While many parts of the bill were "well intended," McGinnis said. "I don't think it was necessarily practical," particularly the measures dealing with private contractors. Early in the multi-hour ...

Hank and John Green, brothers famous for their vlogbrothers YouTube channel, wear a lot of hats: Authors, educators, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and Internet personalities. Along with their book ...

Some Democrats punished Representative Al Green of Texas for interrupting Trump’s speech. But they should adopt his stance of “righteous incivility” against the president. At President Trump ...

It's Week 9 of the South Carolina legislative session. You're reading The State House Gavel, a daily reporter notebook by reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter that previews and ...

After the GOP-controlled House vote Thursday in favor on censuring Green, some Democrats began singing "We Shall Overcome." Johnson banged the gavel repeatedly and said, "The House will come to order.

But Democratic members joined Green in the well and sang “We Shall Overcome” while Johnson banged his gavel to regain order so he could read the resolution. He gave up and recessed the session ...

Several Republican members attempted to shout down the singing, and Johnson was eventually forced to gavel the House out of session and into a recess. Shortly after the vote to censor Rep.

Al Green (D-Texas) for interrupting the president ... began singing “We Shall Overcome,” and he had to pound his gavel to try and get them to stop. (Narrator: They didn’t.) ...

Green, a 77-year-old congressman ... who sat behind the president during his address, immediately banged a gavel and said "members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the House and ...

When a member of Congress is censured, it is supposed to be a rare and shameful event. The chastened lawmaker is to stand alone in the well of the House as the speaker reads out the offense they ...