Labor secretary is facing renewed and fierce calls for his resignation due to his role in negotiating a lenient plea deal for Epstein in 2007.